Jeffrey Bernard Quotes

The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.

Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.

A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in?

You get spoiled on 'Captain America,' where your trailer's two blocks long and it's got three bedrooms.

Luxury is anything you don't need, right? I mean, you need food, water, clothing, shelter... but good wine, good food, beautiful interiors, nice clothes; those aren't necessities, they are luxuries - it's all luxury.

Luxury is a state of mind.

Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.

It's so nice to slip into the lap of luxury.

For me, life is not about gold taps and marble all over the place.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

Decadence is wonderful.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

Once we are fed, heated, housed and healthy, our extra consumption inevitably has an element of luxury about it. And once luxury enters the scene, the practicalities are in trouble, as women who wear expensive stiletto heels can testify.

Luxury will be always around, no matter what happens in the world.

I have reached a state in life where I can buy a whole house full of chairs and can bump into them until they are black and blue.

I always have the best of everything.

For me, the most luxurious place is somewhere that allows you to feel emotions and pleasures.

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

The love of Luxury grows by what it feeds upon.

Luxury has been a bit of a rollercoaster for me. I would define it as something that isn't needed but improves your life.

I don't have a glamorous lifestyle.

People don't want to hear about me having leather walls or gold toilets.

Luxury is anything that feels special. I mean, it can be a moment, it can be a walk on the beach, it could be a kiss from your child, or it could be a beautiful picture frame, a special fragrance. I think luxury doesn't necessarily have to mean expensive.

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none.

Luxury lives in the finer details. It's a cloth napkin at a dinner table. It's a mint on your pillow before bed.