Elitist Quotes

75 Elitist quotes by 69 unique authors

The humanities don't belong to some elitist group... knowledge as a whole should be embraced. — Ruth Simmons
Labour have been listening for too long to the so-called experts who think that competition is a dirty word and that communicating facts to our… — William Hague
I suspect it's because Truman Democrats have been replaced by Gruber Democrats - self-styled elitists who feed lavishly at the public trough and think government… — Jack Kelly
But there were alternative media outlets. Oh sure, and you know who listens to them? Pansy, overeducated know-it-alls, and you know who listens to them?… — Max Brooks
Was it possible I'd labeled him incorrectly? Shallow jocksdidn't overcome adversity and accomplish the things Leif had. I'd labeled him, not even knowing him. Just… — Abbi Glines
Be egalitarian regarding persons. Be elitist regarding ideas. — Peter Kreeft
I feel strong in my belief, based on my widely traveled collaborations, that a one-to-one contact through art contains potent peaceful powers, and is the… — Robert Rauschenberg
Art is not an elitist gift for a few select people. Art is for everyone. — Richard Attenborough
Our point of view is, lets not be so elitist that we can't honor good, hard, dignified, ennobling work: people working with their hands, building… — Van Jones
Fox News is hated because they're elitists, and the worst winners television's ever seen. — Keith Olbermann
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
There's something retro about your persona. It's like the pre-World War II generation of reporters - those unpretentious, working-class guys who hung around saloons and… — Camille Paglia
I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist form of art. — Serj Tankian
The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the… — William E. Simon
I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist. — Elia Kazan
Maybe I'm an elitist, but I don't feel like I am. — Kim Deal
I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party. — Ed Gillespie
One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk… — Lesley Garrett
I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its… — Michel Hazanavicius
Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small. — David Ives
It is, of course, the first recourse of every elitist to see social barbarism in others. — Graham Joyce
The anti-elitist values in America, I think, are very destructive to education. — Joshua Jackson
In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere. — Will Cotton
To conceive music, to execute it in front of others, to make it so others can do it...it can be pretty humbling, and kind of… — Ryan Adams
Our Founding Fathers were proud that Americans were trusted with arms because they knew that only when people are armed could they truly be thought… — Charley Reese

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