Social climbing is my forté.

[On social climbing:] Everything that goes up must come down.

— Maxine Cheshire

Hello there. I'm out social climbing, but if you leave your name and number and if you're anybody, I'll get back to you.

— Erma Bombeck

“Merciful heaven, social status is something to be strived for, not born with, or, worse yet, displayed. Social status is a reward for social…

— Ann Barrett Batson

“for everybody must now 'move in a circle', - to the prevalence of which rotatory motion, is perhaps to be attributed the giddiness and…

— Jane Austen

What's wrong with social climbing? What's wrong with trying to improve your lot in life? And if you do, what happens if your family…

— Jeannette Walls

Social climbing and power climbing -- the two are often synonymous -- are what make Washington run. ... If there are more than two…

— Sally Quinn

“she would have got a gold medal in social climbing if it was an Olympic sport”

— Marlene Perez

Nouveau riche is better than no riche.

— Imelda Marcos

“When she was drinking his liquor and smoking his cigars, Charity couldn't help warming to Sir Humphrey. She almost forgot what a crashing bore…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

“He won't be happy until he's banging the next big thing. And while he'd prefer a female, I think he'd fuck anything that moves…

— J. Kenner

“Why do these big old country houses always have family portraits in the dining room? Do you really want to eat with someone's gloomy…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and its restriction…

— Wojciech Kurtyka

I liked climbing trees and could often be found up one reading a book. I played games with Dad and drew maps for him…

— Rhianna Pratchett

There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say "be yourself"…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

I'm always climbing.

— Tommy Caldwell