Privilege Quotes · Page 44

I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the…

— Laurel Lea

History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

At Swindon, I felt like I was at Barcelona because for me it was the best job. It was a big privilege…

— Paolo di Canio

What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear. What a privilege to carry everything to God…

— Joseph M. Scriven

“mosquito-netted open windows was an enormous privilege. ‘You must not think you are superior to them,’ he would say. ‘You are just”

— Jung Chang

“ You've had it the easiest. What good is all your privilege, you soft, spoiled thing, if you can't stand on your…

— Maggie Stiefvater

It's amazing to forget that being able to sleep and wake up to see another day is never a right but a…

— Kemmy Nola

It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.

— Marya Mannes

Nature seems to have treasured up the depth of our mind talents and abilities that we are not aware of; it is…

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good…

— Robert Genn

If we have a choice in how we die, I would say that's a privilege. I think we have a sort of…

— Guillermo del Toro

In America, to be ID'd - sorted, tagged, and permanently filed - is to lose a bit of one's soul. To die…

— Walter Kirn

There is not a situation in life where there isn't a hymn and a Scripture to meet the need. I'm thankful for…

— Cliff Barrows

Destroy it. There may be a redistribution of the land, but the natural inequality of men soon re-creates an inequality of possessions…

— Will Durant

Freedom is always in danger, and the majority of mankind will always acquiesce in its loss, unless a minority is willing to…

— Richard Crossman

The work that I have been doing on television has been important to me because I have had the opportunity to portray…

— Amanda Schull

“This is how we are being governed right now, people. Six conservative justices. They're just doing what they want. And what they…

— Shellen Lubin

The more you think about and interact with other people, the more you realize that it is untenable to privilege your interests…

— Steven Pinker

The churches rose to power on the income from tax-free property. What earthly -or heavenly- right have they got to enjoy a…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Find time for thought, this is the source of strength. Find time for the game, this is the secret of eternal youth.…

— Giannis Ritsos

Those of us that get to a certain level, we have to start giving back to our communities, giving information it's something…

— Charlamagne Tha God

God doesn't like lesbians," Grandma Huberman hised, throwing the magazine in the trash. Jennifer knew what lesbian meant, and she knew she…

— Libba Bray

You gain all of the rights and privileges and respects that are afforded the majority, and that's ultimately what matters for your…

— Todd Haynes

“Anyone can be made to feel like an outsider. It’s up to the people who have the power to exclude. Often it’s…

— Melinda Gates

A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex, but neither should she "adjust" to prejudice and discrimination.

— Betty Friedan

It was a privilege to enjoy the national team and be part of a group that gave so much to our country,…

— Diego Forlan

It was a privilege to experience life beyond the cliches and to witness the vibrancy, chaos, and multiculturalism of Bengal first hand.

— Sue Perkins

It is the privilege of adults to give advice. It is the privilege of youth not to listen. Both avail themselves of…

— Dominique Sutton

Suicide, is a persons privilege. I don't believe it's a sin or a crime it's your right if you do. Though it…

— Marilyn Monroe

It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.

— Noah Baumbach

There were no political ideas. It was an apolitical time. It was the '50s and in the privilege of the suburbs.

— Bill Ayers

In U.S. politics, 'compassion' means giving money and privileges to well organized interest groups at everyone else's expense.

— Paul Craig Roberts

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

— Bob Geldof

Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.

— Ingvar Kamprad

I've done eight years as mayor of London. I enjoyed it hugely; it was a massive privilege.

— Boris Johnson

To me, this is the singular privilege of reading literature: we are allowed to step into another's life.

— Nicole Krauss

...Nixon's subversion [of the consititution] consisted of: One presidental lie; one invocation of presidental privilege, and zero criminal offences.

— William J. Clinton

If God gives me the privilege of dying for the Hinduism of my conception, I shall have sufficiently died for the unity…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.

— Thomas Menino

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole…

— Joseph Addison