We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It's very materialistic. It's full of desire and luxury goods.

Having a kid made me realize, "I have to take care of this kid, but I can't have the luxury of dropping everything in the world and spending every waking moment with him. I've got to work."

Cruelty is the luxury of those who have nothing to do, like drugs or racing stables.

For most of the world, civil and political rights... come as luxuries that are far away in the future.

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

Material possessions in themselves are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing, shelter and food. Yet if we refuse to share what we have with the hungry and the poor, we make of our possessions a false god. How many voices in our materialist society tell us that happiness is to be found by acquiring as many possessions and luxuries as we can! But this is to make possessions into a false god. Instead of bringing life, they bring death.

Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.

You know daytime television? You know what it's supposed to be for? It's to keep unemployed people happy. It's supposed to stop them running to the social security demanding mad luxuries like cookers and windows.

The future is the most expensive luxury in the world.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.