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The `20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we`re in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it.

- Norman Rockwell

We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.

- Achmad Faisal

(Details of that extravagance are drawn from Kim`s former lackeys.) For all the immense privileges enjoyed by ... those who ruled the Soviet Union and China, they did not aspire to a live a life completely alien to their countrymen, ... They did not show signs of a consuming desire to emulate the tastes of a jet-set billionaire.

- Armon Bassett

I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use `Imeldific` to mean ostentatious extravagance.

- Imelda Marcos

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

- Oscar Wilde