The government can become so elitist and concentrate on elitist interests. To help the government, you must constantly hold its attention. — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Copy Share Image
Yes, etiquette is hypocritical. Yes, it does inhibit children - if you're lucky. But the idea that it's elitist and irrelevant is… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the… — William E. Simon Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to hits, and if I write something I feel, I think that's pretty mass appeal. I'm not very… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
Love itself is the most elitist of passions. It acquires its stereoscopic substance and perspective only in the context of culture, for… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I don't want to live in a monoculture of any kind. I don't want to live in a wealthy monoculture, a black… — Richard Benjamin Copy Share Image
Even the most elitist director or author who claims that he doesn't care if his works are seen or not, then I… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer.… — Beck Copy Share Image
It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
To this day, the only argument against Obama that critics can seem to come up with involves admitting he's better than them… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
But there were alternative media outlets. Oh sure, and you know who listens to them? Pansy, overeducated know-it-alls, and you know who… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Kids that are allegedly better students are in an elitist class in first and second grade and then they go to their… — Paul Orfalea Copy Share Image
Shortridge High School was an elitist high school. In a way it was a scandal because you could go there no matter… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
There's something retro about your persona. It's like the pre-World War II generation of reporters - those unpretentious, working-class guys who hung… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Life in cyberspace is often conducted in primitive frontier conditions, but it is a life which, at its best, is more egalitarian… — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
You cannot live your life in the elitist world of fashion and not step out or you're disconnected. You have to realize… — Andre Leon Talley Copy Share Image
If you want to read anything nasty about me, just go to the backpacker websites. There's this kind of elitist branch where… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
I went to a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and it almost killed me. I was all set to be… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
If feminism has receded in visibility and prestige, it is precisely because its vision of life's goals and rewards has become too… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
Al Gore in 2000. He got a half a million more votes than George Bush and lost. How can that be? It's… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
“I'm an unabashed elitist. Everyone needs a good editor, and there is peril in worshiping amateurism and the unedited in science, art,… — K Lee Lerner Copy Share Image
We will never get great art from women if their education exposes them only to the second-rate and if the idea of… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
While a forgery illegally exploits the elitist taste for rarity, a kitsch object insists on its anti elitist availability. The deceptive character… — Matei Calinescu Copy Share Image
The fallacy is that politicians don't really do much about social issues. They just demonize their opponents as elitists and reap the… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
“In contrast, upgrading the healthy is an elitist project, because it rejects the idea of a universal standard applicable to all and… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
It's often considered elitist to say that well maybe voters are uninformed and that they should know more before they cast their… — Jason Brennan Copy Share Image
“My parents have always been racist and elitist to the extreme, like so many in their crowd. Peel away the veneer of… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I believe in God. Maybe not the Catholic God or even the Christian one because I have a hard time seeing any… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
To conceive music, to execute it in front of others, to make it so others can do it...it can be pretty humbling,… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy.… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
I don't want a president like me! I suck, okay. I want an elitist, smart guy. — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
The humanities don't belong to some elitist group... knowledge as a whole should be embraced. — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
Gun-control has always been an elitist method of controlling the common... — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
The anti-elitist values in America, I think, are very destructive to education. — Joshua Jackson Copy Share Image
