Quotes by Class If you think about it, candidate Obama, Sen. Obama, was running on sort of long-run economic issues, like restoring prosperity to the middle class, dealing with the perennial problem of health care in the United States. He talked a lot about the budget deficit, about the need to transition to clean energy. Christina Romer classrunningthinking Radicalism is the opium of the middle class. Christina Stead radicalismmiddleclass All new money is made through the shifting of social classes and the dispossession of old classes. Christina Stead shiftingmoneyclass All middle-class novels are about the trials of three, all upper-class novels about mass fornication, all revolutionary novels about a bad man turned good by a tractor. Christina Stead threeclassmen When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going to have an effect elsewhere in the world as well. Christine Lagarde sizeclassworld My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes. Christine Lahti shapesheartclass I took my first acting class at age 6 because I found out that's what Carol Burnett was doing - acting. Also she had an imaginary friend as a kid and went to UCLA, two things we have in common. I will always admire her and hope one day, I can make someone laugh a fraction as hard as she's made me bellyache. Christine Lakin uclaclasskids I was probably the one who tattled on the class clown. To get in good with the teachers. Christine Lavin clownclassteacher Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. I was a very, very serious child... I was valedictorian of my kindergarten and eighth-grade class. Christine Lavin abuseclasschildren But 'Hey Dude' was shot in Arizona, and that took me to the West Coast. We did 65 episodes. It was not a show that a ton of people saw, so it was like doing acting classes and getting paid for it. At that point I had the acting bug. So I went to L.A. to give it a try and never left. Christine Taylor classgivingpeople My classroom is set up to accommodate the different types of assignments students do. Sitting at a single desk the entire class time just doesnt work for this type of class. Christine Taylor differentsittingclass I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage. Christopher Eccleston would-beoppositesclass Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney. Christopher Eccleston classrunningpeople Equality is a mortuary word. Christopher Fry mortuaryclass I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence. Christopher Hampton decadencesubstitutesclass An old joke has an Oxford professor meeting an American former graduate student and asking him what he's working on these days. 'My thesis is on the survival of the class system in the United States.' 'Oh really, that's interesting: one didn't think there was a class system in the United States.' 'Nobody does. That's how it survives. Christopher Hitchens oxfordclassthinking What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation. Christopher Hitchens claimsclassway A sort of moral blackmail is exerted from both poles. The underclass, one gathers, should be dulled with charity and welfare provision lest it turn nasty. The upper class must likewise be conciliated by vast handouts, lest it lose the "incentive" to go on generating wealth. Christopher Hitchens charitygoes-onclass 'WASP' is the only ethnic term that is in fact a term of class, apart from redneck, which is another word for the same group but who are in the lower social strata, so it's inexplicably tied up with social standing and culture and history in a way that the other hyphenations just are not. Christopher Hitchens redneckclassfacts I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, 'He is not a lush.' That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, 'Look!' Christopher Hitchens missingclasspeople«3435363738394041424344»
