Class Quotes

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The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already… — Louise Brown
This June, I'll travel once again to the Food and Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. For many years, my dear friend Julia Child and… — Jacques Pepin
I've no desire to hang around with a bunch of upper-class delinquents, do twenty minutes' work and then spend the rest of the day loafing… — Rowan Atkinson
The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left ordinary citizens with… — Malcolm Wallop
The totalitarian states can do great things, but there is one thing they cannot do: they cannot give the factory-worker a rifle and tell him… — George Orwell
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.… — Mahatma Gandhi
I feel that 'man-hating' is an honourable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing… — Robin Morgan
With regard to the learned professions, little need be observed; they truly form no distinct interest in society . . . [discussing the landed, merchant,… — Alexander Hamilton
To be of mixed blood is a great gift for a writer. I have one foot on tribal lands and one foot in middle-class life. — Louise Erdrich
The agricultural population, says Cato, produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers, and a class of citizens the least given of all too evil… — Pliny the Elder
When posh boys get into trouble they sack the servants. — Dennis Skinner
Men who pride themselves on their ancestry are like the potato plant, the most part of which is under ground. — William Tyler
The late Queen Victoria once paid a royal visit to a renowned library. At one point, the head librarian asked, "Your Majesty, might I please… — Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford
My background may be common, but I have specialized in elegance. — Cyril Ritchard
Singer and actress Gertrude Lawrence once overheard an assistant describing the beauty of a coat she knew she could never even dream of affording. Having… — Sheridan Morley
The only people I really hate are servants. They're not really human beings at all. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
I wanted to be a nobleman; I bought a name and a title... Oh, nothing is impossible with five million a year. — Eugene Sue
Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings. — Edmond de Goncourt
At times, Singer Johnny Cash rubbed dirt from the earth under his fingernails in order to avoid any arrogance which might stem from his fame,… — Robert Hilburn
It's about time that we create first class citizenship for every American plain and simple. Every New Jersey-ian. This should not be a popular vote.… — Cory Booker

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