Sophistication Gifts

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

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

Wine Lady

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?"

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

Cocktails and Peacocks

'He's judging our reserve pinot noir - five years to produce it, five seconds in his mouth.'

Rape of the Lock- The Barge

A Louis Auchincloss-Type Law firm

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

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

"Lionel will be watching the new Administration very closely."

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

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

'There's nothing wrong with being highbrow.'

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

Vincenzo Bellini

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

Man with Watch as Eye-patch

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

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

For the cultured mouse trap

'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."

"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."

"Oh I say...very swish"

'Test your sophistication!'