Quotes about Status

Status symbols are poor excuses for values. Votes: 3

Status-driven, conspicuous consumption thrives from the language of novelty. Votes: 3

Status Quo is Latin for the mess we are in. Votes: 3

Status, worry and comparison are ways to madness, not victory. Votes: 3

Status quo or grow: You are in control of your future. Votes: 3

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'. Votes: 3

Status is always ripe for satire, status is always good for comedy. Votes: 3

Our politicians may fail us, but Status Quo always delivers on the promise. Votes: 3

Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually. Votes: 3

Our culture says Status is more important than Wealth, but we teach the opposite. Votes: 3

Status ought not to be measured by a woman's ability to attract and snare a man. Votes: 3

A Status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there. Votes: 3

Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone. Votes: 3

The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery. Votes: 3

I found a new breed of people, 'Facebook Man' - Comments on anything, but don't even have a single own Status post!!! Votes: 3

The status quo sucks. Votes: 2

Those who practice Love have neither Religion or Status. Votes: 2

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. Votes: 2

I don't accept the status quo. I do accept Visa, MasterCard, or American Express. Votes: 2

The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract. Votes: 2

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo. Votes: 2

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness. Votes: 2

'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have always used for ourselves. Votes: 2

My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the past. Votes: 2

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question. Votes: 2

I believe employment regulations for women, whereby the prospective employer is not able to inquire about the interviewee's status regarding children, childcare, or indeed their intention of becoming a parent, are counterproductive. Votes: 2

The Congo is very wealthy from oil money but is not paying its debts and at the same time is applying for special status at the World Bank. That's shocking and disingenuous. Votes: 2

In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable to use stainless steel, even if the neighbour uses silver. Votes: 2

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader. Votes: 2

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order. Votes: 2

I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level. Votes: 2

Often motivated by a desire to maintain the existing status quo, sloth almost cost the U.S. its auto industry, as it refused for decades to build fuel-efficient cars to compete with Japanese, Korean and European imports. Votes: 2

Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived, both positively and negatively. Every time you post a photo, or update your status, you are contributing to your own digital footprint and personal brand. Votes: 2

Study after study confirms that even when you control for variables like profession, education, hours worked, age, marital status, and children, men still are compensated substantially more - even in professions, like nursing, dominated by women. No wonder there's a gender gap. Votes: 2

Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term civic/corporate partnerships are still rare .But this need not remain the status quo, as many opportunities are available for such partnerships. Votes: 2

Brave New World' dealt with a kind of proto-genetic engineering of the unborn, through really, as many dystopias do, it dealt with totalitarianism. The 1997 film 'Gattaca' updated 'Brave New World,' bringing us to a future where genetic testing determined your job, your wealth, your status in life. Votes: 2

Some say that I should settle down, go slower and not push so hard, so quickly for such transformational change. To them, I say that you misunderstand the size of the problems we face, the strength of the status quo and the urgency of the people's desire for change. Votes: 2

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward. Votes: 2

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it. Votes: 2

At my funeral, if one said, 'Nick was a generous person,' trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition from people is never and never will be a goal. Some people strive for that respect or honor. Living a life to just reach for the position and status is vanity and sin. Votes: 2

One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities. I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone's name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff. Votes: 2

People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but to contemplate the use of force to bring about a better world, mindful of the trade-off between a small amount of violence now and acceptance of an unjust status quo indefinitely. Votes: 2

Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge. Votes: 2

The status quo is working. Votes: 0

The status quo cannot work. Votes: 0

I believe in status symbols. Votes: 0

The status quo is simply unacceptable. Votes: 0

Trump represents the ultimate anti-status-quo suckerpunch. Votes: 0

Celestial criteria measures service, not status. Votes: 0

It's service, not status, that counts. Votes: 0

I love challenging the status quo. Votes: 0

Strength is for service, not status Votes: 0

I like money, but I want status. Votes: 0

In love there is no status quo. Votes: 0

Appreciate success and status thy will bestow. Votes: 0

It's uncomfortable to challenge the status quo. Votes: 0

Public school system status quo is indefensible. Votes: 0

Don't accept excuses; totally deny the status quo. Votes: 0

Happily, fantastic fiction is slowly gaining in status. Votes: 0

My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols. Votes: 0

My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols. Votes: 0

I'm a harsh critic of the status quo. Votes: 0

I add status to any tournament I attend. Votes: 0

Religious organisations have an automatic tax-free charitable status. Votes: 0

Competition for status is a zero sum game Votes: 0

Science is not about status quo. It's about revolution. Votes: 0

The status quo is leaving the building, and quickly. Votes: 0

I was never a prisoner to my footballing status. Votes: 0

We can walk together to change the status quo. Votes: 0

It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status. Votes: 0

Love the fun of clothes, not the status of fashion. Votes: 0

Horses and horsepower alike are about status and being cool. Votes: 0

Rob Mullins is headed for status as an international celebrity. Votes: 0

Every age that has historical status is governed by aristocracies. Votes: 0

A goal is a planned conflict with the status quo. Votes: 0

Challenge your own status quo - before someone else does. Votes: 0

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. Votes: 0

Women challenge the status quo because we are never it. Votes: 0

A leader who loves status quo soon becomes a follower. Votes: 0

The status quo is never news, only challenges to it. Votes: 0

The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo. Votes: 0

Humans have evolved to be exquisitely sensitive to changes in status. Votes: 0

The status quo helps liberals. We're going to change the country. Votes: 0

You lose that sacred-cow status when you lose three straight years. Votes: 0

There's one thing worse than change and that's the status quo. Votes: 0

Discontent with the status quo is a great catalyst for vision. Votes: 0

The status quo (of development) pre-ordains failure from the very beginning. Votes: 0

If you're not upsetting anyone, you're not changing the status quo. Votes: 0

Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future. Votes: 0

I'm not a facebook status you don't have to like me. Votes: 0

Every threat to the status quo is an opportunity in disguise. Votes: 0

Art is by nature promotional, pushing beliefs, broadcasting status, aggrandizing personalities. Votes: 0

The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed. Votes: 0

Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo. Votes: 0

Isn't it amazing how celebrity status preempts even the most ingrained hatreds? Votes: 0

I have no nationality - the best possible status for an intellectual. Votes: 0

Being satisfied with the status quo means you are not making progress Votes: 0

The woman who knows and fulfils her duty realizes her dignified status. Votes: 0

He was learning to curse his newly acquired status as resident genius. Votes: 0

We need to move away from crass, consumption-driven materialism by de-materialising status Votes: 0

How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven. Votes: 0

I've always been politically minded, you know, and against the status quo. Votes: 0

Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism. Votes: 0

...status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth. Votes: 0

Victimization status is the modern promised land of absolution from personal responsibility. Votes: 0

Your wealth or status doesn't make you. Your kindness and character does. Votes: 0

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained. Votes: 0

A plaque and platinum status is whack if I'm not the baddest. Votes: 0

It's better to ask the right questions than accept the status quo Votes: 0

I definitely don't want to achieve some kind of rock star status. Votes: 0

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo. Votes: 0

Characters limit will be short, when I start to describe my status. Votes: 0

If you can't change the status quo, make the status quo, change. Votes: 0

We do not need to teach students to embrace the status quo. Votes: 0

Marriage is not only a package of benefits - it's a status. Votes: 0

[Sarah] Palin is solidifying her status as a bona fide American cultural heroine. Votes: 0

Simplicity and humility, not power or status, will bring you joy and happiness. Votes: 0

I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo. Votes: 0

In social networks, you gain and bestow status through those you associate with. Votes: 0

Real leadership is not about prestige, power, or status. It is about responsibility. Votes: 0

It's easier to accumulate wealth if you don't live in a high-status neighborhood. Votes: 0

Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will. Votes: 0

There's nothing more fundamentally disruptive to the status quo than a new reality. Votes: 0

My social status in the last year has gone from zero to hero. Votes: 0

Facebook's new relationship status option: "No longer able to interact with actual people" Votes: 0

The defenders of the status quo often masquerade as the preservers of harmony. Votes: 0

Achieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it. Votes: 0

Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well. Votes: 0

If the status quo came carbonated in a can, I'd shake things up. Votes: 0

The keeping of an idle woman is a badge of superior social status. Votes: 0

If the status quo came carbonated in a can, I'd shake things up." Votes: 0

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it. Votes: 0

We have to raise the status of girls and women in every country. Votes: 0

The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem. Votes: 0

Doubt is not a very agreeable status, but certainty is a ridiculous one. Votes: 0

Kindness is an extraordinary moment and status even if it has to be pretending. Votes: 0

What use is status if you have no one to share it with, Dad? Votes: 0

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction. Votes: 0

A man's mind is elevated to the status of the women he associates with. Votes: 0

If you're changing the status quo, whatever move you make is disrupting something else. Votes: 0

Government is like junior high. Your status depends upon whom you're able to persecute. Votes: 0

Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it. Votes: 0

All men should be required to have their marital status tattooed on their foreheads. Votes: 0

... Our ability to reason has not given us special status, only a greater responsibility. Votes: 0

'Contract' succeeded 'status' as the basic organising principle in modern political vs. ancient society. Votes: 0

The most difficult thing a failure can do is accept his identity or status Votes: 0

High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment. Votes: 0

Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo. Votes: 0

Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion. Votes: 0

By being beautiful and kind you are given favored status and opportunity in life. Votes: 0

A woman with knowledge is something that frightens the status quo quite a lot. Votes: 0

To be impartial... is indeed to have taken sides already... with the status quo. Votes: 0

Challenging the status quo takes commitment, courage, imagination, and, above all, dedication to learning. Votes: 0

The web: yet another total disorientation that becomes status quo without anyone realizing it. Votes: 0

Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status. Votes: 0

Every country where the the United States maintains troops has a status of forces agreement. Votes: 0

The photograph, after all, is just a photograph. Words will determine its meaning and status. Votes: 0

A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries. Votes: 0

Men and women of high professional standing have been reduced to the status of vagrants. Votes: 0

Man's status in the natural world is determined, therefore, by the quality of his thinking. Votes: 0

NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women. Votes: 0

The subject of bisexuality really needs much more discussion. It's a status that does exist. Votes: 0

It's harder to empathize with those who appear to possess more power, status, or resources. Votes: 0

Free competition exists inside shelters of law, custom, insurance, political approval, and carefully protected status. Votes: 0

The subject of bisexuality really needs much more discussion. Its a status that does exist. Votes: 0

Sometimes people think you’re smart if you question the status quo, if nothing else. Votes: 0

I don't see a point in advertising my marital status when men don't. Completely ridiculous. Votes: 0

The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up. Votes: 0

It is a foolish man who believes that the status quo can be maintained indefinitely. Votes: 0

Never underestimate the magnitude of the power of the forces that reinforce the status quo. Votes: 0

In football, the hero and legend status is given out far too easily for me. Votes: 0

It did not last: the devil howling "Ho! Let Einstein be!" restored the status quo. Votes: 0

Importantly, rather than promoting aggression, testosterone promotes whatever is needed to maintain status when challenged. Votes: 0

Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs. Votes: 0

A matured woman is therefore a responsible woman irrespective of her age, status and qualification. Votes: 0

The white woman has never had the co-equal status that the African woman has had. Votes: 0

Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status. Votes: 0

The American people - Republican voters especially - are fed up with the status quo. Votes: 0

The American people - Republican voters especially - are fed up with the status quo. Votes: 0

Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable. Votes: 0

Faith is being idealistic, because we have made an idol out of the status quo. Votes: 0

Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo. Votes: 0

Our laws guarantee all students the right to a K-12 education, regardless of their immigration status. Votes: 0

Managers maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new. Votes: 0

The true enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who defend an imploding status quo. Votes: 0

In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo. Votes: 0

Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don't embrace the status quo. Votes: 0

Most ideas never happen. It's an uphill battle against the status quo and our own tendencies. Votes: 0

Our society has made it extremely difficult for those livingwith the virus to declare their status Votes: 0

In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change. Votes: 0

Women's body language speaks eloquently, though silently, of her subordinate status in a hierarchy of gender. Votes: 0

I believe email-based status reports are the clearest and best signs of managerial incompetence and laziness. Votes: 0

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. Votes: 0

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism. Votes: 0

Meat is a status dish in which the sizzle counts for more than the nutritional worth. Votes: 0

My school spirit is at an all time low, I'm losing my status at the school. Votes: 0

I have been elevated to such a high status that the fall will be very steep. Votes: 0

You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women. Votes: 0

To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist. Votes: 0

I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother. Votes: 0

It did not last: the Devil howling 'Ho, Let Einstein be,' restored the status quo. Votes: 0

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism. Votes: 0

The time has come when advertising in some hands has reached the status of a science. Votes: 0

The more we consume, acquire, and elevate our status, the harder it is to stay happy. Votes: 0

Women will not, for many a year, perhaps never, descend again to the status of toys. Votes: 0

She's no longer afraid to die. What she's afraid of is living, accepting the status quo. Votes: 0

He offered her power, money, status...a giant prison, all in exchange for only...her soul. Votes: 0

All joy... emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings. Votes: 0

Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people. Votes: 0

The paid-off home mortgage has taken the place of the BMW as the status symbol of choice. Votes: 0

For our part, the U.S. must act quickly to ensure Most Favored Nation status to China. Votes: 0

My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to. Votes: 0

I am willing to bet that there are some Puerto Ricans who don't know about [their status]. Votes: 0

Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status. Votes: 0

What I want is not to become a status symbol, but to give beauty at a price. Votes: 0

Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status. Votes: 0

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo. Votes: 0

In America, your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education. Votes: 0

Nonprofit status is what created the Bible Belt. The tax code brought religion back to this country. Votes: 0

Upgrade your addictions to the status of preferences. Here's the distinction between an addiction and a preference: Votes: 0

God has chosen us. Our status is not a matter of our worthiness, but of His love. Votes: 0

Calling one thing 'literature' and another 'fiction' is a way to create status where there is none. Votes: 0

In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else. Votes: 0

Gareth Bale has been levitated to the status of one of the best players in the world Votes: 0

People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification. Votes: 0

What's your status?" she asked him. "Healthy, wealthy, and wise. What's yours?" "Ha. Mean, crafty, and rude. Votes: 0

Thinking is always dangerous to the status quo. [...] The moment you start thinking, you'll want to change something. Votes: 0

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo. Votes: 0

Activism that challenges the status quo, that attacks deeply rooted problems, is not for the faint of heart. Votes: 0

In 'The Odyssey,' every feast is extremely ritualized; high-status individuals even get a better cut of meat. Votes: 0

I can't imagine anything being more disastrous to our country than if the dollar lost its reserve-currency status. Votes: 0

Abolish music prejudices. Form opinions and love music for itself, not its genre, performer(s) or popularity status. Votes: 0

Live My Life provides a much needed shot of timely, thought-provoking, musically forward, irreverence to the status quo, Votes: 0

Success breeds conservatism, and that means a love affair with the status quo and an aversion to change. Votes: 0

The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status. Votes: 0

Be more tolerant of the difficult people. They're the creative ones. They're not happy with the status quo. Votes: 0

In the town of Bethlehem many years ago, a man got religion and he changed the status quo. Votes: 0

When I was hacking, it was more pushing the status quo and seeing how far you can go. Votes: 0

Elevating the status of women is our best path to peace, justice, and prosperity on a global scale. Votes: 0

Our feeling is that the status quo often gets a boost and this is the new status quo. Votes: 0

If you are a child of God, you don't lose your status if you have a bad week. Votes: 0

The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith. Votes: 0

If you have not given up as yet, failure is not a relevant social status in your life. Votes: 0

The mind is reluctant to embrace deep change, and will play devious games to maintain the status quo. Votes: 0

Creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status. Votes: 0

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo. Votes: 0

I just am grateful for every opportunity to go to work. I don't really focus on celebrity status. Votes: 0

Fantasy is not the literature of subversion of the status quo but of 'awakening to' the status quo. Votes: 0

The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face. Votes: 0

Creativity is as important now in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status. Votes: 0

To pace about, looking to obtain status, looking to attain 'importance' - I can think of nothing more ridiculous. Votes: 0

It's not a matter of maintaining the status quo. We have to create a dynamic state, oriented towards expansion. Votes: 0

Change is terrifying for people who feel immune to it by virtue of status, divine appointment, or imagined irreplaceability. Votes: 0

Green is a process, not a status. We need to think of 'green' as a verb, not an adjective. Votes: 0

To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way. Votes: 0

as the determinants of high status keep shifting, so, too, naturally, will the triggers of status anxiety be altered. Votes: 0

I am not going to give in to people who try to exploit me because of my celebrity status. Votes: 0

I've dated attractive people and I don't find a correlation between amorous enthusiasm and beauty and public figure status. Votes: 0

The colonized is elevated above his jungle status in proportion to his adoption of the mother country's cultural standards. Votes: 0

Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo. Votes: 0

Work did bestow dignity, status, meaning. Wasn't that why people dreaded unemployment, why some men found retirement so traumatic? Votes: 0

My grandfather was a Methodist preacher, and my father was an unsuccessful businessman. We didn't have status or wealth. Votes: 0

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status. Votes: 0

A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right. Votes: 0

In Wisconsin, I led the Assembly to a balanced budget in face of fierce opposition from the status quo. Votes: 0

And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started. Votes: 0

There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors. Votes: 0

I'm pleased to be a part of a 'new breed' of models who perhaps don't exactly fit the status quo. Votes: 0

A key function of a publishing brand is the bestowal of status by who and what you pay attention to. Votes: 0

Why do people deserve a penny when they update their Facebook status? Because they'll spend some of it on you. Votes: 0

I am from the class that has, in a sense, benefited from the status quo, but everyone still gets victimized. Votes: 0

Socially smart people have always mocked the threateningly mobile, and anti-branding is a central strand of high-end status conflict now. Votes: 0

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe Votes: 0

Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley. Most people don't want Ferraris, they want a winning seed investment. Votes: 0

Any business today that embraces the status quo as an operating principle is going to be on a death march. Votes: 0

I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok. Votes: 0

It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness to inaction. Votes: 0

The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us. Votes: 0

You don't have to settle for the status quo, for being good enough, for getting by, for working all night. Votes: 0

Entrepreneurs are misfits to the core. They forge ahead, making their own path and always, always, question the status quo. Votes: 0

The likelihood that inborn differences are one contributor to social status does not mean that it is the only contributor. Votes: 0

Your value lies not in status or title, but in the roots of your character and depth of your compassion. Votes: 0

I adore [photography's] uneasy mix of fact and fiction - its dubious claim to truth - its status as history. Votes: 0

If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status. Votes: 0

It's no wonder there is a mad scramble for victim status on many campuses today. It confers authority and prestige. Votes: 0

The rapid rise of the People's Republic of China as a military and economic power is challenging the status quo. Votes: 0

The history of storytelling isn't one of simply entertaining the masses but of also advising, instructing, challenging the status quo. Votes: 0

The status of 'native' is a nervous condition introduced and maintained by the settler among colonized people with their consent. Votes: 0

A geek is a person, male or female, with an abiding, obsessive, self-effacing, even self-destroying love for something besides status Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton wants a better title, and I would, too, if I was already America's secretary of the status quo. Votes: 0

Girls are not accustomed to jockeying for status in an obvious way; they are more concerned that they be liked. Votes: 0

In my official status, I cannot comment on ET contact. However, personally, I can assure you, we are not alone! Votes: 0

A Rolex watch or an expensive car are the things guys often use to show status, wealth, and basic desirability. Votes: 0

The U.S. will lose its status as the superpower of the world financial system. The world will become multi-polar. Votes: 0

I want to reach the status of becoming a mogul. And the only way you get there is by work. Votes: 0

Your attitude to life is far more important in determining your happiness than your money, appearance, social status or talent. Votes: 0

Never give up. For fifty years they said the horse was through. Now look at him - a status symbol. Votes: 0

Since Plato, we have been considering the nature of knowledge, the meaning of meaning and the status of the physical world. Votes: 0

Organizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable. Votes: 0

There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar. Votes: 0

Even when early innovations start to succeed, it is not uncommon to see growing businesses sabotaged for threatening the status quo. Votes: 0

If you don't fit into this kind of like gossipy, trendy, Web-hit thingy, you're relegated to sort of second-class celebrity status. Votes: 0

We don't hear much from revolutionary feminists who are white because they're not serving the bourgeois agenda of the status quo. Votes: 0

The aristocratic mind ... is anti-analytical. It is concerned more with the status of being than with the demonstrable relationship of parts. Votes: 0

Change doesn't always mean progress, but the status quo isn't always the best result either. It is merely the most convenient. Votes: 0

A remarkable thing about the Silicon Valley culture is that its status structure is so based on technical accomplishment and prowess. Votes: 0

Straight white males: that's the predominant moviegoing category, and the persistence of that is a dismaying maintenance of the status quo. Votes: 0

Change doesnt always mean progress, but the status quo isnt always the best result either. It is merely the most convenient. Votes: 0

The amount of energy spent laughing at a joke should be directly proportional to the hierarchical status of the joke teller. Votes: 0

Hospitals must provide emergency treatment to all who walk through the door, regardless of their citizenship status or ability to pay. Votes: 0

I always wanted my photographs to challenge the status quo, to contest the kinds of images that existed in popular culture... Votes: 0

The Internet kept the joke going. Abevigoda.com was devoted to updating the actor's status, as was @AbeVigodaUpdate, a Twitter account. Votes: 0

I've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status. Votes: 0

Who can sit back as our towns and cities are torn apart by violence and be content with the status quo? Votes: 0

I was not going to surrender to the status quo and corporate insistence that ordinary people have no power and influence. Votes: 0

For the Kremlin, it is more feasible to preserve its great-power status in cooperation with the United States than in confrontation. Votes: 0

The status quo and the media is doing everything it can to fry children's brains and make them grow up maladjusted. Votes: 0

We claim no respectability. There's no status I would not surrender for a joke. So we don't have to defend anything. Votes: 0

For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough. Votes: 0

Consumers still buy products whose advertising promises them value for money, beauty, nutrition, relief from suffering, social status and so on. Votes: 0

A better everyday life means getting away from status and conventions -- being freer and more at ease as human beings. Votes: 0

I love her (Lucifer), with all my heart. She said that she would give me greatness, status, placement above the others. Votes: 0

If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well. Votes: 0

My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status. Votes: 0

Singletons should not have to explain themselves all the time but should have an accepted status "” like geisha girls do Votes: 0

We each have all the time there is; our mental and moral status is determined by what we do with it. Votes: 0

To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo. Votes: 0

In fact, people themselves are responsible for making the status quo so resistant to change. We are trapped by our own behavior. Votes: 0

People who minister worldwide to protect and conserve the environment are of no lower status than those who minister to plant churches. Votes: 0

I look at every business and ask, How long can this last? How can I identify the status quo and change it? Votes: 0

It is typical for implicit status hierarchies of influence and esteem to emerge in interpersonal encounters, especially those that are goal oriented. Votes: 0

Pride is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence upon Him. Votes: 0

I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language! Votes: 0

Every time a child's promise is cut short by their legal status, our country wastes precious resources and loses talent we need. Votes: 0

It is typical for implicit status hierarchies of influence and esteem to emerge in interpersonal encounters, especially those that are goal oriented. Votes: 0

If we don't do anything, if we go along with the status quo, we are going to have a mass surveillance world. Votes: 0

Specific policy decisions would be absolutely necessary to promote the UK. It's not necessarily borrowing more or changing our current account status. Votes: 0

If you want to thrive in today's economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed. Votes: 0

Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned. Votes: 0

I'm going to let my friends in the other parties fight over the turf at the cutting edge of the status quo. Votes: 0

The modern essay has regained a good deal of its literary status in our time, much to the credit of Joseph Epstein. Votes: 0

I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy. Votes: 0

Avoid getting wrapped up in things - especially status purchases - as these often come at the expense of people and relationships. Votes: 0

Cuba was in some ways a de facto state of the United States before 1959, given its proximity and given its neocolonial status. Votes: 0

Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us. Votes: 0

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally. Votes: 0

Our teens are embedded in a culture driven by competition and perfectionism, where success is defined by status, performance and their appearance. Votes: 0

The E.U. cannot act as guardian of the post-Cold War status quo without risking a collapse of Europe's current institutional infrastructure. Votes: 0

Every discussion of the status of woman is complicated by the existence of the lady. She overshadows the rest of her sex. Votes: 0

For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud. Votes: 0

Egypt under Hosni Mubarak had deteriorated to the status of a failed state. We must wipe the slate clean and start again. Votes: 0

I just got my work visa to shoot 'American Horror Story,' and my official status is 'alien with extraordinary abilities.' Votes: 0

A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status. Votes: 0

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. Votes: 0

Whenever you write on a subject that questions the status quo, there are bound to be many who wrestle with the issues Votes: 0

Trade and money, which go together in a stream of energy, inevitably wash away the enclosing walls of a society of status. Votes: 0

I almost feel like it’s an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. Votes: 0

Selfridges' Christmas hot list includes faux fur animal hats by Merrimaking, currently enjoying a cult status in Japan and amongst festival goers. Votes: 0

Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice. Votes: 0

Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way. Votes: 0

Success is a process that continues, not a status that you reach. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned. Votes: 0

A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she’s truly beautiful. Votes: 0

Our past thinking has determined our present status, and our present thinking will determine our future status; for man is what man thinks. Votes: 0

Our past thinking has determined our present status, and our present thinking will determine our future status; for man is what man thinks. Votes: 0

If you allow your perceptions to be dominated by a status-quo perspective these thought forms create a network of status-quo mental habit patterns. Votes: 0

In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal. Votes: 0

Revolutionary moments often seem to occur in history when large numbers of individuals have a change in consciousness, regarding themselves and their status Votes: 0

People who think in absolutes usually don't listen to anyone but themselves. They resist new ideas and try to preserve the status quo. ... Votes: 0

We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You're not allowed to criticise it. Votes: 0

I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions. Votes: 0

Health, wealth, reputation, and status are all mere ingredients of happiness. The key to true well-being is being able to manage them capably. Votes: 0

I've always liked politicians and lawyers. They keep the PR professional's status at least two from the bottom of the ethical food chain. Votes: 0

The extent and condition of our property, and our choice of style in dwelling, create a powerful emblem of our identity and status. Votes: 0

Even the lowest of the Hindus, the Pariah, has less of the brute in him than a Briton in a similar social status. Votes: 0

Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity. Votes: 0

your wealth and so called status can not earn real respect for you in the society , if you are characterless (have no purity). Votes: 0

Knowing your HIV status is such an easy thing to do, but again, we've created this stigma around even going to get tested. Votes: 0

It's a proven fact that when you raise the status of girls and women in a country, that country does much better economically. Votes: 0

Jewish status is defined by the divine election of Israel and his descendants. One does not become a Jew by one's own volition. Votes: 0

Once the new power has taken over they have to establish a new status quo just to keep the factories and trains running. Votes: 0

You can change any status quo, stand out, walk by faith and not by sight and things will definitely go well with you. Votes: 0

Caring is what matters, not stuff or status, just people sharing kindness & joy in a web of the heart that spans the globe. Votes: 0

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo. Votes: 0

A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them. Votes: 0

Comfort zones are deadly zones because you lose your true potential of what you can be, you start going with the status quo. Votes: 0

When I was growing up, it was the guys who were hardest at school who got the prettiest girls. It's a status thing. Votes: 0

You know, the truth is this: it is a leader's job to challenge the status quo. And when you do, you make enemies. Votes: 0

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status. Votes: 0

Truth gives no advantage. It gives no higher status, no power over others; all you get is truth and freedom from the false. Votes: 0

There is a limbo of the lost through which American males of a certain age and status almost inevitably must pass these days. Votes: 0

The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort. Votes: 0

My job is to be an artist and thus I use different media to deal with the status of the body in our society. Votes: 0

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.' Votes: 0

It is absolutely right for the state to define the rights and status of people cohabiting in different forms of relationships, including civil partnerships. Votes: 0

America has an immense amount of power, but it doesn't use it in any benevolent way. It uses it to maintain a status quo. Votes: 0

Where evil men would seek to perpetuate an unjust status quo, good men must seek to bring into being a real order of justice. Votes: 0

The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional. Votes: 0

The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional. Votes: 0

Being a mother is a noble status, right? Right. So why does it change when you put 'unwed' or 'welfare' in front of it? Votes: 0

States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking. Votes: 0

I'm aware that success can overwhelm you. The perception of you can be elevated to such a status that it's not you any more. Votes: 0

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive. Votes: 0

The terms `Husband' and `Wife' are inappropriate. They are only companions ad partners. One does not slave for other. They both have equal status. Votes: 0

It is presentation which lifts the card trick from the level of the commonplace puzzle to the status of an unforgettable and inexplicable mystery. Votes: 0

Merely that I have a World Wide Web page does not give me any power, any abilities, nor any status in the real world. Votes: 0

The restoration of spinning to its central place in India's peaceful campaign for deliverance from the imperial yoke gives her women a special status. Votes: 0

Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work. Votes: 0

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth. Votes: 0

Every individual has the power to change his or her material or financial status by first changing the nature of his or her beliefs. Votes: 0

It is the duty of all to support and side with Dharma. All must fight and support Dharma regardless of their personality, background, status. Votes: 0

Americans like to make money; Canadians like to audit it. I know no other country where accountants have a higher social and moral status. Votes: 0

A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it's a status symbol. That doesn't register for me; I just see dead animals. Votes: 0

It is absolutely right for the state to define the rights and status of people cohabiting in different forms of relationships, including civil partnerships." Votes: 0

I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives. Votes: 0

Success is not defined by status, money, education, career or another person but rather by the level of peace that I have within myself. Votes: 0

Efforts to reform are often met with resistance because the system always tries to fall back to the status quo and what is comfortable. Votes: 0

They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom. Votes: 0

Two hungry wolves let loose among sheep are not more harmful then a person craving after wealth and status is to his Deen (Religion). Votes: 0

The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country. Votes: 0

The "star' status, it just doesn't mean much to me. Mostly I'm just around home and doing my thing and I feel pretty regular. Votes: 0

All sudden and violent changes, whatever their causes or character, must tend to decrease the respect for status quo as a natural order of things. Votes: 0

Jesus measured greatness in terms of service not status. God determines your greatness by how many people you serve, not how many people serve you. Votes: 0

As we move into the twenty-first century, women's status in society will become the standard by which to measure our progress toward civility and peace. Votes: 0

Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be "apolitical" is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life. Votes: 0

Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach. Votes: 0

I never think about any of my accomplishments and I always get butterflies in my stomach and I never get too comfortable with the status. Votes: 0

The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo. Votes: 0

The usefulness or otherwise of wealth, status and power to a possessor depends only on a single factor: the nature and strength of his reason. Votes: 0

Racing is an escape from society. From symbols of status, and self-perception. A chance to just be. For everyone to just be, with each other. Votes: 0

Avoid pulpits, platforms, stages and pedestals. Keep to the hard ground. It is the only way you can judge your approximate status as a man. Votes: 0

You can either stick to your goals, or you can just go through the motions and rest on your status. But it's all about work. Votes: 0

In religion, it is not the sycophants or those who cling most faithfully to the status quo who are ultimately praised. It is the insurgents. Votes: 0

I think, and a lot of that has to do with where I grew up in California; [status] isn't something I think about that much. Votes: 0

No path to citizenship. People that want to gain legal status, you heard Donald Trump say again and again, will have to leave the country. Votes: 0

No society can function as a society, unless it gives the individual member social status and function, and unless the decisive social power is legitimate. Votes: 0

I think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later success of Wal-Mart. Votes: 0

Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins. Votes: 0

Many in local government will ask why should only a few areas have the freedoms and benefits of Enterprise Zone status while the majority lose out? Votes: 0

The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo. Votes: 0

The few women who have been admitted to the study are usually given a second-class status in which they are taught only the basics of self-discovery. Votes: 0

Single is not a status, it is a word that describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others. Votes: 0

Do what? Come up with a clever pun referencing Jerome's demonic status? The truth is, I usually keep a stash of them on hand and"” Votes: 0

I was dissatisfied with the status quo back in the 80's, particularly how the West was represented in federation. I wanted to try to change it. Votes: 0

Hero' is not an official status or designation, but if the world recognize you as a hero, it is the highest honor you will ever receive. Votes: 0

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest. Votes: 0

Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined by birth. Votes: 0

When I was just beginning to have "celebrity" status, I would think I was a star and rolled with it a little but that was then. Votes: 0

The chivalrous man who holds a door open or signals a woman to go ahead of him when he's driving is negotiating both status and connection. Votes: 0

Power tends to protect itself merely to maintain its own status and control. Principle gives up power for the sake of creating the best public policy. Votes: 0

The likes of Frank Lampard and John Terry at Chelsea, English players with proper status at a club, they're going to be like the dodo bird. Extinct. Votes: 0

There are genuine concerns about the status of children to be sent to Malaysia and also there are genuine concerns about the human rights record in Malaysia. Votes: 0

When you get to No 10, you've climbed there on a little ladder called 'the status quo'. And when you are there, the status quo looks very good Votes: 0

Ladies, it is not your education, status or personality that has brought you here but the elegance of God which was still and still working upon you. Votes: 0

I didn't want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen. Votes: 0

I've never been very cookie cutter. If I choose something different from the status quo, it's my responsibility and my choice to live my life that way. Votes: 0

equally real at all stages of his life; specifically, the fact that a particular stage is present cannot be regarded as conferring on it any special status. Votes: 0

No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams. Votes: 0

We live in a time of fear," Skulduggery said, "where we're too scared of upsetting the status quo to ask the questions we need to be asking. Votes: 0

My topics are timely. When an event is happening is when I want to be there... I think it is our duty to challenge the status quo. Votes: 0

I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that. Votes: 0

If only we were all better educated. If then, higher education would at last be a journey for skill and knowledge rather than for power and status. Votes: 0

So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order. Votes: 0

I love to utilize my celebrity status in a responsible and constructive and substantive manner. I like to get my hands dirty rather than a photo op. Votes: 0

Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare. Votes: 0

Society or culture or whatever you might want to call it, has created us all solely and wholly for the purpose of maintaining its continuity and status quo. Votes: 0

As a girl, she was a legal prey, especially if she was dressed in a worn black leather jacket and had pierced eyebrows, tattoos, and zero social status. Votes: 0

99.9% of the time, the people we see worked for it. People like Morgan Freeman and Harry Connick, Jr. work every day to continue the status that they have. Votes: 0

I think my wife has always been aware, whatever country we have been in, of my dramatic leading man status; a little too dramatic she would probably say. Votes: 0

I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more than a pretty face and status. Votes: 0

Nothing makes my buttocks clench tighter and my teeth itch more than 'Full Time Mummy'. Full time mummy is not a job title. It is a biological status. Votes: 0

True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire. Votes: 0

I don't think it's you that changes with success - it's the people around you who change. Because of your new status, they change in relation to you. Votes: 0

I think most people, no matter their status now, have big screen TVs, because they're the standard TVs now. And so why would you go to the cinema? Votes: 0

A hero is not a champion of things become, but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo. Votes: 0

Clothes were terribly important in the '20s. They really were an arbiter of who you were and how much money you had: an indicator of social status. Votes: 0

A relentless barrage of 'why's' is the best way to prepare your mind to pierce the clouded veil of thinking caused by the status quo. Use it often. Votes: 0

The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue. Votes: 0

Hell, I don't break the soil periodically to 'reaffirm my status'. I do it because archeology is still the most fun you can have with your pants on. Votes: 0

Health care is much the same - the status quo is, by all measures, failing far too many people - and we must not shrink from the challenge. Votes: 0

I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it. Votes: 0

I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo: your time has come - and gone. It's time for change in America. Votes: 0

As fate would have it, Jay's status appears To be at an all-time high, perfect time to say goodbye When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5. Votes: 0

A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that under your arm, kids. That is status." Votes: 0

A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that under your arm, kids. That is status. Votes: 0

Any use of a human being in which less is demanded of him and less is attributed to him than his full status is a degradation and a waste. Votes: 0

Everyone wants to feel special - attain a special status among their pears- but not too special. Most kids want to be special the same way their friends are Votes: 0

Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have always used for ourselves. Votes: 0

Surveillance of power is one of the most important ways to ensure that power does not abuse its status. But, of course, power does not like to be watched. Votes: 0

I tend to find comedy in dark places. I also tend to find comedy in taking on the status quo - which has always been something I find important. Votes: 0

Prejudice exists and probably will continue to `but we have tried to make progress and we are making progress. We are not going to accept the status quo.' Votes: 0

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train. Votes: 0

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative. Votes: 0

The Woman's Party is made up of women of all races, creeds and nationalities who are united on the one program of working to raise the status of women. Votes: 0

People I look to: again, Hank Aaron, man you challenged the status quo and the records of the game. Monumental feats in an era where people didn't like that. Votes: 0

When the status and power of women is greater so also is the nation's general quality of life; when they are lower, so is the quality of life for all. Votes: 0

I just hope this [Emmy] is now a part of the status quo that women of color are included in the narratives that continue to write lead roles for us. Votes: 0

It's going to take from 40 to 118 years for the pay gap to close for women if we just go along with the status quo, so we need some serious, radical change. Votes: 0

I tend to hide behind my status of being a diva; it's easy for me to embrace that part of me and seek confidence by being a bit outrageous at times. Votes: 0

I really think it would be cowardly to pull back and not challenge the status quo, when the status quo may not be the right way for the field to go, Votes: 0

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can. Votes: 0