Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
What came out of that was an intense obsession with status anxiety. So much of these portraits are about fashioning oneself into… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Everyone had clearly spent far too long perfecting their appearance. I used to feel intimidated by people like this; now I see… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
Status Anxiety: A worry, so pernicious as to be capable of ruining extended stretches of our lives, that we are in danger… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“as the determinants of high status keep shifting, so, too, naturally, will the triggers of status anxiety be altered.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image