--- title: "11 Class Conscious Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Class Conscious quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Class Conscious sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/roger-ebert-655_cinema_we-don-t-have-a-lot-of-class-conscious-f_2601494.jpg" --- > [We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/we-don-t-have-a-lot-of-class-conscious-filmmaking/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/roger-ebert-655_cinema_we-don-t-have-a-lot-of-class-conscious-f_2601494.jpg) > [“...status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/status-as-in-any-traditional-class-conscious-society-declines-more/) [Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/mohsin-hamid-798_money_status-as-in-any-traditional-class-consc_1756170.jpg) > [I believe that Britain is becoming more class-conscious, and I quake at the very idea of Old Etonians ruling the world again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-vegas/i-believe-that-britain-is-becoming-more-class-conscious-and-i-quake/) [Johnny Vegas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-vegas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/johnny-vegas-7488_becoming_i-believe-that-britain-is-becoming-more_1839093.png) > [The fact of the matter is that the U.S. is run by an unusually class-conscious, dedicated business class that has a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-fact-of-the-matter-is-that-the-u-s-is-run-by-an-unusually-class/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/noam-chomsky-42_class_the-fact-of-the-matter-is-that-the-u-s-i_1414140.jpg) > [There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-chang/there-isn-t-much-discussion-of-ruling-class-in-america-even-in-boston/) [Iris Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-chang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/iris-chang-17261_america_there-isn-t-much-discussion-of-ruling-cl_649887.png) > [As the classes in modern life come together, we have become much more intensely class conscious. It's a very curious thing. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/as-the-classes-in-modern-life-come-together-we-have-become-much-more/) [Louis Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-auchincloss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f33/louis-auchincloss-14878_chance_as-the-classes-in-modern-life-come-toget_1400070.jpg) > [ “Oleg Bard: I understand, but by virtue of that power of imagination which, according to \[Georgi\] Plekhanov, is granted to Marxists, I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-mayakovsky/oleg-bard-i-understand-but-by-virtue-of-that-power-of-imagination/) [Vladimir Mayakovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-mayakovsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/vladimir-mayakovsky-14562_power-of-imagination_oleg-bard-i-understand-but-by-virtue-of_977591.jpg) > [ The literature is like that - they \[unions\] are constantly talking about the masses, the danger they pose, and how to control… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-literature-is-like-that-they-unions-are-constantly-talking-about/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/noam-chomsky-42_books_the-literature-is-like-that-they-unions_1566239.jpg) > [“To recall the extent to which Hitchcock was marked by his petit bourgeois interpellation may not radically change the way we read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-mcarthur/to-recall-the-extent-to-which-hitchcock-was-marked-by-his-petit/) [Colin McArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-mcarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/colin-mcarthur-67480_alfred-hitchcock_to-recall-the-extent-to-which-hitchcock_1655891.jpg) > [The war against working people should be understood to be a real war…. Specifically in the U.S., which happens to have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-war-against-working-people-should-be-understood-to-be-a-real-war/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/noam-chomsky-42_bitter_the-war-against-working-people-should-be_306070.jpg) > [It is my conviction that in general women are more snobbish and class conscious than men and that these ignoble traits are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-barnett-gilson/it-is-my-conviction-that-in-general-women-are-more-snobbish-and-class/) [Mary Barnett Gilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-barnett-gilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/mary-barnett-gilson-19023_acceptance_it-is-my-conviction-that-in-general-wome_2043741.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class-conscious/#itemlist", "name": "Class Conscious Quotes", 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