Quotes About Privilege

Posh people blow my mind. Apart from empathy, they're good at everything - true survivalists.

I do speak well as I went to a posh school. But I come from no real breeding.

As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.

Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.

If you are dim but have rich parents, a life of comfort, affluence and power is almost inevitable - while the bright but poor are systematically robbed of their potential.

Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.

Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.

When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.

There are opportunities that I have because I'm a white dude, and it's controversial because that's just the way that the world we live in kind of is.

I'm Richie Rich. I land in New York, secretly thinking I'm like the coolest guy in the world.

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

I think citizenship should count for something... and it really counts for nothing.

The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit.

My dad's best friend was a food writer and critic, so I was very lucky to eat in beautiful Michelin-starred restaurants growing up.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

In a patriarchal society like ours, women have to fight hard for a seat at the table. Boys are privileged over girls from birth. Equal opportunity and access for both girls and boys must become the norm.

As a movie star, you get good tables at restaurants.

'Heathers' was probably the first time when I started to notice that people were opening doors for me and giving me tables at restaurants, regardless of what I was wearing. A whole world opened up to me that was shocking and weird and different, and I enjoyed it, and, you know, I took great advantage of it at times.

If you are a Northern Irish actor, maybe subconsciously more than consciously, you do have an instinctive responsibility at some point to tackle the recent history of where we have come from. It's not only a responsibility, but a privilege.

A lot of people have that notion that it must have been easier for me because I had the Malik tag. But I don't feel it's right. With due respect to someone like Ankit Tiwari who leaves everything at home to come and make it big here without any backing, I agree I have an advantage.

Couture occupies the uppermost stratosphere of fashion. It is the holy of holies, as only about 2,000 women globally are fortunate enough to wear these precious garments tailored to their exact measurements, making it perhaps the most exclusive club in the world.

It's my privilege and honor to cook three meals a day for my family, and it's a luxury on a level that I didn't even realize, because it can be relentless for me on some days. You have pride in how you take care of your family.

My parents weren't around much, but I assumed everybody's family was the same. I didn't know people had mummies and daddies who would give them milk and cookies after school. I just thought everybody lived on Central Park West and they had a nanny to take care of them.

It is easy when you are successful to think that you did it all by yourself and to forget that you didn't. You got here because a lot of things broke your way. You were lucky enough to be born into a family that could afford to take care of you well.