Privilege Quotes · Page 29

Giving advice is many times only the privilege of saying a foolish thing one's self, under the pretense of hindering another from…

— Alexander Pope

Some people will always be volunteers to explore, and it is, in my mind, a privilege.

— Julie Payette

We desperately need a president who acknowledges white privilege and seeks to equalize a system that is nothing short of a betrayal…

— Jessica Tarlov

Theater's wonderful because it's visceral, and it's happening in front of you, but you never get that close. So the close-up is…

— Alice Eve

I've been a stand-up now for over two decades and I am lucky enough to enjoy the privilege of being able to…

— Chris McCausland

Life is a struggle and not a matter of privilege. It is nothing but one's knowledge of the temporal and the spiritual…

— Muhammad Iqbal

My background's working class. My parents had to work to make ends meet. We don't come from any sense of privilege.

— Jon Bon Jovi

“If you think being straight means you're being discriminated against, you're probably misreading your privilege.”

— DaShanne Stokes

Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their…

— Leo Tolstoy

But the truth is the meritocracy is a lie. Those born into wealth and privilege will always be able to game the…

— Krystal Ball

I would rather starve and rot and keep the privilege of speaking the truth as I see it, than of holding all…

— Henry Adams

When I was a kid, you would tune in to 'The Tonight Show' before you went to sleep. Johnny Carson. A big…

— Jimmy Fallon

The police can go to downtown Harlem and pick up a kid with a joint in the streets. But they can't go…

— Noam Chomsky

It is an honor and a privilege to be of service and support; however, I realize people are not putting their confidence…

— Iyanla Vanzant

I think that all people, in some way, have privilege in some way shape or form. I have access to things that…

— Propaganda

It is a privilege to join the campaign to support Bradley Manning for his courage and integrity in serving his country by…

— Noam Chomsky

What the U.S. does is it continues to print money when the economic situation gets difficult. This is what happened in the…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

To be a musician is a great privilege but it is also a very great responsibility. One must think that to be…

— Pablo Casals

I wonder why anyone would hesitate to be generous with their writing. I mean, if you really want to make a living,…

— Seth Godin

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men…

— Vannevar Bush

The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I said, "OK, Ammon [Hennacy], I will try that." He said, "You came into the world armed to the teeth. With an…

— Utah Phillips

But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear.…

— Bertrand Russell

In the whole history of capitalism, no one has been able to establish a coercive monopoly by means of competition in a…

— Nathaniel Branden

I know that there are no limits to which the powers of privilege will not go to keep the workers in slavery

— Mother Jones

Such is the privilege of genius; it perceives, it seizes relations where vulgar eyes see only isolated facts.

— Francois Arago

I thought, 'What if you get the job you think you've always wanted and it doesn't fulfill you?' But it really does.…

— Nicola Coughlan

“I believe it’s a privilege, madam. One that’s earned through a certain amount of courage and adversity.”

— Kathleen Tessaro

The war on privilege will never end. Its next great campaign will be against the privileges of the underprivileged.

— H. L. Mencken

We move but our words stand become responsible for more than we intended and this is verbal privilege

— Adrienne Rich

There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

— Cary Grant

It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more…

— Paul Nurse

“It’s a privilege when someone trusts you enough to buy your product without even knowing you.”

— Marion Bekoe

Single payer means something different to everyone. The way I define it is that health care is a right and not a…

— Peter Shumlin

I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.

— Todd Akin

I feel like it's a real privilege to like what I do and feel challenged by what I do and just want…

— Ayo Edebiri

Taking time to do something slower than you normally would is a privilege that should not be ignored.

— Harper Reed

It is only in times of great and grievous dullness that the believer regards prayer as a duty, and not as a…

— Adolph Saphir

Advertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled.

— Noam Chomsky

There are always people willing to commit unspeakable human atrocity in exchange for a little power and privilege.

— Chris Hedges