Quotes About Exclusivity

ecumenism, universal brotherhood, and the like. But the very fact of believing implies rejection of different beliefs.

And I say that Your Highnesses ought not to consent that any foreigner does business or sets foot here, except Christian Catholics, since this was the end and the beginning of the enterprise, that it should be for the enhancement and glory of the Christian religion, nor should anyone who is not a good Christian come to these parts.

For me, my business is my business and my house is my house. I don't want the public in my house.

The Soul Selects Her Own Society (Chapter 12 title)

The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority.

There was no god but God. There could be no partners with God, no daughters or sons. God was neither begotten nor begetter. What indeed had

Be ready in the morning, and come up . . . present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. And no man shall come up with thee (Exod. 34:2–3).

I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.

In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone.

Horses are the brand value of 'Wertheimer Freres.'

Value can mean a price. Value can mean exclusivity. Value can mean, 'I can't get it anywhere else, and this is really something I want.'

Her hair cinnabar red, her body all the treasures of Egypt. There won't be another find like you Louise. I won't see anybody else.

Votre Dieu n'est pas le nôtre, dirais-je à ses sectateurs. Celui qui commence par se choisir un seul peuple et proscrire le reste du genre humain, n'est pas le père commun des hommes ; celui qui destine au supplice éternel le plus grand nombre de ses créatures n'est pas le Dieu clément et bon que ma raison m'a montré.

The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity.

I've always felt like I work in a small little area that doesn't represent anything like the rest of society.

I love clothes so much, I always have. It's awesome to have designers invite me to their shows and openings and send me samples of their work.

I don't belong to any country clubs. I don't have this big circle of friends. Where I make my friends is where I work.

Strategy 101 is about choices: You can't be all things to all people.

St. Paul was making it impossible to be Jewish and Christian at the same time. What is very striking about those early churches and communities is that you could be both. Under Paul, though, you absolutely couldn't.

The earliest phase of social formations found in historical as well as in contemporary social structures is this: a relatively small circle firmly closed against neighboring, strange, or in some way antagonistic circles.

Whenever someone says I'm the next Oprah, I always respond, 'Child, there's only one Mahogany, and only one Oprah.' There are no others.

Of course the rich and famous tend to have more going on in their lives than ordinary people, but they aren't always willing to tell the interesting bits.

I wanted to stand out from the other kids who had gone to Eton.

Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.