When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
I was one of those kids who liked a lot of attention. I was always the kid in class who'd be telling… — Lauren Worsham Copy Share Image
Such an assemblage of the spraddle-legged men of the middle class, whose hands were bent and shoulders stooped from delving and constructing,… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
I'm one of the undeserving poor: that's what I am. Think of what that means to a man. It means that he's… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Ive had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
For me the Koenigsberg longshoremen had beauty; the Polish jimkes on their grain ships had beauty; the broad freedom of movement in… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
One would think that people who insist on being monotheistic would be the first in line to walk across the artificial boundaries… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The vast majority of a significant portion of Americans of Hispanic descent will vote - happen to be working class people who… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Every time a new nation, America or Russia for instance, advances toward civilization, the human race perfects itself; every time an inferior… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
But if you do, then it's a high class problem to have. And if you do, you're the architect of that problem.… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the course of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Bravely you jog along with the rope of class distinction drawing closer, close, tighter, tighter around you... I see it and know… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
I remember 'Roots' growing up and the cultural impact it had on the country. Watching 'Roots' was not the cool remove of… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
I haven't taught creative writing all that much (my CW teaching consists of a few summer workshops for elementary school children and… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
The first class opposition that appears in history coincides with the development of the antagonism between man and woman in monogamous marriage,… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
In the lexicon of the political class, the word 'sacrifice' means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their… — George Will Copy Share Image
In the 1960s everybody knew about Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies. No matter what class people belonged to, they were talking about… — Arlene Phillips Copy Share Image
Celebrity has become a burden. There are more demands on your time. People think it is glamorous to fly places. But it… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
You are supposed to look at the unimproved and think about the way that we dismiss so-called 'chavs' and certain immigrant classes… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share Image
If we move away from either/or thinking, and if we think, okay, every day of my life that I walk out of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If you are in a gym class with other women, and even if you are in shape, you feel like, 'Do they… — Isabelle Adjani Copy Share Image
Religious expression must at least be afforded an equal playing field. Currently, the playing field is not level. Religious expression and practices… — Mathew Staver Copy Share Image
I've taken every writing class I've had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
There is a middle class in America for only one reason: organized labor. If not for organized labor, where would you find… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons.… — Phil Donahue Copy Share Image
When people blanket a whole class of people with statements, I just think that is unfair to everybody. I could do the… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
I studied classical music for a year. Then, I studied jazz for a year at the New School, and then I got… — Andrew Wyatt Copy Share Image
How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children… — Henry George Copy Share Image
The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society. This is true despite the significant poverty,… — Alan Bersin Copy Share Image
I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the best book in the world - and I… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
A pretty pivotal moment for me was having a songwriting class with Paul McCartney when I was at LIPA, and then being… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
What Franklin Roosevelt did, which really offended them, was he strengthened the labor unions - made it possible for them to strike.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can… — A. R. Ammons Copy Share Image
With all due respect to all philistines, the dictatorship of the proletariat does just consist in "giving a hiding" to the classes… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be… — Alfred Marshall Copy Share Image
He had a carrying, congressional sort of voice, the kind that sounded good saying things like Less of a tax burden on… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The custom of procuring abortions has reached such appalling proportions in America as to be beyond belief... So great is the misery… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
If students don't think that you care and can relate, especially as they get older, they tune you out. I didn't get… — Pedro Noguera Copy Share Image
I can't believe we got grades in gym class. I've never used anything I learned in there. "All right, I'm standing in… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
