elitism is just a bunch of petty and egotistical nonsense;

The person I love would never wear fur. Fur just makes me think of shallow women who have no conscience. The fur industry belongs…

— Gavin Rossdale

I like the elitism of the art world. I think art for the people is a terrible idea.

— John Waters

The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism. Ecopopulism. To change our laws and culture, the green movement justice, political solutions and…

— Van Jones

“This style of teaching reflects the business community,” one fifth-grade teacher in a Manhattan public school told me, “where people’s respect for others is…

— Susan Cain

Jonestown was supposed to be a great socialist experiment, a place where all the evil "isms" would be eradicated: racism, sexism, elitism. This appealed…

— Julia Scheeres

We must be careful to avoid spiritual elitism. Everything we are and anything we possess as believers in Christ is a gift of grace.…

— Beth Moore

“A blanket could be used as a duvet, in the fight against elitism.
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— Jarod Kintz

There's a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that.Yes, I went to Princeton and Harvard, but the lens through which I…

— Barack Obama

“The tunnel under the wall of intellectual snobbery is the only way back to common sense reality, but most won't find it because it…

— D.E. Navarro

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

“It is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the Moon as to put a bone in your nose.”

— William A. Henry III

Everybody keeps calling for Excellence - excellence not just in schooling, throughout society. But as soon as somebody or something stands out as Excellent,…

— Jacques Barzun

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that…

— Isaac Asimov

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious…

— H.L. Mencken

Acid is not for every brain … Only the healthy, happy, wholesome, handsome, hopeful, humorous, high-velocity should seek these experiences. This elitism is totally…

— Timothy Leary