Quotes About Status

It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor - as long as you've got money.

You know, I always say white is not a colour, white is an attitude, and if you haven't got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don't need, you can't be white.

My first car was a BMW. A white BMW.

I have a Mercedes SL500 in white. I'm passionate about it.

The most interesting thing about the idea of money is that it makes it possible to measure something in previous ages we couldn't be sure about, and that something is power.

The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.

People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister.

A private jet is not a luxury; it is a necessity.

Americans overall may live better than medieval aristocrats could dream of, but that means nothing when oligarchs live in the neighborhood next door, flaunting their luxurious homes and top-quality private schools.

'Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bash Old Etonians. It was always the class and privilege aspect of that world that I was most drawn to. There is something endlessly fascinating about imagining something you could never be involved in.

Privilege is provisional. It can be denied, withheld, offered grudgingly, and summarily withdrawn.

I'm not interested in defending the position of those who already have money, power and privilege.

I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.

I don't come from a privileged background.

Life at the top may be privileged, but it is not simple.

Top players are privileged in the chess world.

Mark Zuckerberg is a rich white dude from a really privileged background.

Everybody growing up where I came from that was the designer shoe. Nobody had Balenciaga's and all the stuff that we walk around in now. If you had Jordans, that was like a prize basically.

People approach you in a different way when you're a celebrity - some are nice, some are not nice.

I learnt a hard fact: that dignity is a luxury in our country.

There is dignity in being a celebrity. Let us not lose that dignity.

I will take a back seat when I know my fame is dipping. I'm not delusional.

Money really is a dirty word.

Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above.