“Indians paid, in other words, for the privilege of being conquered by the British.” — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
For truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and in all sorts. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Being able to experiment while doing mainstream cinema is a privilege I fully understand and a responsibility I am always willing to… — Regina Cassandra Copy Share Image
“If love is the greatest gift of all-and I believe it is- then the greatest privilege of all is to be able… — Laura Schroff Copy Share Image
If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
Being the first deaf person to play a regular character is a huge privilege and was long overdue. — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
Akshay sir is truly a producer's actor and it has been a privilege to work with him. He is constantly thinking about… — Jackky Bhagnani Copy Share Image
Knowing that Nature never did betray the heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, through all the years of this our life,… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
The challenge that I set for myself was to see whether or not plot and structure could coexist, and why it was… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Football is something I enjoy doing, something I'm well-paid to do, and obviously that's a great privilege, but I'm just trying to… — Wojciech Szczesny Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to have it all. To be successful in business, to have children, to raise them on my own,… — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
I think being collaborative is definitely more natural for people who are minorities in any sense - so people who aren't, like,… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
It's like there's this knowledge hanging in the air that one person has more power than the other, and we're supposed to… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
As the Dauphine stepped out of her carriage on to the ceremonial carpet that had been laid down, it was the Duc… — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
The purpose of privilege is not to place parliamentarians above the law, but rather to allow them to carry out their duties… — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
Whiteness is not a culture . . . Whiteness has nothing to do with culture and everything to do with social position… — Noel Ignatiev Copy Share Image
Blindsight is excellent. It's state-of-the-art science fiction: smart, dark and it grabs you by the throat from page one. Like a C… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
It used to be said in antislavery days that a people who would tacitly consent to the enslavement of 4,000,000 human beings… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
We can construct, deconstruct and reconstruct our sexuality any way we want: it is our privilege as thinking creatures. However, human sexuality… — Jennifer Morse Copy Share Image
“Privilege implies exclusion from privilege, just as advantage implies disadvantage," Celine went on. "In the same mathematically reciprocal way, profit implies loss.… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
The freedom of the press is a valuable privilege; but the abuse of it, in this country, is a frightful evil. The… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
I came to the conclusion a while ago that there is nothing romantic or supernatural about loving someone: Love is the privilege… — John Green Copy Share Image
“The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired. — David Lloyd George Copy Share Image
I'd grown up thinking that a [sanitary toilet] was my right, when in fact it's a privilege - 2.5 billion people worldwide… — Rose George Copy Share Image
Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I've played an angel on 'Touched by an Angel,' bringing the message of God's love. It was such a privilege for me… — Roma Downey Copy Share Image
You have the right to say what you want. That doesn't mean you have the right to be heard, listened to, believed,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dining is the privilege of civilization. . . . The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading lesson of progress. — Isabella Beeton Copy Share Image
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
In America, Blackberry Farm in Tennessee is one of the most amazing hotels I've had the privilege of staying at. — Gail Simmons Copy Share Image
Beware of privilege. It stinks of rotten fish heads, many of which were lapping the shore beneath the jetties. — Ralph Steadman Copy Share Image
To assert that antisemitism is unlike other racisms is not to claim a privilege for it. Hating a Jew is no worse… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed. — Mwai Kibaki Copy Share Image
Leisure is one of the three greatest rewards of being a teacher. It is, unfortunately, the privilege which teachers most often misuse. — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
... when personal happiness conflicts with any great human ideal, the right to claim such happiness is as nothing compared to the… — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
The basic principle, rarely violated, is that what conflicts with the requirements of power and privilege does not exist. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I know what it's like to access the privilege of a ZIP Code but also be born in one that could have… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image