Quotes About Status

Offa had demoted them to the rank of provincial governors.

but the immediate prospect of being elevated above his Anglo-Saxon peers.

Princes know themselves to be princes, and are not snobs; besides, they believe themselves to be so far above everything that is not of their blood royal that noblemen and commoners appear, in the depths beneath them, to be practically on a level.

But when his mistress for the time being was a woman in society, or at least one whose birth was not so lowly, nor her position is so irregular that he was unable to arrange for her reception in 'society,' then for her sake he would return to it, but only to the particular orbit in which she moved or into which he had drawn her.

How many people volunteer for an army and then claim conscientious objector status?

Heads could be heavily customized, and a lot of younger Hadens did that. But for adults with serious jobs, that was déclassé, which was another clue to Schwartz's likely social standing.

How could I compete with a debtless man?

And the great owners, who had become through the might of their holdings both more and less than men

In that day an educated rich man was acceptable. He might send his sons to college without comment, might wear a vest and white shirt and tie in the daytime of a weekday, might wear gloves and keep his nails clean. And since the lives and practices of rich men were mysterious, who knows what they could use or not use? But a poor man––what need had he for poetry or for painting or for music not fit for singing or dancing?

He had thought over the ruin of his status as a man with a house to rent; and, all this clutter of necessary and decent emotion having been satisfied and swept away, he had finally slipped into his true emotion, one of relief that at least one of his burdens was removed. "If it were still there, I would be covetous of the rent," he thought. "My friends have been cool toward me because they owed me money. Now we can be free and happy again.

You got to be awful rich to dress as bad as you do," he said.

Nothing shouts midlife crisis louder than driving a convertible.

The Cadillac Escalade is the perfect vehicle for a pimp with a growing family.

Being popular is the most important thing in the world!

In my position, I could be a debutante. But we only got to this position by being a politically active family.

I mean, you know, while I'm acting on stage I'm ranking quite high, but in a room with Barack Obama I'm probably into negative digits. I never feel very famous.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.

This whole segregation between famous people and other people is complete rubbish.

It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot.

Being famous is wicked. But it's better to be normal.

I won't say I'm the baddest, or portray that role, But I'm in the top 2, and my father's gettin' old.

How rude would I be, walking around and saying: 'Hello. I'm Eleanor Mondale. My father was vice president of the United States. Treat me differently.

It's Money who teaches us who's important and who's not, Even when you have it or you don't.