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Quotes About Privilege

The rich are different than you and me: they have more money and they have more power.
~ Sara Paretsky
Love, it turns out, is as undemocratic as money, so it accumulates around people who have plenty of it already: the sane, the healthy, the lovable.
~ Nick Hornby
'Get a Job' is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done.
~ Beth Ditto
Perhaps the greatest difference among people is between those who never have to worry about money and those who do.
~ James Cook
A victim to certain obscure forms of gout, he was in character neither stupid, nor inhuman, but he suffered from the usual drawbacks of his class, - too much money, and too few ideas.
~ Mary Augusta Ward
People look at me, and they go, 'You're white, you're smart, you must have went to college. You must have grown up with money.'
~ Adam Carolla
And it's very, very funny When you've lots and lots of money To be horrible to those with none! Be horrible to those with none!
~ Anna Russell
I am very fortunate I can send my kids to private school, but everybody does not have the money. If you cannot get your kid in a good school today, your kids are going to be behind the eight ball.
~ Spike Lee
Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars' kids at my school - but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn't cool to show off that you had money.
~ Zooey Deschanel
I just thank God that I didn't grow up with so much money or privilege because you had to create ways to make it happen.
~ Kim Basinger
In all honesty, I grew up a certain way. I never had to worry about money. That was my reality.
~ Tori Spelling
No gentleman ever has any money.
~ Oscar Wilde
We all have choices. (Astrid) No we don't, princess. Only people with money and influence have choices. For the rest of us, basic necessity dictates what we have to do to survive. (Zarek)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Money doesn't mean that you are educated, have manners, class or even have good hygiene. All it means is . . . you have money!
~ Tina Louise
The media assume that if your life or liberty is on the line and you have a lot of money, you automatically get the best.
~ Vincent Bugliosi
The value of money is a scam perpetrated by those who have it over those who don't
~ Karen Joy Fowler
Seems those with money who don't worry about money have big walls.
~ Robert Genn
It's become absolutely horrible the way the people with the money decide they can fart in the kitchen.
~ Steven Soderbergh
[P]ride is something only folk with money can afford.
~ Tamora Pierce
I wanted to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.
~ Tiger Woods
I've had no money, absolutely, from my family. They paid for a good education - or schools that purported to be a good education - but, um, not a dime.
~ Whit Stillman
Do you come from old money, new money, or no money?
~ Ana Monnar
People are dying of starvation and famine.And you have a MASSERATTI!
~ Anthony T. Hincks
The rich control our politics to a huge extend. In return they get tax cuts and deregulation. It's been and is an amazing ride for the rich.
~ Jeffrey D. Sachs