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Status Quotes by Alain de Botton
- The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other,…
- Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect,…
- Literature deeply stands opposed to the dominant value system-the one that rewards money and power. Writers are on the other side-they make us sympathetic to…
- People who hold important positions in society are commonly labelled "somebodies," and their inverse "nobodies"-both of which are, of course, nonsensical descriptors, for we are…
- The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort.
- Philosophy, art, politics, religion and bohemia have never sought to do away entirely with the status hierarchy; they have attemptee, rather, to institute new kinds…
- It is this idea 'decency' should be attached to wealth -and 'indecency'' to poverty - that forms the core of one strand of skeptical complaint…
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- Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo. — Karl Barth
- The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. — Warren G. Bennis
- Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. — Jello Biafra
- The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of… — Bhumibol Adulyadej
- For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous… — Erma Bombeck
- The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated… — Alain de Botton
- Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not… — Alain de Botton
- I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy. — Eli Broad
- I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more… — Sophia Bush
- I've never been difficult to anybody or with anybody on a picture. Especially when you're in that nice status of hierarchy of… — James Caan
- For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough. — Steve Carell