Status Quotes

1261 Status quotes by 934 unique authors

There's a grosser irony about Politically Correct English. This is that PCE purports to be the dialect of progressive reform but is in fact -… — David Foster Wallace
Do what? Come up with a clever pun referencing Jerome's demonic status? The truth is, I usually keep a stash of them on hand and— — Richelle Mead
Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods, nor is it just a relation between means and ends; above all it is a relation… — Christopher Ryan
Law and order is a social service. Crime and the fear which the threat of crime induces can paralyse whole communities, keep lonely and vulnerable… — Margaret Thatcher
Like a battalion of marines at roll call, her neck hairs marshaled to five-alarm status. She stumbled back to her desk, jerked open the botton… — Lori Wilde
An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally. — Seth Godin
Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not." "Doesn't she? Don't all of you? This is your first taste of… — Tamora Pierce
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… — Alain de Botton
prayer, and only prayer, restores my vision to one that more resembles God's. i awake from blindness to see that wealth lurks as a terrible… — Philip Yancey
Popularity was fickle and elusive, like trying to catch fireflies in a jar. You were either born with it or relegated to wallflower status according… — Melissa de la Cruz
To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo. — Desmond Tutu
Grandfather's been dead all these years, but if you lifted my skull, by God, in the convolutions of my brain you'd find the big ridges… — Ray Bradbury
The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort. — Alain de Botton
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… — Alain de Botton
In a massive, long-term study of 17,000 civil servants, an almost unbelievable conclusion emerged: the status of a person's job was more likely to predict… — Matt Ridley
The maturing of a woman who has continued to grow is a beautiful thing to behold. Or, if your ad revenue or your seven-figure salary… — Naomi Wolf
Nothing in life is unfair. It's just life. To the extent that I had any inner turmoil, I had only myself to blame. I also… — Rob Lowe
This isn’t a game. We don’t want mediocre employees who can keep the status quo. We want souls. We want to win. And you’ve spent… — Richelle Mead
Am I more afraid Of taking a chance and learning I'm somebody I don't know, or of risking new territory, only to find I'm the… — Ellen Hopkins
Whatever you proclaim as your identity here in the material realm is also your drag. You are not your religion. You are not your skin… — RuPaul
If laws were real they wouldn’t need to be enforced, because if they were real they couldn’t be broken. Try breaking the law of gravity.… — Boyd Rice
Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone. — Mitch Albom
Man's status in the natural world is determined, therefore, by the quality of his thinking. — Manly Hall
The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities,… — Eckhart Tolle
The Orient and Islam have a kind of extrareal, phenomenologically reduced status that puts them out of reach of everyone except the Western expert. From… — Edward Said

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