Snobbery Quotes

65 Snobbery quotes by 58 unique authors

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
We must never confuse elegance with snobbery. — Yves Saint Laurent
The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people… — Russell Lynes
I'll tell you what I love. Sending back bottles of wine that aren't right in restaurants in France! Whoa! I love the French, but I… — Rod Stewart
Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging. — Alexander Theroux
There is a lot of snobbery towards pop music, to me and pop in general - it's kind of a despised art form. — Robbie Williams
When you go to church you are really listening-in to the secret wireless from out friends: that is why the enemy is so anxious to… — C.S. Lewis
He has made me wary of chronological snobbery. That is, he showed me that newness is no virtue and oldness is no vice. Truth and… — John Piper
Prayer or not, I want to believe that, despite all evidence to the contrary, it is possible for anyone to find that one special person.… — Rachel Cohn
It was behaviour that I thought not far from racism, sexism or any other kind of prejudice or snobbery. 'Because you are not cute, I… — Stephen Fry
What is a snob? A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you and uses that to come to a complete vision of… — Alain de Botton

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