Quotes About Status

The house was like something from a catalog, and there were two BMWs in the driveway and these were not people who

There is no man so insecure as a bottom-level functionary in a sinecure he has held for a long time.

Nellie's brow furrowed. The great Mr. Hip-Hop Mogul standing in line with the common peasants? How do you figure that? Dan grinned. I'm starting to dig this 'no cars' thing. It's a great equalizer.

That's the whole point of being rich," I explain patiently. "What good is it if nobody's jealous?

Bay Area Weekly just named me Silicon Valley's Number One Spoiled Brat. Remember, we're talking about California. Think of all the other spoiled brats I had to beat out for that title. Vlad always says I should aim for the best.

I belong to the highest class there is: I'm a third generation celebrity. My grandfather, father, and I have all been on the cover of Time. That's all there is. You can't go any higher in America.

At the time of the conquest, Islam was meant to be a religion of the Arabs, a mark of caste unity and superiority. The Arabs had little missionary zeal. When conversions did occur, they were an embarrassment because they created status problems and led to claims for financial privileges.

I drive through the streets and I care not a damn, The people they stare, and they ask who I am; And if I should chance to run over a cad, I can pay for the damage if ever so bad. So pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho! So pleasant it is to have money.

People born rich don't try so hard. They know they don't need to. They already have everything they want, and they never have to break a sweat to show it off. Showing it off is for those at risk of ending up back where they started.

If reputations were votes, we'd be presidents of somewhere.

The Kosovars were granted autonomy at the end of World War II, but then aspiring president Milosevic had the autonomy revoked in 1989, and the Dayton Accords of 1995, which ended the recent war in Bosnia and Croatia, failed to address the issue of Kosovo's status.

Merely that I have a World Wide Web page does not give me any power, any abilities, nor any status in the real world.

Chicago is a world-class culinary center. We need to guard that reputation and status.

In the drive to prove our status as a world-class city, let's stay true to our democratic legacy and what Boston has already given to the world: informed independence and true debate.

There may be little practical difference between a Ford Mondeo and a BMW three series, but in terms of perceptions of who you are and what you are, then they are worlds apart.

When I saw work shoes, I would know that that person worked. I was very worried about people with shiny, pointed shoes as a child.

Strangers were worried about me; that's how long I was single!

The clear, unmistakable sign of a bureaucrat is somebody who worries about whether he has a window.

The boom for luxury goods is unending. There are people who never have to worry about whether they can afford something they like. In one part of the world or another there will always be someone with money to spend on luxury.

We think these big people are very happy, but the truth is they are worse than us. We are just worried about one thing - hunger; they have a thousand worries.

Being a monarchist, and fawning over those 'above' you, you must naturally despise those 'below' or on the same socioeconomic level as yourself, because that is how hierarchy worship works.

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

Class has always been Tom Wolfe's subject, and I suspect the reason for much of the disfavor in which he is held.