Quotes About Privilege

Private education can give you confidence, which is marvellous; a sense of entitlement isn't.

We need schools like Doon and Mayo for the poor.

People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled.

The world doesn't reward talent, it mostly rewards those who are connected.

We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.

It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.

Rich people only like being around rich people.

Ten million 16-year-old girls would sell their right arm to live the life that I've had.

Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white.

I just keep thinking how lucky I am that I haven't had to sacrifice anything.

The wealthiest Sudanese don't know what war is. Their children are safe in school.

Schools are not equal. There are still the haves and the have-nots.

Once upon a time in America, people aspired to party like a rock star. Now, rock stars aspire to party like a football owner.

There's something awful about Oxford, I think. It's such a little ghetto.

I haven't paid for anything since I became famous.

I wasn't pampered the way a Tyrone Power was.

The Gandhi family is a pampered lot. They have only dealt with people at their beck and call.

The rich and the well-born, according to the Federalist Papers, was greatly feared by the founders.

You know you've become a brat when you have a room you like at the Bristol in Paris.

Paris didn't get a car until she was 19. Nicky didn't get a car until she was 20.

Not everybody can say they wore heels in Paris Hilton's closet.

When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he's saving a parking place.

My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.

Any time a famous rich kid screws up, people want to know about it. Makes them feel good.