Quotes About Class

The attribution of value to a traditional religion," Ronald Dore noted, "is a claim to parity of respect asserted against 'dominant other' nations, and often, simultaneously and more proximately, against a local ruling class which has embraced the values and life-styles of those dominant other nations.

Men of genius are rarely much annoyed by the company of vulgar people.

There's nothing short of reincarnation that can change poor white trash into something respectable.

The faults of women, children, servants, the weak, the indigent, and the ignorant are the faults of husbands, father, masters, the strong, the rich, and the learned." Wal!

I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.

Women who sought ways to limit the size of their families were to Comstock proof that humankind was on the brink of self-destruction. But not all women; he focused his ire on white women of good families, who were obliged, in his view of the world, to provide heirs for the ruling class.

Elegance is like manners," he used to say. "You can't be polite only on Wednesday or Thursday. If you are elegant, you should be every day of the week. If you are not, then it's another matter.

On any given day in court, Vic would be wearing the most expensive suit in the place. If anyone minded, they kept it to themselves. New Orleans was a little like England: people were comfortable with class distinctions.

I was middle class and fucked up and spoilt.

The good thing about the aristocracy – German or English – was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought.

All any girl needs, at any time in history, is simple velvet and basic diamonds.

One thin's sure and nothing's surer The rich get richer and the poor get - children. In the meantime, In between time...

Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.

I do take class because I still dance, and yes, I do slip into class with the Royal Ballet from time to time.

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.

There is a process of social and of political differentiation going on in the real working class all the time.

Patriotism means advocating plunder in the interests of the privileged class of your particular country. The time will soon come when calling someone a patriot will be the deepest insult.

In revolutionary times the rich are always the people who are most afraid.

In college I didn't dress up every day, for class or stuff like that, but when it came time to do certain things I'd dress up for sure.

The house negroes of the County considered themselves superior to white trash, and their unconcealed scorn stung him, while their more secure position in life stirred his envy. By contrast with his own miserable existence, they were well-fed, well-clothed and looked after in sickness and old age. They were proud of the good names of their owners and, for the most part, proud to belong to people who were quality, while he was despised by all.

I think we agreed on the occasion of our first meeting that you were no lady at all.

Inequality is catching.

As bread is sweet to us," he said, "so is the blood of the poor to the rich who drink it." It

When he wrote about class, he claimed that people with a great deal of money had to be cruel and defensive, and that the poor ought to become criminals since they had to fight laws written by the rich to protect their money. He wrote that all welfare was simply a necessary bribe to keep the poor from starting a revolution. About religion, he wrote that it should be prescribed like medication.