Quotes by Class Journalists belong in the gutter because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets. Gerald Priestland keeping-secretsclassfunny I'm from a pretty working-class background, and I really worked hard in my life to eradicate those parts of myself that were stupidly trapped in that world.Those of us who come up that way made a series of choices to benefit ourselves and make ourselves more generous and open. George Saunders benefitschoicesclass I used a lot of quotes when I was young. To make me sound mature, to make me feel like I wasn't the second-class entity that I'd always thought I was Gerard Jones maturitysoundclass If there is one class of person I have never quite trusted, it is a man who knows no doubt. Geraldine Brooks doubtclassmen There are two kinds of second class men in business. There is the man who puts money first and service second. There is the man who puts service first and money second, who never has any money. The first class man in business is the man who is made up out of rolling the other two kinds into one man and working them together. Gerald Stanley Lee businessclassmen You have different levels of players. There's are Premier League, international and world-class levels. The world-class level is players at the peak of their career and there's only maybe 50 maximum in the whole world. Stevie moved from a Premier League player to an international player and then world class. Gerard Houllier careersplayerclass The tendency of advanced capitalism has been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out, as it once seemed likely to do. George Orwell tendencieswipeclass To fight a bigger guy you need to train with bigger guys and it takes a lot more on your body. And it's not your weight class. Georges St-Pierre guyfightingclass The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever. Gerry Adams citizensforeverclass I like the Klitschko boys, I think they're in a class of their own. I like Manny Pacquiao. All the super-middleweights are great. Gerry Cooney classboysthinking There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor. Gerrit Smith classmenmean There are only two classes in good society in England: the equestrian classes and the neurotic classes. George Bernard Shaw horseclasstwo Liberals think their campaign against Wal-Mart is a way of introducing the subject of class into America's political argument, and they are more correct than they understand. Their campaign is liberalism as condescension. It is a philosophic repugnance toward markets, because consumer sovereignty results in the masses making messes. Liberals, aghast, see the choices Americans make with their dollars and their ballots and announce - yes, announce - that Americans are sorely in need of more supervision by... liberals. George Will classamericathinking Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them. Germaine Greer charmingevolutionclass Corporations do not pay taxes, they collect them, passing the burden to consumers as a cost of production. And corporate taxation is a feast of rent-seeking - a cornucopia of credits, exemptions and other subsidies conferred by the political class on favored, and grateful, corporations. George Will gratefulpoliticalclass Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race. Giambattista Vico racereflectionclass Democrats believe, plausibly, that middle-class entitlements are instantly addictive and, because there is no known detoxification, that class, when facing future choices between trimming entitlements or increasing taxes, will choose the latter. George Will choicesclassbelieve Middle-class people are becoming desperate. It can cause a moral man to break bad. Giancarlo Esposito classmenpeople I know what it feels like to be in that middle and lower-middle class, and feel like the culture is passing you by; it translates into a great sense of personal frustration that can then morph into political frustration. George Saunders frustrationpoliticalclass No country can reach a high stage of civilization without a leisure class. Gertrude Atherton classcivilizationcountry«6869707172737475767778»
