Quotes About Status

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status

The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, And order'd their estate.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

I learned that spying isn't about strengths in human nature – ideological conviction, duty, loyalty to one's country. Spying is about weaknesses – the lust for money, for status, for sex. This is the guilty secret of our secret trade.' Tanya

Money and goods are certainly the best of references.

Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low.

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

I have made up my mind that I must have money, Pa. I feel that I can't beg it, borrow it, or steal it; and so I have resolved that I must marry it.

Yet a gentleman may not keep a public house; may he?' said I. 'Not on any account,' returned Herbert; 'but a public-house may keep a gentleman...

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

Indeed, he married her for love. A whisper still goes about, that she had not even family; howbeit, Sir Leicester had so much family that perhaps he had enough, and could dispense with any more.

All Reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.

WEALTH. Any income that is at least $100 more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband.

Do not, therefore, regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo?

parvenus, relied on money of questionable antecedents

There was, however, almost as much artifice to his surroundings as there was need, since Wotan enjoyed his status as the agency mystery. By remaining in the shadows, he appeared even more intimidating and powerful, which was precisely what he wanted.

At least being prosperous set one apart in England; here it guaranteed nothing, not even taste.

the good society would have a low rate of inheritance of social status and correspondingly low variations in income and wealth.

Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status.

Driving a brand new car feels like riding around in an open billfold with the dollars flapping by your ears as they fly out the window.

L'argent est le thermomètre de la liberté

Decidió ir derecho hacia San Angel. Caminó hasta Insurgentes y dio vuelta en Avenida de la Paz rumbo a Revolución. De los Godinez pasó a los mirreyes chavorrucos y a las forras chiquiguapas. Egresaban de los restaurantes medio jarras a pedir su auto al valet. Cayennes para los papis, Land Rovers para las nenas y en el inter, pose de padrotones ellos, de Cuqui la rayita ellas.

Envy is felt more strongly between near equals than those widely separated in fortune. It does not make sense to envy the Queen of England.

Acquired or artificial prestige is much the most common. The mere fact that an individual occupies a certain position, possesses a certain fortune, or bears certain titles, endows him with prestige, however slight his own personal worth.