Quotes About Entitlement

I haven't needed anything big enough from you to justify being pleasant, and I doubt I ever will.

I went through an anti-Establishment phase and thought we should get everything for free.

I had someone call me this morning telling me they had somebody who would only work a certain number of hours a week because if they worked too many hours a week then they couldn't get their government assistance. And that person has multiple cell phones, and gets them new every month with new minutes.

There are people who own cars and are getting free cell phones. A car helps one find a job, too. Where do you draw the line?

It's not fair that people save and work and pay for phones from whatever funds they have, and other people get them for free.

I mean, in all fairness, in the grand scheme of things, if the greatest inconvenience of my life is that sometimes people want a photo or a chat, then that's extraordinarily lucky. It really bothers me when actors complain about it.

I take it as a compliment when people want to click photos with us. But at times, it is pretty intrusive. People think that because we come on the big screen or on television, they have a right over us.

We celebrities are desperate pigs.

What's a good metaphor for a Harvard student? A talking, gold-plated pile of manure, wearing a fleece.

I opposed the Medicare prescription drug entitlement. I opposed the Wall Street bailout. I opposed the stimulus bill.

I've given birth to five babies and I breastfed every single one of these babies. To think that government has to go out and buy my breast pump for my babies. You wanna talk about the nanny state? I think we just got the new definition of a nanny.

When you have a limited resource and you have a lot of people wanting that resource, then those who get more justify as to why they got more, and those who get less say they have been treated badly.

The predator wants your silence. It feeds their power, entitlement, and they want it to feed your shame.

The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his 'basic rights.'

The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside.

I reject 'poor' as the artificial creation of humans. Hunger exists, though, and a hungry creature is entitled to eat.

Privilege is like oxygen. You don't realize it's there until it's gone.

There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. ...Any man who says the world owes him a living is dishonest. The same God that made you and me made this earth. And He planned it so that it would yield every single thing that the people on it need. But He was careful to plan it so that it would only yield up its wealth in exchange for the labor of man. Any man who tries to share in that wealth without contributing the work of his brain or his hands is dishonest.

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.

We need someone with proven conservative leadership experience, not entitlement, to be able to represent us and lead us.

Los insatisfechos siempre creen merecer más de lo que les dan y de esas quejas se hace un mundo de pusilánimes e inútiles. De gente que le pide a la tierra fruto sin haber puesto antes empeño.

Because of who I am and what I've accomplished, everything is pretty much given to me. People cater to me all the time. It's almost like I've lost that edge - lost the ability to want something and then put in the work necessary to get it.

Money came in left, right and centre; you just thought that's how it was for everyone and that's how it will always be.