Quotes About Status

The good thing about L.A. is that there's always someone more famous 100 yards away from me.

Being a celebrity at a very high level is a good thing.

There's a whole segment of the population with a mentality that bases good times on where they can go and what they can buy.

In England right now you're not good enough until you get validated.

As an example of wealth, good taste, and subtle intimidation, it took first prize.

He sprang from the grass roots of the country clubs of America.

I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

Owning a great golf course gives you great power.

The lower you are in the hierarchy the worse your health, the higher you are, the better your health.

The paid-off home mortgage has taken the place of the BMW as the status symbol of choice.

A real Rembrandt hung in a millionaire's home elevator would undoubtedly make for kitsch.

The Stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand, To prove the Upper Classes, Have still the Upper Hand.

Although very few people are actually called upon to live in palaces a very large number are unwilling to admit the fact.

A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.

The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.

Only the poor are handicapped by honor.

When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

The only force that can sustain true and consistent courage is some form of spiritual belief that values like honor, duty, loyalty and integrity above the status, power, money and even security.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages.

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

Honour is a luxury for aristocrats, but it is a necessity for hall-porters.