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 Copy Share Image
I don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
“[I]t is indisputably the mediocre, if not the low, both as regards morality and intelligence, who succeed in life and multiply the… — Alfred Russel Wallace Copy Share Image
The thing about this [Donald] Trump phenomenon is that there's a lot of good stuff in it; the anti-elitism, the concern for… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“English does not distinguish between arrogant-up (irreverence toward the temporarily powerful) and arrogant-down (directed at the small guy).” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
'Worshipping in private,' as Obama does, comes off as just another form of annoying elitism. — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
Being slim is the new elitism. Thinness today says that you are richer, smarter and more successful than the overweight masses. — David Zinczenko Copy Share Image
“...what is art to the dilettante but the initiation of the sacred few to the exclusion of the profane crowd?...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“The tunnel under the wall of intellectual snobbery is the only way back to common sense reality, but most won't find it… — D.E. Navarro Copy Share Image
Acid is not for every brain … Only the healthy, happy, wholesome, handsome, hopeful, humorous, high-velocity should seek these experiences. This elitism… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism. Ecopopulism. To change our laws and culture, the green movement justice, political… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“This use of ordinary people as the principal characters was fairly rare in science fiction when the book came out, and even… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“The mother tongue of politicians is that of ancient Babylon: a language designed to severely limit discourse within a tower of praise… — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
There are people in government who don't want other people to know what they know. It's just another example of elitism. And… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
“We are rendered powerless; our voice is silenced by whatever form of elitism is working through a political system that gives us… — Alan Watkins Copy Share Image
The Trump phenomenon has a lot of really good stuff in it, the anti-elitism, the concern for America's economy in the Rust… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
We know longer live in a homogenous society, it is not black, white, Asian or Latin, it is a melting pot. Until… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
“In crew, contempt is important. In Boston, Boston University and Northeastern crew are treated with contempt by the college up the river.… — Lisa Birnbach Copy Share Image
“Populism actually reinforces this elitism, because the celebration of ignorance cannot launch communications satellites, negotiate the rights of US citizens overseas, or… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
There is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures their utility. 'Tis the same argument employed… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
What will drive people if they don't have money or reward? The reward is the end of war, the end of poverty,… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Indeed, it is impossible to be neutral. In a world already moving in certain directions, where wealth and power are already distributed… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“No," Foyle roared. "Let them hear this. Let them hear everything." "You're insane, man. You've handed a loaded gun to children." "Stop… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate than "politicians"… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“What is so unnerving about the candidacy of Sarah Palin is the degree to which she represents—and her supporters celebrate—the joyful marriage… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Like it or not, philosophy or intellectual activity in ancient China was distinguished from manual labor, and thus philosophical texts were not… — Hans-Georg Moeller Copy Share Image
“[James M. Buchanan] directed hostility toward college students, public employees, recipients of any kind of government assistance, and liberal intellectuals. His intellectual… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share Image
Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism. — Florence King Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there was a feeling in one's living room as much as in one's local gallery that a… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
“I am an elitist and a perfectionist. Narcissist, no. You cannot both willfully ignore your flaws and try to eradicate them at… — Sebastyne Alpha Copy Share Image
When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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