Quotes About Prestige

Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.

Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.

In a dying civilization, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest diagnostician, but of the man with the best bedside manner.

I had to let her know that the reason she'd never heard of me was because I was famous.

He is sure that this would elevate his stature beyond that of dull software boy.

I know most of Europe do not want to play against Bayern Munich.

There's no club out there that is really a step up when you play for Bayern Munich. At most, you can join a club that acts at the same level.

Bayern Munich are a team that absolutely have to play in the Champions League.

I would never go to another club in the Bundesliga. After Bayern Munich, it would only be a step down.

It's always good when you see your name with legends of a club like Liverpool. It's a different feeling, and I'm very happy about that.

I was named Beekeeper of the Year by the Florida State Beekeeping Association.

It's a great honor to me to be named to the Hall of Fame. It's very hard for me to even imagine that I would ever be elected to it.

I am very honored to be named Asian Player of the Year.

The opportunity at NASCAR will continue to be such that the best talent wants to be here.

Well, I think any national championship is an extremely important championship to play in.

To play for the England national team, you have to be very good, and to play at Liverpool, you have to be very, very good.

with all the prestige of his powerful government behind him was engaged in extracting from Prague a series of concessions which would mean for all practical purposes the end of the republic and its democratic institutions.

The more things had cost the better they were and the more they were talked about, which was the best of all. "Three million dollars!" people would say about the palace, and their voices would be lowered as if they were speaking of the dwelling place of deity.

Success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit.... They confound the brilliance of the firmament with the star-shaped footprints of a duck in the mud.

Ignominy thirsts for respect.

Ignominy thirsts for consideration.

Names have power, and he was, from infancy, associated with gold.

out of it glided ladies in dresses that trailed along in a rustle of silk, men who swept their hats off with the same grandeur with which they swung their canes, liveried servants with impassive expressions, expectant drivers and porters bearing lighted candles.