Quotes by Class That's the choice they allow you - now the outlet is being a pop star, which is really what I'm saying on the album in 'Working class hero'. As I told Rolling Stone, it's the same people who have the power, the class system didn't change one little bit. John Lennon starsheroclass As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game. John Lennon russiagamesclass I mean we [The Beatles] had to go through humiliation upon humiliation with the middle classes and showbiz and Lord Mayors and all that. They were so condescending and stupid. Everybody trying to use us. It was a special humiliation for me because I could never keep my mouth shut and I'd always have to be drunk or pilled to counteract this pressure. It was really hell . John Lennon stupidclassmean To begin with, working class people reacted against our openness about sex. They are frightened of nudity, they're repressed in that way as well as others. Perhaps they thought 'Paul [McCartney] is a good lad, he doesn't make trouble'. John Lennon classsexpeople I think middle-class people have the biggest trauma if they have nice imagey parents, all smiling and dolled up. John Lennon niceclassthinking But you also are facing an uphill battle if you are trying to be the first teacher who asks students to think in class and they are already 16 years old. Johnny Burnette classteacherthinking Tuesday—we had school for the first time. Madame O’Malley had a moment of silence at the beginning of French class, a class that was always punctuated with long moments of silence, and then asked us how we were feeling. “Awful,” a girl said. “En français,” Madame O’Malley replied. “En français. John Green girlclassschool Writers take words seriously-perha ps the last professional class that does-and they struggle to steer their own through the crosswinds of meddling editors and careless typesetters and obtuse and malevolent reviewers into the lap of the ideal reader. John Updike editorsstruggleclass Coming from a working-class background, where my father did manual labor, was a good grounding; I was obsessed with getting a job or getting out of the house at 15. Johnny Marr classjobsfather The maxim is, that whatever can be affirmed (or denied) of a class, may be affirmed (or denied) of everything included in the class. This axiom, supposed to be the basis of the syllogistic theory, is termed by logicians the dictum de omni et nullo. John Stuart Mill nomenclatureclassscience The only band that I can see that made changes over the years with success was The Beatles. They were able to change album to album and still be just as good or better. I didn't feel that we were able to do that. The Beatles were in a class by themselves. Johnny Ramone albumsclassyears I believe that Britain is becoming more class-conscious, and I quake at the very idea of Old Etonians ruling the world again. Johnny Vegas classbelieveideas Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. They have enabled a greater population to live the same life of drudgery and imprisonment, and an increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes. They have increased the comforts of the middle classes. But they have not yet begun to effect those great changes in human destiny, which it is in their nature and in their futurity to accomplish. John Stuart Mill destinyclassnumbers Class still matters in Britain today. Johnny Vegas matterclasstoday The English, of all ranks and classes, are at bottom, in all their feelings, aristocrats. They have some concept of liberty, and set some value on it, but the very idea of equality is strange and offensive to them. They do not dislike to have many people above them as long as they have some below them. John Stuart Mill classlongideas Class is an intangible quality which commands, rather than demands, the respect of others. John Wooden intangible-qualitydemandclass It took me a while to figure it out, but to have a real hit on Broadway, you have to get the respected Broadway people to like it. But then the production also has to appeal to the most middle-class people who know nothing about Broadway and who come to see it later. John Waters realclasspeople There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The general average of mankind are not only moderate in intellect, but also moderate in inclinations: they have no tastes or wishes strong enough to incline them to do anything unusual, and they consequently do not understand those who have, and class all such with the wild and intemperate whom they are accustomed to look down upon. John Stuart Mill strongclassaverage I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage. John Stuart Mill despairclassmen I took tap classes growing up. Jon M. Chu growinggrowing-upclass«105106107108109110111112113114115»
