Quotes About Privilege

Shit. What have kids got to be worried about now? If they want trouble, they should go live in Bangladesh.

What happened to the good old days when rich white men just bought their way into office?

Born on third base and think they hit a triple

I listened, thinking this was a Drew I'd never seen. One who saw her own privilege. One who was trying to do better.

assuming that their hard work, not their privilege, was what ensured them their good jobs, good schools, nice houses, and pricy vacations. Born on third base and think they hit a triple

plenty of them, including her beloved sorors, were the kind of blinkered, privileged, entitled assholes who'd go sailing through life, assuming that their hard work, not their privilege, was what ensured them their good jobs, good schools, nice houses, and pricy vacations. Born on third base and think they hit a triple, his mom used to say

The princess wrote to her mother of her feelings about these activities: " … if one never sees poverty and always lives in that cold circle of Court people, one's good feelings dry up, and I feel the want of going about and doing the little good that is in my power." She added that "I am sure you will understand this.

We live here now, she was born here." She seemed genuinely proud of the fact, as if it were a reflection of my character. In her estimation, I knew, I was assured a safe life, an easy life, a fine education, every opportunity. I would never have to eat rationed food, or obey curfews, or watch riots from my rooftop, or hide neighbors in water tanks to prevent them from being shot, as she and my father had.

I hate the rich snots here with a fervent passion I usually reserve only for dental work and my father.

Since separation precludes financial support or special privilege from government, the churches are free to engage in prophetic criticism of the government and to work for social justice.

Luckily I am very, very privileged and feel very lucky to be getting work and my kiddies are not feeling the brunt of any kind of horror that's going on today. So I'm super lucky.

I wring my hands because I know that as a dude, my privilege, my long-term deficiencies work against me in writing women, no matter how hard I try and how talented I am.

It's so easy for me to fall back into depression. I think it comes with having money. I don't have to work. I could be sitting bored and depressed at home with a bag on my head.

To have [Adam's Cohen] microscopic attention to my work was really a great privilege.

I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn't want to be the rich kid who was along for a free ride.

The work that I do, I am grateful to do and honored and privileged to do, but I do it for my family and, if you don't have a family, then what does it mean?

It is a privilege for me to serve the NFL. It is the only place I have ever wanted to work.

President Obama is funny, he's thoughtful, he's challenging, he's fun to work with - and it's been an extraordinary privilege.

I am privileged to be able to work for the people of Hawaii in whatever capacity.

Joblessness is a rare privilege

Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.

The fact that rich people get free stuff and poor people have to pay, it's backwards.

Everyone has the right to be stupid on occasion, but Comrade Macdonald abuses the privilege.