I love pop culture -- the Rolling Stones, the Doors, David Lynch, things like that. That's why I said I don't like… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I am an elitist and a perfectionist. Narcissist, no. You cannot both willfully ignore your flaws and try to eradicate them at… — Sebastyne Alpha Copy Share Image
When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Wine is my passion. I'm not keen on the snobbery or elitism of wine, that's not what it's about - I just… — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
The thing about this [Donald] Trump phenomenon is that there's a lot of good stuff in it; the anti-elitism, the concern for… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“English does not distinguish between arrogant-up (irreverence toward the temporarily powerful) and arrogant-down (directed at the small guy).” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
'Worshipping in private,' as Obama does, comes off as just another form of annoying elitism. — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
Being slim is the new elitism. Thinness today says that you are richer, smarter and more successful than the overweight masses. — David Zinczenko Copy Share Image
There you have it: an expensive higher education based on sloganeering, on pat, trite phrases that substitute moral posturing for political reasoning.… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“Populism and elitism are the same thing. They are class prejudices, crude class prejudices that so-and-so, because they are uneducated, is less… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
There's an elitism that comes out with the entertainment industry. I'll talk about some shows, but I'm not gonna say that you're… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
“For at least a century, the music has been captive to a cult of mediocre elitism that tries to manufacture self-esteem by… — Alex Ross Copy Share Image
There are people in government who don't want other people to know what they know. It's just another example of elitism. And… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
To me, elitism means a love of excellence and superiority, but America has declared war on both and developed a sick love… — Florence King Copy Share Image
“To knock today's prestige dialects off their pedestals, it helps to realize that they are really foul perversions of yesterday's prestige dialects.” — Greg Carlson Copy Share Image
The overarching issue, as I see it, is the elitism of America's political system; the fact that regular, ordinary Americans aren't considered… — Jerry Springer Copy Share Image
They’re a nasty bunch of people. The Riot Club’s sole purpose is to celebrate wealth, elitism, hedonism, and excess - just random… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
Free verse seemed democratic because it offered freedom of access to writers. And those who disdained free verse would always be open… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Both Ulysses and Finnegans Wake are inexhaustible. They are celebrations of the ordinary, compelling reactions to philosophical elitism about "the good life".… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“...I'm worried I will leave grad school and no longer be able to speak English. I know this woman in grad school,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
There is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures their utility. 'Tis the same argument employed… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
What will drive people if they don't have money or reward? The reward is the end of war, the end of poverty,… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Indeed, it is impossible to be neutral. In a world already moving in certain directions, where wealth and power are already distributed… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Vote to stand tall against terrorists ; receive Social Security privatization . Vote to strike a blow against elitism; receive a social… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
“No," Foyle roared. "Let them hear this. Let them hear everything." "You're insane, man. You've handed a loaded gun to children." "Stop… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“[James M. Buchanan] directed hostility toward college students, public employees, recipients of any kind of government assistance, and liberal intellectuals. His intellectual… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share Image
“Like it or not, philosophy or intellectual activity in ancient China was distinguished from manual labor, and thus philosophical texts were not… — Hans-Georg Moeller Copy Share Image
“What is so unnerving about the candidacy of Sarah Palin is the degree to which she represents—and her supporters celebrate—the joyful marriage… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate than "politicians"… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there was a feeling in one's living room as much as in one's local gallery that a… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism. — Florence King Copy Share Image
“...what is art to the dilettante but the initiation of the sacred few to the exclusion of the profane crowd?...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Those who complain that it's lonely at the top never invite you up there to keep them company. — John Alejandro King Aka The Covert Comic Copy Share Image
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