Famous quotes containing the words expensive and/or perfume:
“The mystical nature of American consumption accounts for its joylessness. We spend a great deal of time in stores, but if we don’t seem to take much pleasure in our buying, it’s because we’re engaged in the acts of sacrifice and self-definition. Abashed in the presence of expensive merchandise, we recognize ourselves ... as supplicants admitted to a shrine.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)
“Walter Neff: I’m crazy about you, baby.
Phyllis Dietrichson: I’m crazy about you, Walter.
Walter Neff: That perfume on your hair, what’s the name of it?
Phyllis Dietrichson: I don’t know. I bought it in Ensenada.”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)