"There was a time when formal clothes were……" — Peter York
"There was a time when formal clothes were one of life's great pleasures, as well as a way of describing instantly a man's status wealth. Toffs wore the most, the proles the least. Fast forward to 2008 and clothes are still an unrivalled pleasure but some men - and this includes many of our betters - have confused status with fake informality."
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61 Quotes by Peter York
Peter York has 61 quotes on this site.
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If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning.
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Across the Atlantic, commercial therapy of all kinds provides so many more comfortable outlets for people when they are under…
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All brands, whether high-ticket luxury ones such as Cartier or Rolls-Royce or 'masstige' ones with luxe-y overtones but altogether more…
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Tabloid discussion of bad children always blames baby-boomer liberals, careerist mothers and fashion-crazed Nathan Barley types who think it's all…
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Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world.
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Advertising has always been a huge unrecognised source of outdoor relief for the arts.
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Chandeliers are marvels of drop-dead showiness, the jewellery of architecture.
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Fashion people think that the careful Nice companies are boring beyond measure. (Nice people think fashionistas look silly and should…
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Global new money has houses everywhere, and serious helicopters, it doesn't aspire to the Miss Marple life of St. Mary…
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Kate Middleton's a pretty girl who sounds nice.
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London clubland divides itself between the St James's refuge for toffs, and the Conquest of Cool, for the arts and…
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One should never learn from one's mistakes. Making the same mistakes, over and over again, is a source of unremitting…
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More Betters Quotes
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God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, and the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in his…
— H. L. Mencken
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There is nothing more becoming any wise man, than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be…
— Walter Raleigh
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"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.
— Ayn Rand
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OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech…
— William James
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The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded…
— Charles Dickens
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Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters.…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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America is not a democracy, it's an absolute monarchy ruled by King Kid. In a nation of immigrants, the child…
— Florence King
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They're all so highly educated, you know. Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and…
— Robertson Davies
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... don't let your elders and supposed betters tell you any different. Sure, you've never been to Paris. No, you…
— Stephen King
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I wasted my substance, I know I did, on riotous living, so I did, but there's nothing on record to…
— Rudyard Kipling
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A God who chastises our lack of faith, our vices, the little esteem in which we hold dignity and the…
— Jose Rizal
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