Elitist Quotes

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I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I… — Kathryn Bigelow
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. — Winston Churchill
The NRA made an ad saying that Obama is elitist because his kids have armed guards. Yeah, that crazy Obama thinking his kids need special… — Bill Maher
Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser. — Tom Clancy
The only real good technology is no technology at all. Technology is taxation without representation, imposed by our elitist species (man) upon the rest of… — Eric Pianka
Go to the farmers market and buy food there. You'll get something that's delicious. It's discouraging that this seems like such an elitist thing. It's… — Alice Waters
I'm straightforward with my kids, I take my kids out and I bring my daughter to dance lessons. I'm teaching my son how to ski,… — Rob Ford
And that brings us to tonight's word: Truthiness. Now I'm sure some of the word-police, the 'wordanistas' over at Websters, are gonna say, 'Hey, that's… — Stephen Colbert
Now that they've finished reading the Constitution out loud, the Teabaggers must call out that group of elitist liberals whose values are so antithetical to… — Bill Maher
You cannot live your life in the elitist world of fashion and not step out or you're disconnected. You have to realize that fashion is… — Andre Leon Talley
Many outsiders see the art world as elitist and it is, except it is also oddly down-to-earth and embracing of oddballs who don't fit in… — Sarah Thornton
When government does, occasionally, work, it works in an elitist fashion. That is, government is most easily manipulated by people who have money and power… — P.J. O'Rourke
Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always for patrons, aristocrats,… — David Cronenberg
Here's a simple way to abolish golf's elitist and exclusionary image and make it a truly all-American sport: ditch that fifties-Republican-martini-drinker's green Brooks Brothers-style sport… — Bruce McCall
Some of the environmental lobbyists of the Western nations are the salt of the earth, but many of them are elitists. They've never experienced the… — Norman Borlaug
In a modern democracy, not only can a libertarian be elitist; a libertarian has to be elitist. To be a libertarian in a modern democracy… — Bryan Caplan
In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by those who cherish hierarchy. For preppies it's a smoke signal that allows Bunny to… — Florence King
I hate elitists. I hate conceited people. I hate pompous people. — Neil Cavuto
Love itself is the most elitist of passions. It acquires its stereoscopic substance and perspective only in the context of culture, for it takes up… — Joseph Brodsky
It is a love/hate relationship I have with the human race. I am an elitist, and I feel that my responsibility is to drag the… — Harlan Ellison

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