--- title: "6 Working class Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "6 Working class quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Working class sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_i-m-working-class-but-it-s-the-working-c_446452.jpg" --- > [“I'm working class. But it's the working class that keeps the world running, and it's the working class that gets exploited. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-working-class-but-it-s-the-working-class-that-keeps-the-world/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_i-m-working-class-but-it-s-the-working-c_446452.jpg) > [“What the hell kind of revolution have you got just tossing out big words that working-class people can't understand?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-the-hell-kind-of-revolution-have-you-got-just-tossing-out-big/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_what-the-hell-kind-of-revolution-have-yo_776060.jpg) > [“Believe me, I know what I’m talking about. I’m working class. Revolution or not, the working class will just keep on scraping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/believe-me-i-know-what-i-m-talking-about-i-m-working-class-revolution/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_believe-me-i-know-what-i-m-talking-about_1711264.jpg) > [“It's the working class that keeps the world running, and it's the working class that gets exploited. What the hell kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-the-working-class-that-keeps-the-world-running-and-it-s-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_it-s-the-working-class-that-keeps-the-wo_2249856.jpg) > [“Ok I'm not so smart I'm working class. But it's the working class that keeps the world running and it's the working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/ok-i-m-not-so-smart-i-m-working-class-but-it-s-the-working-class-that/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_ok-i-m-not-so-smart-i-m-working-class-bu_2443580.jpg) > [“One guy yelled at me, 'You stupid bitch, how do you live like that with nothing in your brain?' Well, that did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/one-guy-yelled-at-me-you-stupid-bitch-how-do-you-live-like-that-with/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/haruki-murakami-21_arrogance_one-guy-yelled-at-me-you-stupid-bitch-ho_2809200.jpg) ## Other authors on Working class - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-marx-55237.jpg) Karl Marx 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/karl-marx/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernie-sanders-17420.jpg) Bernie Sanders 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/bernie-sanders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-j-d-vance-3503.jpg) J.D. Vance 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/j-d-vance/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-orwell-37887.jpg) George Orwell 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/george-orwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-j-d-vance-2-3852.jpg) J. D. Vance 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/j-d-vance-2/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-ayers-17832.jpg) Bill Ayers 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/bill-ayers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vladimir-lenin-94029.jpg) Vladimir Lenin 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/vladimir-lenin/) - [Richard Ojeda 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/richard-ojeda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nina-turner-3107.jpg) Nina Turner 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/nina-turner/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lennon-51796.jpg) John Lennon 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/john-lennon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-packer-37899.jpg) George Packer 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/george-packer/) ## More by Haruki Murakami > [I always feel like I'm struggling to become someone else. Like I'm trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-always-feel-like-i-m-struggling-to-become-someone-else-like-i-m/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-writing-novels-is-like-planting-a-forest-then-writing-short/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, thena full minute...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-sad-truth-is-that-what-i-could-recall-in-five-seconds-all-too/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“Intelligent teenage girls were often instinctively theatrical, purposely eccentric, mouthing highly suggestive words to confuse people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/intelligent-teenage-girls-were-often-instinctively-theatrical/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory. This really came home to me once I started writing fiction, that memory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memory-is-like-fiction-or-else-it-s-fiction-that-s-like-memory-this/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-most-dangerous-creature-here-would-have-to-be-me-so-maybe-i-m/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-you-listen-to-the-radio-for-a-whole-hour-there-s-maybe-one-decent/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“that one of our problems was our inability to recognize and accept our own deformities”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/that-one-of-our-problems-was-our-inability-to-recognize-and-accept/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“When I look back at myself at age twenty, what I remember most is being alone and lonely. I had no girlfriend to warm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-i-look-back-at-myself-at-age-twenty-what-i-remember-most-is/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“There's not a branch of publishing or broadcasting that doesn't depend in some way on advertising. It'd be like an aquarium without water. Why,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-s-not-a-branch-of-publishing-or-broadcasting-that-doesn-t/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“One by one, I'll face the tasks before me and complete them as best I can. Focusing on each stride forward, but at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/one-by-one-i-ll-face-the-tasks-before-me-and-complete-them-as-best-i/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“Eleven o'clock had come and gone. I had to find a way to bring this conversation to a successful conclusion and get out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/eleven-o-clock-had-come-and-gone-i-had-to-find-a-way-to-bring-this/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“Some people get a kick out of reading railway timetables and that's all they do all day. Some people make huge model boats out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/some-people-get-a-kick-out-of-reading-railway-timetables-and-that-s/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“When the time comes, everybody’s got to end up where they belong. Only me, I didn’t have a place to call my own. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-the-time-comes-everybody-s-got-to-end-up-where-they-belong-only/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“You let something out of the bag before yourself knew what it was all about”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-let-something-out-of-the-bag-before-yourself-knew-what-it-was-all/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "6 Working class Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'm working class. But it's the working class that keeps the world running, and it's the working class that gets exploited. What the hell kind of revolution have you got just tossing out big words that working-class people can't understand? What the hell kind of social revolution is that?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-working-class-but-it-s-the-working-class-that-keeps-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_i-m-working-class-but-it-s-the-working-c_446452.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_i-m-working-class-but-it-s-the-working-c_446452.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_i-m-working-class-but-it-s-the-working-c_446452.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm working class. But it's the working class that keeps the world running, and it's the working class that…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What the hell kind of revolution have you got just tossing out big words that working-class people can't understand?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-the-hell-kind-of-revolution-have-you-got-just-tossing-out-big/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_what-the-hell-kind-of-revolution-have-yo_776060.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_what-the-hell-kind-of-revolution-have-yo_776060.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_what-the-hell-kind-of-revolution-have-yo_776060.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What the hell kind of revolution have you got just tossing out big words that working-class people can't…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Believe me, I know what I’m talking about. I’m working class. Revolution or not, the working class will just keep on scraping a living in the same old shitholes. And what is a revolution? It sure as hell isn’t just changing the name on city hall. But those guys don’t know that - those guys with their big words. Tell me, Watanabe, have you ever seen a taxman?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/believe-me-i-know-what-i-m-talking-about-i-m-working-class-revolution/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_believe-me-i-know-what-i-m-talking-about_1711264.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_believe-me-i-know-what-i-m-talking-about_1711264.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_believe-me-i-know-what-i-m-talking-about_1711264.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Believe me, I know what I’m talking about. I’m working class. Revolution or not, the working class will just…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's the working class that keeps the world running, and it's the working class that gets exploited. What the hell kind of revolution have you got just tossing out big words that working-class people can't understand.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-the-working-class-that-keeps-the-world-running-and-it-s-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_it-s-the-working-class-that-keeps-the-wo_2249856.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_it-s-the-working-class-that-keeps-the-wo_2249856.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_it-s-the-working-class-that-keeps-the-wo_2249856.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's the working class that keeps the world running, and it's the working class that gets exploited. What…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ok I'm not so smart I'm working class. But it's the working class that keeps the world running and it's the working class that get exploited. What kind revolution is it that just throws out big words that working class people can't understand. Revolution or not the working class will just keep on scraping a living in the same old shitholes I'm not going to believe in any damned revolution. Love is all I'm going to believe in. -- Midori”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/ok-i-m-not-so-smart-i-m-working-class-but-it-s-the-working-class-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_ok-i-m-not-so-smart-i-m-working-class-bu_2443580.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_ok-i-m-not-so-smart-i-m-working-class-bu_2443580.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_ok-i-m-not-so-smart-i-m-working-class-bu_2443580.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ok I'm not so smart I'm working class. But it's the working class that keeps the world running and it's the…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“One guy yelled at me, 'You stupid bitch, how do you live like that with nothing in your brain?' Well, that did it. I wasn't going to put up with that. Ok, I'm not so smart. I'm working class. But it's the working class that keeps the world running, and it's the working classes that get exploited. What kind of revolution is it that just throws out big words that working-class people can't understand? What kind of crap social revolution is that? I mean, I'd like to make the world a better place, too. If somebody's really being exploited, we've got to put a stop to it. That's what I believe, and that's why I ask questions. Am I right, or what?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/one-guy-yelled-at-me-you-stupid-bitch-how-do-you-live-like-that-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/haruki-murakami-21_arrogance_one-guy-yelled-at-me-you-stupid-bitch-ho_2809200.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/haruki-murakami-21_arrogance_one-guy-yelled-at-me-you-stupid-bitch-ho_2809200.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/haruki-murakami-21_arrogance_one-guy-yelled-at-me-you-stupid-bitch-ho_2809200.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One guy yelled at me, 'You stupid bitch, how do you live like that with nothing in your brain?' Well, that…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/haruki-murakami/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/haruki-murakami/", "name": "Working class Quotes by Haruki Murakami", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/haruki-murakami/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/haruki-murakami-21_big-words_i-m-working-class-but-it-s-the-working-c_446452.jpg" }, "description": "6 Working class quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Working class sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/haruki-murakami/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/haruki-murakami/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Working Class", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Haruki Murakami", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-class/haruki-murakami/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```