Quotes by category:Class

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate sch... by Evelyn Waugh

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.

literature class school

I think so much of my early life, even though I grew up White and middle class, I was completely shattered by the horrifically violent atmosphere I grew up in. I am a consequence of violence. That opened a door to many realities that I would not have experienced had I not survived what I did.

class reality thinking

Politics in Bolivia must combine social consciousness with professional competency. In my administration, intellectuals from the upper class can be cabinet ministers or ambassadors, as can members of Indian ethnic groups.

bolivia groups class

Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class pe... by Evelyn Waugh

Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic.

class sex people

In Bolivia, the middle class, intellectuals and the self-employed are proud of their Indian roots. Unfortunately, some oligarchic groups continue to treat us as being inferior.

self roots class

... social evils are dangerously contagious. The fixed policy of persecution and injustice against a class of women who are weak and defenseless will be necessarily hurtful to the cause of all women.

Fannie Barrier Williams

racism evil class

My grandma used to make syrup for us because we couldn't afford it and I just played around with her recipe. I made strawberry syrup and that didn't really work out but I made strawberry-vanilla and that sold. Then I just went out and took marketing classes, went to seminars, learned about marketing a product and striking deals. It ended up taking orders of $1.5 million.

grandma class order

If we didn't have the Albanian entrepreneurial spirit and financial support from the diaspora, this stupid political class would have destroyed the country by now.

stupid class country

Yes, cider and tinned salmon are the staple diet of the agricultu... by Evelyn Waugh

Yes, cider and tinned salmon are the staple diet of the agricultural classes.

salmon class food

I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.

scripts play class

Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions.

effort revolution class

In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I'd grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be like Americans. In contrast, when I got here, I saw prosperous middle-class American college students wanting to somehow join the Third World.

Feisal Abdul Rauf

college class people

One of the highlights of my career was playing first class rugby for my province, which was Wellington. Another highlight was playing first class rugby with my brothers. Not many brothers get to do that. I can't explain what it felt like to be out there, playing with them. It was a great feeling.

careers brother class

I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.

Fiona Gubelmann

mom class school

I've been working straight since 2003, so I might just want to take an improv or theater class. That excites me. I can't wait to do different characters - not necessarily the leading chick who gets the guy, but the weird, freaky cousin.

cousin class character

On the subject of the feminist business, I just never think...of qualities which are specifically feminine or masculine. I suppose I divide people into two classes: the Irksome and the Non-Irksome without regard to sex. Yes and there are the Medium Irksome and the Rare Irksome.

Flannery O'Connor

class sex thinking

Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best... by Ford Madox Ford

Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.

Ford Madox Ford

Sometimes I think that idlers seem to be a special class for whom nothing can be planned, plead as one will with them - their only contribution to the human family is to warm a seat at the common table.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

special class thinking

Anti-smoking sentiment has replaced middle-class morality entirely. The smoker has taken the place of the homosexual. Today you hear people say things about smokers that used to be said about homosexuals - they pollute the environment; you don't want them around your children.

taken class children

You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people.

class funny people