Snobbery Quotes

65 Snobbery quotes by 58 unique authors

In the field of snobbery, Australia is an underdeveloped country; even a few British ex-colonies, regarded as under developed in all other respects, could export… — George Mikes
Although the rudiments of snobbery are there, its finer developments are basically alien to the Australian soul - that is, if Australians have a soul;… — George Mikes
There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of assuming that marching… — Henry Ford
Chronological snobbery is the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate common to our own age and the assumption that whatever has gone out of date… — C.S. Lewis
This is the snobbery of the people on the Mayflower looking down their noses at the people who came over ON THE SECOND BOAT! — Mitchell Kapor
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation… — Sally Field
Snobbery has gone out of fashion, and in our shops you will find duchesses jostling with typists to buy the same dress. — Mary Quant
There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A. — Gordon Ramsay
Snobbery might sometimes look cool, like smoking, but the end result is usually a repelling one. — Trent Zelazny
Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs. — William Makepeace Thackeray
It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Snobbery is not merely a silly human weakness but something basic in the mentality of modern man-a symptom which reflects the general sickness, the dislocation… — Arthur Koestler
Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than… — Irvine Welsh
Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America, if I don't make eye contact, the guys… — Silvia Colloca
Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings. — Cary Grant
In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob. — Simon Cowell
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in… — Salvador Dali
The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't… — Freeman Dyson
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
I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world. — Diane Lane

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