Working Class Quotes

264 quotes by 208 authors

We must be vigilant that we don't sink into the morass of sectarianism, mixing, pettiness etc. We must not get involved in unprincipled slagging matches… — Thomas S. Power
Where I grew up, learning was a collective activity. But when I got to school and tried to share learning with other students that was… — Henry Giroux
The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced. — Jane Bryant Quinn
I didn't know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world — Vivienne Westwood
We are committing ourselves to basic protections of our people... We will not permit banks to repossess the homes of working class and middle class… — Alexis Tsipras
I'm definitely working class, and I still believe in those values. I know that losing everything would not be an unfamiliar feeling. Meaning, if you… — John Travolta
It doesn't make sense. [Republicans are] not for us. You're not for my values. We're working class people mostly and blue collar. We're your cops,… — John Leguizamo
I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day… — Sally Field
But beyond the hysteria of phantom death panels, where is the abomination? Show me the provisions that will hurt consumers, because if you think a… — Jim McDermott
Receiving far less attention are the working class heroes, who go about their solitary work routines with quiet dignity, come home from another grueling day,… — Armstrong Williams
I don't think you can get any more working class than me. Everyone seems posh to me. — Danny Dyer
My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me. — Graham Norton
I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always championed about ticket prices and try to equate that to people's salaries. — Alex Ferguson
I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits. — Mark Gatiss
I feel like the kind of people I write about are the kind of people I grew up with, the families that I know in… — Jesmyn Ward
My parents' parents were regular working-class people. I ended up speaking in a certain way, and one gets sidelined into doing certain parts. I think… — Toby Stephens
There is a working class - strong and happy - among both rich and poor: there is an idle class - weak, wicked, and miserable… — John Ruskin
There's something retro about your persona. It's like the pre-World War II generation of reporters - those unpretentious, working-class guys who hung around saloons and… — Camille Paglia
Any measure that establishes legal charity on a permanent basis and gives it an administrative form thereby creates an idle and lazy class, living at… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Liberals lost touch with working-class Americans because they never had to have a conversation about values with those voters; they could just rely on the… — David Brooks

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