Middle-Class Quotes

111 quotes by 101 authors

In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe. — Aravind Adiga
Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small slice… — Aravind Adiga
Manufacturing and other unskilled professions that were union jobs, that allowed people to live a middle-class life, are disappearing both because unions are disappearing and… — Andy Stern
Every Southerner, I think, knows people like Bill Clinton, maybe not quite as smart and maybe not quite as liberal, but kind of a glad-handing,… — John Shelton Reed
We were postwar middle-class white kids living in the slipstream of the greatest per-capita rise in income in the history of Western civilization; we were… — John Lahr
We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we can keep moving… — Bev Perdue
The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to… — David Plouffe
Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions. — Jaron Lanier
My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in a privileged position. — Denise Mina
In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did… — Denise Mina
I favor the extension of the middle-class tax cuts because in a recession they're stimulative and they help with demand. — Peter Welch
I went to India and met some people who had been involved in this guerrilla business, middle-class people who were rather vain and foolish. There… — V.S. Naipaul
It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the… — Terry Eagleton
I didn't grow up with great privilege, nor did I grow up wanting for anything. I was a middle-class kid and, relative to the rest… — Matt Damon
I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story. — Chris Martin
I think it's part of being English, particularly if you are middle-class - you're always looking to be reminded that you are no good and… — Chris Martin
Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way! — Annette Bening
My family was blue collar, a middle-class kind of thing. My father was born in Detroit, Italian-American. My mother is English. She acted on the… — Lorraine Bracco
My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single family home in a middle-class suburb.… — Kid Cudi
Wall Street shouldn't be deregulated. I think Wall Street and Main Street need to play by the same set of rules. The middle-class can't carry… — Stephanie Cutter

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