Quotes About Rank

The rank is but the guinea's stamp,The man's the gowd for a' that.

Social psychologist Leon Festinger described a "social comparison process"10 as a human universal. People everywhere compare themselves with others of similar social rank, paying much less attention to those who are either far above them or far below them on the social ladder.

maintaining the high rank is about social intelligence and impulse control: knowing which provocations to ignore and which coalitions to form, understanding other individuals' actions.

The Heavenly City outshines Rome," Augustine wrote. "There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of life, eternity.

Why do you like Hugh better? Because he is a Viscount?' 'Well, that's one reason,' I admitted, without any false shame. Respect for degree was in my blood and I didn't think of it as snobbery.

Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank.

Every species of animals naturally multiplies in proportion to the means of their subsistence, and no species can ever multiply be yond it. But in civilized society, it is only among the inferior ranks of people that the scantiness of subsistence can set limits to the further multiplication of the human species;

It seems, in fact, that the more advanced a society is, the greater will be its interest in ruined things, for it will see in them a redemptively sobering reminder of the fragility of its own achievements. Ruins pose a direct challenge to our concern with power and rank, with bustle and fame. They puncture the inflated folly of our exhaustive and frenetic pursuit of wealth.

The distinctive mark of snobs is not simple discrimination, it is an insistence on a flawless equation between social rank and human worth.

A lot of people ask prayers in hopes to receive money for all the time they have on earth, I, myself; pray for knowledge hoping that my place in heaven receives a higher rank. MillYenteiâ™±

I still wore the rank of a 1st lieutenant. But that was okay because I knew my job, my company, the men, and I felt confident that under fire, I had the right answers. Which gets me to the point: I was a "half-breed." An officer yes, but at heart an enlisted man.

An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.

Above all, the system had prized integrity above intellect; 'learning and cultivation of the mind come last, character, heart, courage, strength and physical address are in the first rank'.

It is no easy task to throw one's rank into the shade by one's virtue, or to gain the affection of men who are forced to yield you precedence.

Stature [was] a powerful lure in this age when pride of place ranked second only to pride of blood.

Understanding this, Rank could take a great step beyond Freud. Freud thought that modern man's moral dependence on another was a result of the Oedipus complex. But Rank could see that it was the result of a continuation of the causa-sui project of denying creatureliness.

marquess. Old English eorl, of Germanic origin. The word earl originally denoted a man of noble rank, as opposed to a churl, also specifically a hereditary nobleman next above the rank of thane. It was later an equivalent of JARL and, under Canute and his successors, applied to the governor of divisions of England such as Wessex. In the late Old English period, as the Saxon court came under Norman influence, the word was applied to any nobleman bearing the continental title

The best we can do is prioritize our needs and make choices accordingly.

There's a hierarchy in prison, and I was right at the top.

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

To make sense of bossiness, we need to tease apart two fundamental aspects of social hierarchy that are often lumped together: power and status. Power lies in holding a formal position of authority or controlling important resources. Status involves being respected or admired.

Putin had been a KGB foreign intelligence officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and he was generally considered untrustworthy and immoral by the intelligence community.

I keep no rank nor station.Cured, I am frizzled, stale and small.

When the power inherent in a position of authority is used to fortify that position, the institution's purpose is subverted. Behaviors are not aligned with the institution';s professed goals; rather they are skewed to preserve the rank, power, salaries, and security of rank-holders. -- Somebodies and Nobodies, by Robert W. Fuller