Privilege Quotes · Page 12

The value of life deepens incalculably with the privileges of travel.

— Nathaniel Parker Willis

“A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do.”

— Oscar Wilde

I've had the privilege of having a lot of amazing people cook for me.

— Alex Guarnaschelli

I had the honor and privilege of working with John Ritter.

— Will Friedle

It's a terrific privilege to be able to see into somebody else's life.

— Helen Garner

Love is an opportunity, not a privilege.

— Anonymous

For the women out there that I've hurt with my male privilege, I'm sorry.

— Nate Parker

It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.

— Antisthenes

Canada had the good health-care system and educational system. It was a privilege for me to grow up there.

— Melanie Fiona

“But it was sure a privilege to love him, huh? Gives you an idea how I feel about you.”

— John Green

I feel that it's nothing if not an incredible privilege to be able to get up on stage and play for people,…

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

Charming Alnaschar visions! it is the happy privilege of youth to construct you.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do…

— Barbara Jordan

Any titles, money, or privilege you inherit are actually hindrances. They delude you into believing you are owed respect.

— Robert Greene

We have to use our freedoms and privileges to see what respite we can give to those less equipped to deal with…

— Chloe Hooper

How lovely to have a character that people sort of remember and have tropes for, lines that I can't even remember saying.…

— Paterson Joseph

All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to…

— Tommy Lee Jones

“I get it, you know. I'm operating on privilege too. It may be a number of notches down from yours but it's…

— Sabrina Vourvoulias

For me, being part of the WTA tour is a privilege. Every day I wake up, it's a privilege to be able…

— Venus Williams

If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter…

— Eric Idle

The Royal Opera House? I once had the immense privilege of appearing there and was awed by the air of refinement of…

— Ann Widdecombe

I think the best privilege that I have in terms of having them as my parents was not just the doors that…

— Esme Creed-Miles

We are not going to damage our safety and our security. We're not going to give those extremists the privilege to come…

— Silvan Shalom

One of the reasons it is considered such a privilege to sit on a Man Booker jury is because it is famously…

— Amanda Foreman

The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one…

— Alexander Hamilton

You may twist the word freedom as long as you please, but at last it comes to quiet enjoyment of your own…

— William Cobbett

“The old marchioness had him tracing down bed hangings and carpets for her. Send that. Be here. To her, all the world…

— Hilary Mantel

Yes, racism looks like hate, but hate is just one manifestation. Privilege is another. Access is another. Ignorance is another. Apathy is…

— Scott Woods

“Thanksgiving is not some formulaic action based on a tedious ledger that neatly tallies everything I have received so I can determine…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

People don't dream all their lives of escaping the hellish countries they live in and pay their life savings to underworld types…

— Sean Hannity

It is a strange and wonderful fact to be here, walking around in a body, to have a whole world within you…

— John O'Donohue

Overwhelming the majority of European citizens are unhappy with the social deal they get, yes; and that is why they are so…

— Andre Vltchek

Counsel with your parents is a privilege at any age.

— Russell M. Nelson

I can barely walk, but it's a privilege to be able to move at all.

— Billy Graham

What a privilege to live for our Lord and to die for Him as well.

— Mehdi Dibaj

I'm completely against [feminism]. I have no desire to give up my privileges.

— Hannah Arendt

A free public broadcast license is a privilege.

— Bart Gordon

The infirmities of genius are often mistaken for its privileges.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive.

— Robert Henri

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

— John D. Rockefeller