Quotes About Status

I've seen many people with status, but I'm still looking for a happy one. Status won't sit still under you; you have to continually fight to keep from sinking.

la característica de una clase privilegiada es siempre la misma: la posesión del ocio, como única gran recompensa de su condición.

No matter how the economy and sociology of the neighboring sectors of the Galaxy changed, there was always an elite; and it is always the characteristic of an elite that it possesses leisure as the great reward of its elite-hood.

No hay peor pobreza que la de la gente venida a menos, porque se debe aparentar lo que no se tiene.

he was not in favor of their acquiring any additional learning, for fear they would fill their minds with ideas unsuited to their station and condition.

la peor pobreza es la de cuello y corbata, porque hay que disimularla

No hay peor pobreza que la de la gente venida a menos, porque se debe aparentar lo que no se tiene», había confesado Nívea a su primo

I have a particular affection for zero because it was some of my countrymen who first gave it the status of a number.

Journalists typically don't carry weapons, even in war zones, for fear of compromising their status as neutral observers. If you're armed, the theory goes, other armed people will consider you a target.

The lusts of the flesh can be gratified anywhere; it is not this sort of licence that distinguishes New York. It is, rather, a lust of the total ego for recognition, even for eminence. More than elsewhere, everybody here wants to be Somebody.

Noble ancestry makes a poor dish at table.

Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Americans like to make money: Canadians like to audit it. I know no country where accountants have a higher social and moral status.

Without class differences, England would cease to be the living theatre it is.

A sign of a celebrity is often that his name is worth more than his services.

You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

The 1986 act didn't turn illegal immigrants into citizens on the spot. It granted temporary resident status only to those who could prove they had resided continuously in America for five years. After 18 months, their status could be upgraded to permanent residency, and only after another five years could they become U.S. citizens.

When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.

Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their career and bringing them to some type of status - there's joy in that.

What a house. Turns out they're doing OK, the Malfoy's. However, the interior decorating leaves a lot to be desired. And needless to say, Voldemort isn't the greatest houseguest.

The Internet will win because it is relentless. Like a cannibal, it even turns on it own. Though early portals like Prodigy and AOL once benefited from their first-mover status, competitors surpassed them as technology and consumer preferences changed.

Being a TV star is a great gift. Everyone treats you royally.