Privilege Quotes · Page 10

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

— Anonymous

Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.

— Albert Einstein

Film school was a privilege I could not afford.

— Ava DuVernay

“Trouble of privilege is trouble of lies.”

— Abhijit Naskar

What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together?

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.

— Billie Jean King

I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.

— Elia Kazan

I love when white people use their privilege to combat prejudice.

— Charlamagne tha God

Everything, everything, everything! I want to know everything. I want the privilege of being a crone.

— Susan Powter

It's my privilege to be able to play somebody not myself. I'm an actor who creates characters based in voice, movement, emotional…

— Constance Wu

In theory we are all equal before the law. In practice, there are overwhelming privileges that come with winning the birth lottery.

— Arianna Huffington

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live…

— Wendell Berry

I served 10 years on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, and I had the distinct privilege of meeting with real U.S. spies…

— Pete Hoekstra

To be prejudiced is the privilege of the thinking human being. ... The open mind is the empty mind.

— Rose Macaulay

We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined.

— Allen Johnson

The reason I got into this business was for the privilege to exist in different genres and different worlds and play out…

— Lake Bell

I would like you to rise each morning and know that you are heterosexual and that you choose to be heterosexual -…

— Marilyn Frye

“It is deliberate policy to keep even the favoured groups somewhere near the brink of hardship, because a general state of scarcity…

— George Orwell

I don't really understand why so many fantasy writers choose to focus on worlds that just seem strangely denuded. But to them,…

— N. K. Jemisin

Somehow the fact of enormous privilege and freedom carries with it a sense of impotence, which is a strange, but striking, phenomenon.…

— Noam Chomsky

We look around at our national politicians, we do not see national politicians who are without fault. And, actually, we see quite…

— David Lammy

Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all religions, the hallmark of the mystic, the source of all…

— Joanna Macy

It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars…

— Larry Hagman

There is no magical reason why I am where I am. And there is absolutely no reason why you can't be where…

— Robin Roberts

Find time for thought, this is the source of strength. Find time for the game, this is the secret of eternal youth.…

— Giannis Ritsos

The more you think about and interact with other people, the more you realize that it is untenable to privilege your interests…

— Steven Pinker

The churches rose to power on the income from tax-free property. What earthly -or heavenly- right have they got to enjoy a…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created…

— John F. Kennedy

“The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The…

— Robert H. Jackson

Blindsight is excellent. It's state-of-the-art science fiction: smart, dark and it grabs you by the throat from page one. Like a C…

— Neal Asher

Is e=mc2 a sexed equation? Perhaps it is. Let us make the hypothesis that it is insofar as it privileges the speed…

— Luce Irigaray

That life - whatever else it is - is short. That fate is cruel but maybe not random. That Nature (meaning Death)…

— Donna Tartt

Worrying was painful … but compared to the alternative, a privilege

— Laura Moriarty

Privilege does not operate without silence.

— Junot Diaz

I see it as a privilege to be part of 'Poldark.'

— Eleanor Tomlinson

Privilege (to the privileged) means having private laws.

— Terry Pratchett

A good deed is not just a duty, but above all, a privilege.

— Shari Arison

“The porters only walked on carpet; the housekeepers walked everywhere else.”

— Belinda Kelderhouse

It's not a right to play at Florida. It's a privilege.

— Will Muschamp

“Privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.”

— Martin Luther King Jr