Quotes About Status

It's okay to be eccentric, as long as you are rich; otherwise you're just crazy.

Sometimes I think we parvenus are more protective of the social pecking order than the nobility.  I suppose it's born out of fear.

Whuss de news? Oh de white folks is still in de lead.

The town had a basketful of feelings good and bad about Joe's positions and possessions, but none had the temerity to challenge him. They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down.

Ah'm uh man even if Ah is de Mayor. But de mayor's wife is somethin' different again.

When he paraded his possessions hereafter, they would not consider the two together. They'd look with envy at the things and pity the man that owned them.

I was never popular. I always kind of wanted to be accepted with the rich kids, with the cool kids, and I never had that.

I have that normal male thing of valuing myself according to the job I do.

This career affords me the opportunity to accumulate money, power and respect.

If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.

When you don't have money, you fall under the influence of anybody who has the appearance of having it.

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.

Les parvenus sont comme les singes, desquels ils ont l'adresse: on les voit en hauteur, on admire leur agilité pendant Tescalade; mais, arrivés à la cime, on n'aperçoit plus que leurs côtés honteux.

O problema da indumentária é aliás enorme para aqueles que desejam aparentar o que não têm, porque é quase sempre o melhor meio de vir a possuí-lo mais tarde.

mere boy, who dances badly; besides, he has no fortune. And, after all, papa, none of these people have titles. I want, at least, to be a countess like my mother.

And what is power without recognition? Nothing.

La cuestión del vestido es, por otra parte, de gran importancia para quienes quieren aparentar que tienen lo que no tienen, porque es a menudo el mejor medio de poseerlo más adelante.

Por fin, Du Châtelet vio a Lucien y le dirigió uno de esos pequeños saludos, secos y fríos, con los cuales un hombre desacredita a otro dando a entender a las personas de mundo el ínfimo lugar que ocupa en la escala social.

Some hunt heiresses, others a legacy; some fish for souls, yet others sell their clients, bound hand and foot. Every one who comes back from the chase with his game-bag well filled meets with a warm welcome in good society.

With monuments as with men, position means everything.

Historical research has the same status as all background information. The author must know it, even if it does not appear directly in the novel. Otherwise, the characters won't seem like people, and the setting won't seem like a place.

You know, I can't afford my own private jet, but I can afford to pay other people to get off my commercial flight.

The overall strength of Chinese culture and its international influence is not commensurate with China's international status. The international culture of the West is strong while we are weak.