Best 538 quotes in «privilege quotes» category

Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself.

Sometimes I get a little tired of it. But you know, what a privilege, to get tired of working with Ingmar Bergman.

So once I shut down my privilege of disliking anyone I choose and holding myself aloof if I could manage it, greater understanding, growing compassion came to me.

Speaking as one who has abused privilege a long time, I tell you, it's great to be alive.

Survival is both an exalted privilege and a painful burden.

Stalin's henchman Molotov, 96, died old and in bed, a privilege he helped to deny to millions.

Stop whining about getting old. It's a privilege. A lot of people who are dead wish they were still alive.

Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.

Take heed, dear heart, of this large privilege; The hardest knife ill-used doth lose his edge.

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money.

The basic principle, rarely violated, is that what conflicts with the requirements of power and privilege does not exist.

The affiliation clause in our Constitution is a privilege: a courtesy to a sympathetic body. Were you not a Mason, or Co-Mason, you would have to be proposed and seconded, and then examined by savage Inquisitors, and then-probably-thrown out on the garbage heap. Well, no, it's not as bad as that; but we certainly don't want anybody who chooses to apply. Would you do it yourself, if you were on the Committee of a Club? The O.T.O. is a serious body, engaged on a work of Cosmic scope. You should question yourself: what can I contribute?

The accursed power which stands on privilege( and goes with women, champagne and bridge) Broke - and democracy resumed her reign ( which goes with bridge and women and champagne.

The apocalypse is not something which is coming. The apocalypse has arrived in major portions of the planet and it’s only because we live within a bubble of incredible privilege and social insulation that we still have the luxury of anticipating the apocalypse.

The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.

The best thing about time passing is the privilege of running out of it, of watching the wave of mortality break over me and everyone I know.

The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet.

The experience of space is not a privilege of the gifted few, but a biological function.

The greater the privilege, the more hidden the arrogance. The Emperor of China need not exist.

The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here.

The digital asset that matters is trust. Awareness first, then interaction, and maybe a habit, but all three mean nothing if they don't lead to permission and trust. The privilege of connection. Everything else is slippery.

The individual or the group which organizes any society, however social its intentions or pretensions, arrogates an inordinate portion of social privilege to itself.

The infirmities of genius are often mistaken for its privileges.

The individual who dares commit a crime is guilty in a two-fold sense; first, he is guilty against human conscience, and, above all, he is guilty against the State in arrogating to himself one of its most precious privileges.

... the media serve the interests of state and corporate power, which are closely interlinked, framing their reporting and analysis in a manner supportive of established privilege and limiting debate and discussion accordingly.

The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege.

The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.

The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.

The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.

The more divided people of color are in a system of white supremacy/privilege, the weaker they will be, both individually and collectively.

The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.

The overcoming power is God's; the overcoming privilege is ours!

... the photographer is a thief who chooses what he steals (which, at this stage of the crisis, is a luxury) and does not democratize the image, that is to say, the photographer selects the pictures, a privilege which ought to be granted to the person being photographed.

The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.

The privilege of a middle-class, stable, bourgeois life is that you can pretend that you are not complicated and project yourself as a solid, uncomplicated person, with refined life goals and achievements.

The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.

The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left for profitable crooked deals carried on by the Jews, who would be attracted by the enormous extension of the international speculations of the national banks.

The privileges of knowledge have to be bought at the cost of the consolations of ignorance.

The privilege of prayer to me is one of the most cherished possessions, because faith and experience alike convince me that God himself sees and answers, and His answers I never venture to criticize. It is only my part to ask. If it were otherwise, I would not dare to pray at all.

There are great people everywhere, and there are all kinds of exceptions to any generalizations, and it was a huge privilege for me to get to learn that.

The purpose of privilege is not to place parliamentarians above the law, but rather to allow them to carry out their duties independently and effectively, in the national interest.

There is no greater privilege in life than being yourself.

There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of those moments. This is one of those times.

Therefore every person born within the United States, its territories or districts, whether the parents are citizens or aliens, is a natural born citizen in the sense of the Constitution, and entitled to all the rights and privileges appertaining to that capacity.

There is a gift of the Holy Spirit that is given to both men and women in the New Testament. This is what makes the New Testament a New Testament rather than the Old Testament, in which women did not have such privileges.

The reason I got into this business was for the privilege to exist in different genres and different worlds and play out different realities.

There is no magical reason why I am where I am. And there is absolutely no reason why you can't be where you want to be. If it can happen for me, it can happen for you, too. And it would be a privilege for me to help you get there.

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.

There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

There is nothing to which men cling more tenaciously than the privileges of class.