Elitism Quotes
22 quotes by 20 authors
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Acid is not for every brain .... Only the healthy, happy, wholesome, handsome, hopeful, humorous, high-velocity should seek these experiences. This elitism is totally self-determined.…
— Timothy Leary
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Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.
— Florence King
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The overarching issue, as I see it, is the elitism of America's political system; the fact that regular, ordinary Americans aren't considered in policy debates…
— Jerry Springer
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What will drive people if they don't have money or reward? The reward is the end of war, the end of poverty, most crime, and…
— Jacque Fresco
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The person I love would never wear fur. Fur just makes me think of shallow women who have no conscience. The fur industry belongs to…
— Gavin Rossdale
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There's a certain elitism that has crept into the attitudes of some in journalism, and it played out perfectly over the issue of these little…
— Brit Hume
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As you probably know, I'm often accused of intellectual exhibitionism and all forms of elitism. Although I can understand this point of view, it's a…
— Peter Greenaway
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Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
— Sydney J. Harris
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The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.
— Van Jones
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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There…
— Banksy
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We must be careful to avoid spiritual elitism. Everything we are and anything we possess as believers in Christ is a gift of grace. Pure…
— Beth Moore
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To me, elitism means a love of excellence and superiority, but America has declared war on both and developed a sick love of the lowest…
— Florence King
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There you have it: an expensive higher education based on sloganeering, on pat, trite phrases that substitute moral posturing for political reasoning. It's elitism masquerading…
— Camille Paglia
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Free verse seemed democratic because it offered freedom of access to writers. And those who disdained free verse would always be open to accusations of…
— James Fenton
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Being slim is the new elitism. Thinness today says that you are richer, smarter and more successful than the overweight masses.
— David Zinczenko
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I think art has a right — not an obligation — to be difficult if it wishes. And, since people generally go on from this…
— Geoffrey Hill
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There's something strange about theater. My characters consistently demonize elitism, but of course it's taking place in a theater where only so many people can…
— Jesse Eisenberg
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Of course, there's a certain type of person who feels that anything which becomes mainstream has to be rejected immediately. And that's part of the…
— Alex Kapranos
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I don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.
— Quentin Tarantino
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I love pop culture -- the Rolling Stones, the Doors, David Lynch, things like that. That's why I said I don't like elitism.
— Haruki Murakami
Who Wrote These Elitism Quotes
20 authors contributed a total of 22 Elitism Quotes as follows: