Sophisticate Pillows

"Every few years, a book comes along that’s so ahead of its time, so hauntingly beautiful, I’ll buy it and put it on my bookshelf."

"Your food didn't melt, young man... this is the soup course."

Wine Lady

"I feel I've outgrown this facility, Mrs. Thompson. Could we see what else is around?"

Bryan Ferry

"I detect a subtle bouquet of money."

"If I had known how adult her place was I would have brought nicer beer."

"As you can see from the books behind me, I pretend to read a lot of books."

"I think glamour is fine until it slips over into glitz."

Culinary Culture.

"I detect an accent – money?"

'Red or white wine with fish?' 'They're dead. They don't care.'

"Have we looked as though we know what it is, for long enough yet?"

Cocktails and Peacocks

'What part of 'nature' do you not get?'

A Louis Auchincloss-Type Law firm

Rape of the Lock- The Barge

Expert examining painting: "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid it's a fake."

'There's nothing wrong with being highbrow.'

'this sommelier is an insufferable snob! - I'm looking for a wine that screams 'discreet discernment'.'

"Their cave paintings are all landscapes and still lifes. That tells you all you need to know."

"We were into things, but now we're into experiences."

Vincenzo Bellini

"He's so posh...!"

'You're suppposed to put me on a pedestal!'

'This bedtime story is brought to you by your good friends at the toy shop.'

Man with Watch as Eye-patch

“But I’m one of the cool ones!”

If you do not understand this, then you cannot be rich enough.

The tentative professor in Ireland - Marjorie is stumped by the variety of shillelagh

For the cultured mouse trap

'Come on in. The water's refined.'

"Oh I say...very swish"

'They're nice, but do you really expect me to drink my imported Merlot from domestic Merlot glasses?'

"I seem to remember you saying you didn't want to attend a county fair because it isn't sophisticated enough."