Quotes by category:Class

The literature is like that - they [unions] are constantly talking about the masses, the danger they pose, and how to control them. They understand what they're doing, and they're very class conscious. They press policies which work for their interests.

literature class talking

For example, the insurance industries and the big banks are absolutely euphoric now - on the business pages they don't even conceal it - because they've succeeded in coming out of the crisis even stronger than they were before, and in a better position to lay the basis for the next crisis. But they don't care, because they'll get bailed out again. That's class consciousness with a vengeance.

stronger example class

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes. by Oswald Spengler

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes.

Oswald Spengler

eugenics socialism class

What happened in the following years? Well, I think that among the educated classes it stayed the same. You talk about humanitarian intervention, it's like Vietnam was a humanitarian intervention. Among the public, it's quite different.

class years thinking

There is a much higher probability that a first-class scholar should commit an error than that an author who usually writes nonsense should have one good idea.

Otto E. Neugebauer

should-have writing class

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid when I was a stupid undergraduate, but which gave me the foundation of general knowledge that makes a career as a writer possible.

Orson Scott Card

careers stupid class

This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system.

class war hands

That intellectuals, including academics, would become a "new class" of technocrats, claiming the name of science while cooperating with the powerful, was predicted by [Mikhail] Bakunin in the early days of the formation of the modern intelligentsia in the 19th century.

powerful names class

The fact of the matter is that the U.S. is run by an unusually class-conscious, dedicated business class that has a very violent labor history, much worse than in Europe.

class running europe

In the United States 'First' and 'Second' class can't be painted on railroad cars, for all passengers, being Americans, are equal and it would be 'unAmerican.' But paint 'Pullman' on a car and everyone is satisfied.

car class firsts

Capitalism would self-destruct in no time. So the business classes have always demanded strong, straight intervention to protect the society from the destructive effects of market forces because they don't want everything destroyed.

strong self class

First-class travel, provided one hasn't to pay for it oneself, is the most insidiously addictive of life's luxuries.

luxury class pay

Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This makes them prone to set themselves up as critics and censors of the frail and erring human beings whose lot they share.

P. G. Wodehouse

egypt cat class

Another two-bowl morning?" - Damien Maslin asking Zoey Redbird if her love of cereal was the reason she was almost late for Vamp Soc class

cereal class morning

Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.

P. G. Wodehouse

bishops community class

Judges, as a class, display, in the matter of arranging alimony, that reckless generosity which is found only in men who are giving away someone else's cash.

P. G. Wodehouse

divorce class men

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.

class two believe

Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent amongst them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary. Without them, in our incomplete state, there would be no advance towards civilization.

class civilization people

There is no class of people in the world, who have such good memo... by P. T. Barnum

There is no class of people in the world, who have such good memories as creditors.

class memories people

I think it is conceded that I generally do pretty big things as a manager, am audacious in my outlays and risks, give much for little money, and make my shows worthy the support of the moral and refined classes.

class giving thinking