On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.

I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility.

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.

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

Advertising is the genie which is transforming America into a place of comfort, luxury and ease for millions.

For us music is mainly part of the entertainment world and is often a luxury.

I think I'd like to stay anchoring because, number one, I'm learning a lot, and I love it when I'm learning. And number two, I also have the luxury of a stable life.

In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform.

I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs.

Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury of being able to do a studio film and an independent afterwards was fantastic.

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.

I've got the luxury to tailor make the songs so I can sing them.