Quotes About Prestige

I guess if you go around with famous people you are assured of some reflected (or deflected) glory.

the young Lord Smund, a man of impeccable lineage and immense fortune, a little over twenty but with all the talents of a precocious ten-year-old.

The domestic life of most classes is relatively shabby, as compared with the éclat of that overt portion of their life that is carried on before the eyes of observers.

The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.

Antiques and Oriental rugs tell people that my mother may be a dog breeder who dropped out of Bryn Mawr, but she's got power—because she's got money.

and rich, those girls were like princesses in a fairy tale. They were known throughout Boston, Harvard Yard, and Martha's Vineyard for their cashmere cardigans and grand parties.

At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock.

You can always tell a Harvard man, but you can't tell him much.

The ancient and honorable, he is the head.

he would enjoy the power of a tribune without actually having to hold the post.

Cicero could not boast a long line of noble ancestors, as his colleagues and competitors constantly did

When you are rich, people treat you with respect.

For Infiniti, the global coverage that Formula One provides is second only to the Olympics.

If you are a natural scientist, a publication the journal Science carries enormous prestige.

My resume showed membership on both the Harvard and Columbia Law Reviews, a credit impressive abroad where it was not generally known that Law Reviews were student-operated publications.

I didn't care where my works were published.

You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award.

Defensive awards and accolades aside, to have your jersey retired puts you in a position where you'll be known forever.

You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you.

I'm not particularly fond of the Hamptons.

I always say to my people, 'If you don't sell a Ferrari to a football player, you make a big present to me.' Really. Because they buy to just show off. I don't like.

The Champions League is massive for a football player. There is nothing above it when you're playing for a club.

Nobody wants to lose Ferrari. And I don't think Ferrari can afford to lose Formula One.

It's actually just as cool to be on television as to be in a movie, and nobody's ashamed of this back and forth.