There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is People begin to think that there is no natural process… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“Codfish aristocracy' is what they call us. Men who've made a fortune in business, but are common-born." "Why codfish?" "It used to… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Some words that sound English actually have Italian roots. “Snob” may date back to Renaissance Florence, when the burgeoning middle class sought… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It started off very underprivileged, but got more affluent.' Amis suddenly smiles to himself, remembering a moment with his father. 'I remember… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
The scientific community having made a rapid ascent from deep poverty to great affluence, from academe's cloisters to Washington's high councils, still… — Daniel S Greenberg Copy Share Image
It seems hard for the American people to believe that anything could be more exciting than the times themselves. What we read… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
“In truth, Belmont’s Jockey Club, the organization that controlled Thoroughbred racing in America, was founded by a mix of people. Some were… — Elizabeth Letts Copy Share Image
I grew up in the 1920s and 1930s in a nouveau riche world, where money was spent wildly, and I'm still living… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
“No one, especially the nouveau riche, turned down the interest of a Knickerbocker, a group of old money New Yorkers with cache,… — Cara Lynn James Copy Share Image
“They were new money, without a doubt: so new it shrieked. Their clothes looked as it they'd covered themselves in glue, then… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Domenico had that ‘look-at-me I’ve-got-money’ attitude about him. A proper nouveau riche . In combination with his pig-like table manners at home,… — K.A. Merikan Copy Share Image
I have this table in my new house. They put this table in without asking. It was some weird nouveau riche marble… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
“What reader or dreamer doesn’t imagine the romantic life of a writer, who lingers between the desk and the fridge in the… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
