Art Quote by Alain de Botton

There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a…

— Vivienne Westwood

We cling to hierarchies because our place in a hierarchy is, rightly or wrongly, a major indicator of our social worth.

— Harold Leavitt

“Here’s what turns a successful hierarchy into one that impedes progress: when too many people begin, subconsciously, to equate their own value and that…

— Ed Catmull

In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doctrine specifically of the High. It had been preached by…

— George Orwell

“People who have made comparative studies of many different societies, know that when status is ascribed, rather than achieved, individual efforts towards excellence are…

— Dor Bahadur Bista

Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence.

— James Bryant Conant

Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.

— Mary Douglas

“In the second stage, once those who oppose the status quo succeed in weakening the authority of the existing order, they are able to…

— Christopher L. Hayes

“Successful people are inspired people; they are unwilling to accept the “status quo.”

— Asa Don Brown

From the moment when a subordinate class becomes really independent and dominant, calling into being a new type of State, the need arises concretely,…

— Antonio Gramsci

Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance.

— James Bryant Conant

Great leaders understand that historical success tends to produce stable and inwardly focused organizations, and these outfits, in turn, reinforce a feeling of contentment…

— John P. Kotter