Quotes by Privilege I had a unique privilege to have a good start in life and a chance to develop my talents. Novak Djokovic privilegechanceunique There is no reason to accept the doctrines crafted to sustain power and privilege, or to believe that we are constrained by mysterious and unknown social laws. Noam Chomsky privilegelawbelieve Advertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled. Noam Chomsky advertisingprivilegepay As long as each individual is facing the television tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege Noam Chomsky privilegelongtelevision Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege. Noam Chomsky privilegeresponsibilitybelieve Somehow the fact of enormous privilege and freedom carries with it a sense of impotence, which is a strange, but striking, phenomenon. The fact is, we can do just about anything. There is no difficulty, wherever you are, in finding groups that are working hard on things that concern you. Noam Chomsky privilegegroupsfacts Pascal in his bitter rendition of the practices of the Jesuit intellectuals he despised, including their demonstration of "the utility of interpretation," a device of manufacturing consent based on reinterpretation of sacred texts to serve wealth, power, and privilege. Noam Chomsky sacredprivilegepractice Given their unusual privilege, Western intellectuals can realistically accomplish a great deal. The limits are imposed by will more than objective circumstances. And about human will predictions are without value. Noam Chomsky unusualprivilegelimits To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered. Oscar Wilde privilegeadversitymen I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to see them. Ozzy Osbourne genuine-loveaffairprivilege Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit P. J. O'Rourke possessingmeritprivilege Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. Oscar Wilde incomeprivilegeromance Peace is a costly privilege-to be fought for, attained and won. It comes only from a conquered mind. Paul Brunton privilegemind It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways. Paul Nurse privilegesakemight It's been a privilege to be here. Paul Newman privilege I am convinced that a person is entitled to as much privacy as he wants. It should be his privilege to keep certain areas of his life out of the newspapers. Paul Newman privacyprivilegewant ...the highest sign of friendship is that of giving another the privilege of sharing your inner thought. Paul Tournier highestprivilegegiving The oppressors do not perceive their monopoly on having more as a privilege which dehumanizes others and themselves. They cannot see that, in the egoistic pursuit of having as a possessing class, they suffocate in their own possessions and no longer are; they merely have. Paulo Freire monopolyprivilegeclass Power from unearned privilege can look like strength when it is in fact permission to escape or to dominate. Peggy McIntosh privilegefactslooks the vicious result of privilege is that the creature who receives it becomes incapacitated by it as by a disease. Pearl S. Buck privilegeresultsdisease«1213141516171819202122»
