Quotes about Upper

Upper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you're Royalty. Votes: 4

I realized that I loved using computers to create something, but being an architect just wasn't going to keep me interested. The idea of a life spent obsessing over bathroom details for an Upper East Side penthouse was pretty depressing. Votes: 4

Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These places used to have impoverished neighborhoods nearby, but the poor people got chased out by young singles living in group homes, hipsters, and urban homesteading gay couples. Votes: 4

I'm basically an Upper West Side Jewish writer. Votes: 3

I grew up in Manhattan on the Upper East Side. Votes: 3

Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius. Votes: 3

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future. Votes: 3

Vodka Redbull: Upper meets downer in an effervescent hybrid of bubble gum and junkie piss Votes: 3

The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all of us. Votes: 3

I have issued instructions that while handling the situation in Upper Assam innocent civilians should not be harassed. Votes: 3

I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches. Votes: 3

I am a mother and I have been divorced, and I love fashion and the Upper East Side. Votes: 3

The people in the Upper Midwest were the same kind of people I grew up around in Idaho. Votes: 3

I imagined loading the God of the Sea into a taxi and taking him to the Upper East Side. Votes: 3

The Stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand, To prove the Upper Classes, Have still the Upper Hand. Votes: 3

Sad but true: individual intelligence probably peaked in the Upper Paleolithic, and we have been self-domesticated creatures ever since Votes: 3

Sad but true: individual intelligence probably peaked in the Upper Paleolithic, and we have been self-domesticated creatures ever since Votes: 3

With my hours, I don't hang out with anybody. I work and come home to my Upper West Side apartment. Votes: 3

I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I live in a 950-square-foot apartment with one bathroom and two sons. Votes: 3

Not since the Black Panthers sailed into their Upper East Side tea party has there been so daffy an exercise in radical chic. Votes: 3

The too perfect security of the Upper-worlders had led them to a slow movement of degeneration, a general dwindling in size, strength, and intelligence. Votes: 3

If it wasn't for O'Flanagan's Pub on Manhattan's Upper East Side, I don't know where I would have spent my Friday nights as a young man. Votes: 3

Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship. Votes: 3

Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship. Votes: 3

The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri. . . are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the Continent. Votes: 3

The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Hermosa Beach, California. Votes: 3

Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves for less democracy and more dictatorship. Votes: 3

I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before. Votes: 3

At the first general meeting of this Corporation in 1820, his Lordship presided; a circumstance, which may well be considered an era in the history of the Church of Upper Canada. Votes: 3

The original Upper Paleolithic people would, if they appeared among us today, be called Caucasoid, in the sense that they lacked the particular traits we associate with Negroid and Mongoloid types. Votes: 3

I pictured my mom, alone in our little apartment on the Upper East Side. I tried to remember the smell of her blue waffles in the kitchen. It seemed so far away. Votes: 3

Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal immigrant cleaning lady from Upper Revolta who don't speak English. Votes: 3

I'm very boring, really: I live on the Upper East Side, a block from the park. I have three kids. I go for a jog around the park every day with my dog. Votes: 3

We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower Bohemia, and who worked at the Museum of Modern Art, where we had hoped to do the readings. Votes: 3

Germany can generally only pay if the Corridor and Upper Silesia will be handed back to Germany from Polish possession, and if besides somewhere on the earth colonial territory will be made available to Germany. Votes: 3

This won't look so good in my obituary," Schaffer said dolefully. There was a perceptible edge of strain under the lightly-spoken words."Gave his life for his country in a ladies' lavatory in Upper Bavaria. Votes: 3

Exploration is a quite legitimate purpose for a journey. You have the opportunity to learn the territories of the Upper and Lower Worlds and their assets, which you can employ as needed in the future. Votes: 3

Growing up on, say, the Upper East Side, you're so isolated. If you go to the Hamptons every weekend, you never talk to a construction worker, and the construction worker would never talk to you. Votes: 3

Upper education used to open doors. Not so true anymore. The degree used to be a screening tool, but that is falling by the wayside as there are a glut of college grads on the market. Votes: 3

Did I collect baseball cards? I've got 10 books full of plastic in my mother's house. All the Upper Decks, the Fleers, the Fleer Ultras. My grandfather brought me to the trade shows. I collected Marvel cards, too. Votes: 3

The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last Letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the Continent. Votes: 3

Well, I'll tell you, one of things I'm proud of is for someone from Southern California, who didn't grow up around coal mines, I learned a lot that tragic day we lost twenty-nine miners at Upper Big Branch coal mine. Votes: 3

The biggest audience for Off Broadway is mostly coming in on a train - either Upper East Siders or Metro-North. I go to the theater, and everyone around me is over 50. How interested will they be in my kind of work? Votes: 3

The Legislature of Lower Canada, consisting chiefly of Roman Catholics, could hardly be expected to support a church which they were taught to consider heretical, and in Upper Canada the scanty means at the disposal of the Government, precluded all hope. Votes: 3

... her taste in music haunted my memory and I had to stop at Tower Records on the Upper West Side to buy ninety dollars' worth of rap CDs but, as expected, I'm at a loss: [...] voices uttering ugly words like digit, pudding, chunk. Votes: 3

When I was young and growing up in New York, my parents took me to children's theater quite often - elaborate presentations of 'Goldilocks' and 'Rapunzel' for Upper East Side kids. As I grew older, they took me to adult theater, mostly musicals. Votes: 3

In 1990, when I had just arrived in New York City as a wet-behind-the-ears 20-something girl from Arizona, I spent a year or more working as the personal secretary and secret ghostwriter to an American-born countess in her apartment on the Upper East Side. Votes: 3

Potluck Supper with Meeting to Follow is a marvel, deftly examining the connections between art and everyday life. Andy Sturdevant's lively, unique inquiries into trust fund kids, co-opted flags, gubernatorial portraits, art in second-tier cities, and Upper Midwestern esoterica, brim with both wit and humor. Votes: 3

Upper-class parents enable their kids to form weak ties by exposing them more often to organized activities, professionals, and other adults. Working-class children, on the other hand, are more likely to interact regularly only with kin and neighborhood children, which limits their formation of valuable weak ties. Votes: 3

George Bush is by American standards rabidly Upper Class - Eastern, Socially Attractive, WASP, 19th-century money, several generations of Andover and Yale (and, while we're at it, his father, George H. W. 'Poppy' Bush, was a former president and his grandfather was the Nazis' U.S. banker in the 1930s). Votes: 3

Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society. Votes: 2

There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house. Votes: 2

Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation. Votes: 2

For somebody in my neighborhood to aspire or revere a person from the upper class, that is the most ugly and pathetic behavior you could exhibit. Votes: 2

I do love shoes that make my legs longer. I have the upper body of someone who's 5ft 8in, so high heels help me even out the discrepancy. Votes: 2

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you're supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer. Votes: 2

This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world. Votes: 2

Towards sunset we had cleared down to the level of the 12th step, which was sufficient to expose a large part of the upper portion of a plastered and sealed doorway. Votes: 2

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage. Votes: 2

I'm interested in illuminating the enormous disparity between vast poverty and the tiny upper class... This vast inequity is unfair by definition, and I am interested in illuminating that and, where possible, changing that. Votes: 2

Mandela's heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom. And yet when he had the upper hand he has this incredible self-control and these incredible leadership qualities. Votes: 2

It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task. Votes: 2

Saw' is like a big jigsaw puzzle. When you put a jigsaw puzzle together, you put the bottom left corner together first, and then you find yourself working on the upper right corner... That's the way 'Saw' plays out. Votes: 2

Belts distract the eye from a bloated tummy, a heavy-set upper body and all manner of sins. They can be a superb way to update your wardrobe without breaking the bank, and there's no reason to stop wearing them, ever! Votes: 2

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side. Votes: 2

Hairspray' was a movie turned Broadway musical turned Hollywood remake, and that is the 'Lion King' circle of life as we know it in Times Square, the creative loop that swings for the stars and sometimes crashes into the upper deck. Votes: 2

I studied in Britain and spent great moments of my life there as a student living in Belsize Park. I admire the British trait of the stiff upper lip in the face of adversity. My wife studied in Britain, too, and both of us have many friends there. Votes: 2

If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end - people like myself - should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we've ever had it. Votes: 2

Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper. Votes: 2

Gone are the days when the upper classes were terrified of the angry mob wanting to smash their skulls and confiscate their properties. Now their biggest enemy is the army of lazy bums, whose lifestyle of indolence and hedonism, financed by crippling taxes on the rich, is sucking the lifeblood out of the economy. Votes: 2

I remember the moment when it hit me. I was walking down Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side, and it felt like I was literally walking out of a jail cell that I had been in. At that moment, I realized I could shave if I wanted. It was up to me and no one else. Votes: 2

One of the things I find depressing about some of the upper echelons of Anglicanism on both sides of the Atlantic is that it's sort of taken for granted that we all basically know what's in the Bible, and so we just glance at a few verses for devotional purposes and then get on to the real business. Votes: 2

I would love to see no more ghettos, but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. They want to tell you something, they tell you straight! An upper class, more educated person - they find a diplomatic way to tell you the thing. I love it when you just come heart to heart. That's the way I knew it coming up, so that's the way I like it. Votes: 2

There is no denying that there are 'royal roads' through existence for the upper classes; for them, at least, the highways are macadamized, swept, and watered. Votes: 1

Keep a stiff upper chin. Votes: 0

Make your upper limit, no limit. Votes: 0

I always liked red. It's a picker-upper. Votes: 0

Anything said in upper-crust British automatically sounded intelligent. Votes: 0

To my real estate agent, Chernobyl is a fixer-upper. Votes: 0

'Downton Abbey' about upper-class posh people: of course it is. Votes: 0

Downton Abbey' about upper-class posh people: of course it is. Votes: 0

Morality for the upper classes, the gallows for the rabbles. Votes: 0

When the water reaches the upper level, follow the rats. Votes: 0

I would say I came from upper middle class family. Votes: 0

Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip. Votes: 0

I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper. Votes: 0

My, my, aren't we upper class and therefore faultlessly grammatical. Votes: 0

Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean. Votes: 0

No profession, trade, or calling, is overcrowded in the upper story. Votes: 0

Abstraction and luxury are the guard dogs of the upper class. Votes: 0

And though hard be the task, keep a stiff upper lip. Votes: 0

I'm just a regular upper-middle-class guy who happens to be a billionaire. Votes: 0

Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious. Votes: 0

Contrary to what people may say, there's no upper limit to stupidity. Votes: 0

These families, you know, are our upper crust, not upper ten thousand. Votes: 0

It's a fixer-upper of a planet but we could make it work. Votes: 0

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile. Votes: 0

London is a huge shop, with a hotel on the upper storeys. Votes: 0

Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on. Votes: 0

People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile. Votes: 0

I wear my pants on my upper torso to be abstract and different. Votes: 0

In a true democracy everyone can be upper class and live in Connecticut. Votes: 0

The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win. Votes: 0

There are so many responsible, nice, kind guys out there. Why marry a fixer-upper? Votes: 0

White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people. Votes: 0

At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city. Votes: 0

People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom. Votes: 0

At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city. Votes: 0

People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom. Votes: 0

Our inequality materializes our upper class, vulgarizes our middle class, brutalizes our lower class. Votes: 0

George W. Bush has gathered around him upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography. Votes: 0

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, always assume you have the upper hand. Votes: 0

I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been. Votes: 0

Whoring is like military service...okay in the upper brackets, not so good lower down. Votes: 0

I am a demonstrative man, a baby picker-upper, a hugger and a kisser--that's my nature. Votes: 0

Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness. Votes: 0

We deny your internationalism, because it is a luxury which only the upper classes can afford. Votes: 0

Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be? Votes: 0

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence. Votes: 0

There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class. Votes: 0

...every successful quality revolution has included the participation of upper management. We know of no exceptions. Votes: 0

Since 99.362% of women love mustache rides, it seems only a fool would have a bare upper lip. Votes: 0

Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind Votes: 0

I'm more proud of my upper body. Let's just say I'm a typical female in that way. Votes: 0

A dense undergrowth of extension cords sustains my upper world of lights, music, and machines of comfort. Votes: 0

Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system. Votes: 0

Almost all the fathers of socialism were members of the upper middle class or of the professions. Votes: 0

The flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent. Votes: 0

You have these 'hot towers', tropical storm clouds acting like chimneys to carry heat to the upper atmosphere. Votes: 0

Next to a shot of some good, habit-forming narcotic, there is nothing like travelling alone as a 'builder-upper. Votes: 0

The finest of the glacier meadow gardens lie ...imbedded in the upper pine forests like lakes of light. Votes: 0

And wonder, dread and warhave lingered in that landwhere loss and love in turnhave held the upper hand. Votes: 0

Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought. Votes: 0

If I were to search for logic, I would not look for it among the English upper class. Votes: 0

The eagle that soars in the upper air does not worry itself how it is to cross rivers. Votes: 0

I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people. Votes: 0

I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas. Votes: 0

I would be good for maybe not the center square but an upper square on 'Hollywood Squares.' Votes: 0

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle. Votes: 0

Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never be allowed to get the upper hand. Votes: 0

I was almost impeached for getting cars off sidewalks which car owning upper classes had illegally appropriated for parking. Votes: 0

The upper 1 percent, the people down on Wall Street, the corporate executives, they're the people that control this economy. Votes: 0

The upper hand is with those who are pushing regime change rather than those who are advocating more diplomacy. Votes: 0

Sometimes I have better relationships with my barber then with people who are into cinema from an upper class. Votes: 0

To me, women's lib was mainly a white, upper-middle class affair of little use to a reservation Indian woman. Votes: 0

Absolutely nothing brings out the killer instinct in the upper crust of New York Society like a charity function. Votes: 0

I usually have a drink before a carpet because I find them really nerve-racking. Usually a tequila. An upper! Votes: 0

You want to be upper class, you want to be first class, but when the plane crash, everybody dead, Votes: 0

In the United States, the working class are Democrats. The middle class are Republicans. The upper class are Communists. Votes: 0

I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere. Votes: 0

It is frankly a mistake of amateurs to believe you can gain the upper hand in a diplomatic negotiation. Votes: 0

I came from an upper-middle class home, which is always a hard cross for a country singer to bear. Votes: 0

The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton of the East Coast's Wasp upper classes. Votes: 0

We are born for cooperation, as are the feet, the hands, the eyelids, and the upper and lower jaws. Votes: 0

They don't hang dukes, darling. He'd be let off by reason of insanity. Everyone knows the upper classes are batty. Votes: 0

Benefitting from a job bubble is not only a first world problem, it's an upper-class-educated-lucky-to-be-in-the-right-industry-at-the-right-time kind of first world problem. Votes: 0

Conservatism, being an upper-class characteristic, is decorous; and conversely, innovation, being a lower-class phenomenon, is vulgar. ...Innovation is bad form. Votes: 0

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others. Votes: 0

I love a lot of Colorado and upper Utah. I think some of the most beautiful terrain is upper BC. Votes: 0

I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school. Votes: 0

This upper limit, of earth at our feet is visible and touches the air, but below it reaches to infinity Votes: 0

Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power. Votes: 0

Perhaps life is like an hour glass, with dear ones the sand that slips from the upper glass--the earth--into the second--eternity. Votes: 0

Mental Toughness: The ability to consistently perform toward the upper range of your talent and skill regardless of the competitive circumstances. Votes: 0

Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture. Votes: 0

Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip! Votes: 0

...you are a river rock and belong in a stream - not here in this upper room sinking in my bed... Votes: 0

Nobody wants to have in their CV in the upper echelons of the American economic family that they nationalised major banks. Votes: 0

We are in the more blessed category, the upper class who lived by faith and believed even though we hadn't seen! Votes: 0

Pardon me, Mr. Craig, but how are we going to defense Mr. McCovey... in the upper deck or the lower deck? Votes: 0

I could never focus on my upper body as a skater, so I'm enjoying having symmetrical upper and lower body muscle. Votes: 0

Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand. Votes: 0

The sun appears in one of the upper corners of the rectangle, on the left of anyone looking at the picture. Votes: 0

A broad definition of crime in England is that it is any lower-class activity that is displeasing to the upper class. Votes: 0

The trouble with the lower classes is that they lack the sense of tragedy given to them by the upper classes. Votes: 0

It's a very valuable function and requirement that you're performing, so have a great day and keep a stiff upper lip. Votes: 0

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them. Votes: 0

There is a big difference between the lower samadhis and the upper samadhis, like the difference between the Sierras and the Himalayas. Votes: 0

What is economics? A science invented by the upper class in order to acquire the fruits of the labor of the underclass Votes: 0

If Rose's streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck. Votes: 0

There is a big difference between the lower samadhis and the upper samadhis, like the difference between the Sierras and the Himalayas. Votes: 0

Like most lazy upper-middle-class kids, American Studies seemed like a fun way to use your knowledge of TV to get an A. Votes: 0

The impact had cut your upper lip in two, he had said, clean down the middle. Clean down the middle. Like a harelip. Votes: 0

It is easy to go down into Hell...; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air---there's the rub... Votes: 0

All men live in suffering I know as few can know, Whether they take the upper road Or stay content on the low.... Votes: 0

I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department. Votes: 0

There's definitely privilege in the upper classes, but as a whole, music can be enjoyed by anybody who can gather around a radio. Votes: 0

I would not say that George Bush doesn't care about people at all. I think that his loyalties are to the upper class. Votes: 0

Everything is always grungy in England, no? It's like a little shibboleth of the upper class, wearing something out of your grandfather's trunk. Votes: 0

The upper current of society presents no pertain criterion by which we can judge of the direction in which the under current flows. Votes: 0

American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world. Votes: 0

People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist. Votes: 0

The feeling of being an underdog, not belonging, is very much me. You harbour a little feeling of resentment towards the 'upper dog'. Votes: 0

In China, you've got six people buying for one child. But the thing is, you've got the largest rising upper-middle class in the world. Votes: 0

In merest prudence men should teach . . . That science ranks as monstrous things Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings-- E'en Angel's wings!--are fictions. Votes: 0

I think my legs are a strong point, so I try to draw attention to them rather than the upper part of my body. Votes: 0

And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean? Votes: 0

The upper class desire to remain so, the middle class wish to overthrow the upper class, and the lower class want a classless system. Votes: 0

The harvest of this world is to the resolute, and he that is infirm of purpose is ground betwixt the upper and the nether millstone Votes: 0

Thanks to the Court's decision, only clean Indians (meaning upper caste Hindu Indians) or colored people other than Kaffirs, can now travel in the trains. Votes: 0

Finally you begin to make your mistakes on the highest level-let's say the upper slopes of slippery Parnassus-and it's at that point you need coaching. Votes: 0

In Europe there's the upper crust, and these are long, historically families and social systems that have certain established rules that's harder to break into. Votes: 0

If your body is a temple, you can pile up too much deferred maintenance. If your body is a temple, mine was a real fixer-upper. Votes: 0

Of my own, I like my upper stomach. I just seem to always have abs.When I'm not really pregnant, I have a great two-pack. Votes: 0

Not one woman over seventeen has any faith in her skin tone, and no woman over thirty can ever regard her upper arms with equanimity. Votes: 0

In the United States, both the upper levels of the Republican and Democratic Parties are in the pay of the corporate media and communication giants. Votes: 0

Now students all seem to be converging on the same self, the successful upper-middle-class professional, impersonating the adult they've already decided they want to become. Votes: 0

Intelligence has got the upper hand to such an extent that it transforms the real task into an unreal trick and reality into a play. Votes: 0

Women are quite unlike men. Women have higher voices, longer hair, smaller waistlines, daintier feet and prettier hands. They also invariably have the upper hand. Votes: 0

Inequality has the natural and necessary effect, under the present circumstances, of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalizing our lower class. Votes: 0

I had to admit that in his old-fashioned way O'Hara was still romantic about sex; like Scott Fitzgerald, he thought of it as an upper-class prerogative. Votes: 0

We've all been influenced by other people...If Minnie Riperton never existed, would I have even thought of singing in that (upper) register? I doubt it. Votes: 0

...many of the officials, courtiers, and priests, representing the upper class of Egyptian society but not the royalty, looked strikingly like modern Europeans, especially long-headed ones Votes: 0

I grew up in a working class neighborhood in Sweden, which, during my teens, gentrified and is now completely middle class and even upper middle class. Votes: 0

I had grown up in a privileged, upper-caste Hindu community; and because my father worked for a Catholic hospital, we lived in a prosperous Christian neighborhood. Votes: 0

For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families. Votes: 0

I'd like to see an arrested growth of development. You can't stop it, but it's important we do something about the developers having the upper hand. Votes: 0

Most of the upper management of I.S. were undead. I always thought it was because the job was easier if you didn't have a soul. Votes: 0

There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research. Votes: 0

Private ownership of land is the nether mill-stone. Material progress is the upper mill-stone. Between them, with an increasing pressure, the working classes are being ground. Votes: 0

Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven. Votes: 0

All middle-class novels are about the trials of three, all upper-class novels about mass fornication, all revolutionary novels about a bad man turned good by a tractor. Votes: 0

For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms. Votes: 0

It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end. Votes: 0

Everyone detected with AIDS should be tattooed in the upper forearm, to protect common needle users, and on the buttock, to prevent the victimization of other homosexuals. Votes: 0

They have, and bring with them, that upper-body strength. They have apparently developed that in their childhood and growing up, and they've further advanced in that regard. Votes: 0

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but I never really fitted in the system and revolted against it quite early. Votes: 0

I don't campaign for the end of the aristocracy or the upper classes; I don't really want to destroy anything at all. I just want more plurality." Votes: 0

I don't campaign for the end of the aristocracy or the upper classes; I don't really want to destroy anything at all. I just want more plurality. Votes: 0

Art is the most benign cultural practice, and yet art has an upper bound of personal revelation that is so far away it is basically a horizon. Votes: 0

Though we are perpetually bragging of it [the middle class] as our safety, it is nothing but a poor fringe on the mantle of the upper class. Votes: 0

Social class means a hell of a lot and upper class people - no matter how well [Franklin ] Roosevelt did - it was stylish to hate him. Votes: 0

YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,' said the dewdrop to the lake. Votes: 0

Throughout the history of mankind there have been murderers and tyrants; and while it may seem momentarily that they have the upper hand, they have always fallen. Always. Votes: 0

Of our thinking it is but the upper surface that we shape into articulate thought; underneath the region of argument and conscious discourse lies the region of meditation. Votes: 0

But the mechanics of learning to 'throw your voice' are pretty simple. Anyone with a tongue, an upper palate, teeth, and a normal speaking voice can learn ventriloquism. Votes: 0

I don't like to brag, but I must tell you that I am regarded in some circles as being in the upper echelons of the elite loony left. Votes: 0

It is easy to tell tourists from tarpon. Tarpon have a narrow, bony plate inside the mouth of their lower jaw. Tourists have both upper and lower plates. Votes: 0

You don't look so hot, Adrien." "Yeah, well I'm having a bad heart day." His upper lip curled in a semblance of a smile. "Tell me about it. Votes: 0

I don't tan on my upper thighs, so when I first wore those [ cut-off jean short shorts] I look like I was walking on two cans of milk. Votes: 0

It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors. Votes: 0

One cannot conceive of grander burial than that which mighty mountains bend, crack and shatter to make. Or a nobler tomb than the great upper basin of Denali. Votes: 0

While the wealthiest families completely benefit from the tax cuts targeted towards the upper brackets, middle-income families were hit with the unwelcome surprise of higher taxes on tax day. Votes: 0

For the good of our environment, the good of the economy, and the good of the Nation, I strongly urge support of the upper Mississippi locks and dams project. Votes: 0

Trivial details have been summoned, in part, to make a satirical point about upper-middle-class marriage-that the whole thing can slip away between the white wine and the arugula salad. Votes: 0

My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland. Votes: 0

If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to. Votes: 0

But there had to be a quota. An upper limit to the number of miracles one is privileged to in a lifetime. How many times can a beloved reappear? Votes: 0

Politically speaking, you don't necessarily give away information that allows your enemy to get an upper hand. But at the same time you don't keep reality from the population. Votes: 0

The only way to isolate specific back muscles - whether it is upper. or lower back - or make any progress is through the power of the mind-muscle connection. Votes: 0

I would have to say my earthy sensuality - although I should point out that the backs of my calves are exemplary and my upper inner thigh is a delight. Votes: 0

Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal leadership of the upper managers. Votes: 0

My childhood is completely... when I look back, it was '50s in New York, upper-middle class, it was completely idyllic and golden and wonderful - sweet in every way. Votes: 0

Any society's upper-crust is riddled with immorality, how else d'you think they keep their power? Reputation is king of the public sphere, not private. It is dethroned by public acts. Votes: 0

I think I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with. Votes: 0

No question about it: potential is wrapped in great mystery. Like rainbows, which are really circles-we see only the upper halves, the horizon hides the rest-potential never reveals its entirety. Votes: 0

Don't be too brave. Bravery is a fine thing on some occasions, but sometimes it can be quite a dangerous thing. The stiff upper lip is not always the best. Votes: 0

Violins are the lively, forward, importunate wits, that distinguish themselves by the flourishes of imagination, sharpness of repartee, glances of satire, and bear away the upper part in every consort. Votes: 0

Poor communities, frequently communities of color but not exclusively, suffer disproportionately. If you look at where our industrialized facilities tend to be located, they're not in the upper middle class neighborhoods. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

And there I was, 225 pounds, perpetually lost and confused, short legs, ape-like upper body, all chest, no neck, head too large, blurred eyes, hair uncombed, 6 feet of geek, waiting for her. Votes: 0

In England ... education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and would probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square. Votes: 0

I myself am consummately middle class. We grew up in upper-middle-class suburbs in Oklahoma City, and that's very much the same ethos as what Richard Yates and John Cheever wrote about. Votes: 0

I myself am consummately middle class. We grew up in upper-middle-class suburbs in Oklahoma City, and thats very much the same ethos as what Richard Yates and John Cheever wrote about. Votes: 0

Mr. Cosby wanted to do a show not about an upper-middle-class black family, but an upper-middle-class family that happened to be black. Though it sounds like semantics, they're very different approaches. Votes: 0

Most leaders would agree that they'd be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand. Votes: 0

If you just work on your upper body, you're not going to be a full-range dancer or performer. You've got to work in all directions as much as you possibly can. Votes: 0

No matter whether a person belongs to the upper ranks or the lower, if he has not put his life on the line at least once he has cause for shame. Votes: 0

We have a new joke on the reservation: 'What is cultural deprivation?' Answer: 'Being an upper-middle class white kid living in a split-level suburban home with a color TV.' Votes: 0

A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally, usually by lot. Votes: 0

For the first month of school, writing is its own upper. Pounding on my computer keys feels like playing the piano, like arranging words into harmony that sings back to me. Votes: 0

The Delaware Estuary has sustained a human population for thousands of years, but by the end of the 19th Century, increased population and industrialization had transformed much of the upper Estuary watershed. Votes: 0

Mrs. Campbell once attempted to smuggle her pet Pekingese through customs by tucking him inside the upper part of her cape. "Everything was going splendidly," she later remarked, "until my bosom barked." Votes: 0

Self-esteem can be so exhausting. I want to cut my hair, change my clothes, erase the pimple from the near-tip of my nose, and strengthen my upper-arm definition, all in the next hour. Votes: 0

I would suggest that a feminism which does not also seek to alter the exploitation of poorer women is not feminism at all, but is simply a varient for of upper-class politics & self-privileging. Votes: 0

One has often wondered whether upon the whole earth there is anything so unintelligent, so unapt to perceive how the world is really going, as an ordinary young Englishman of our upper class. Votes: 0

The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper deck. When he got up and walked away, the crowd booed. Votes: 0

People in the upper classes can just as easily be indifferent to their own body, or treat themselves as badly, as people who don't have the money. There are always differences among differences. Votes: 0

My friends are coming up - they run this tattoo parlour out there and they're gonna ink me up with the tattoo I've been wanting since I was two, right here, upper arm. Votes: 0

The Tiffany lamp is an American icon bridging the immigrants, settlement houses, and the slums of the Lower East Side and the wealthy industrialists of upper Manhattan, the Gilded Age and its excesses. Votes: 0

Fifteen minutes later I was an expert. That's all you need. I think I was even getting the upper hand, which is very simple with a guy. Anything seems to turn them on. Votes: 0

Freud tells us to blame our parents for all the shortcomings of our life, Marx tells us to blame the upper class of our society. But the only one to blame is oneself. Votes: 0

I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage. Votes: 0

Much of what is today called "social criticism" consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast food, plentiful consumer goods) while considering themselves egalitarians. Votes: 0

Today we're seeing fundamental conflicts within political Islam, with the fundamentalists on the one side and the moderates on the other. Who gains the upper hand means a great deal to the world. Votes: 0

When well-qualified, upper middle-class blacks or Latinos or Asians move to predominantly white neighborhoods, there's what's called the tipping point. That tipping point is generally 15 percent; at 15 percent you begin to see white flight. Votes: 0

Smoking too much makes me nervous. Must lasso my natural tendency to acquire such habits. Holding heavy cigar constantly in my mouth has deformed my upper lip, it has a sort of Havana curl. Votes: 0

You need to live in a dome initially, but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk around outside without anything on... So it's a fixer-upper of a planet. Votes: 0

The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when, in newspapers all over the nation, what used to be call the Society page was replaced by the Style section. Votes: 0

Water creates a neurosis in golfers. The very thought of this harmless fluid robs them of their normal powers of rational thought, turns their legs to jelly, and produces a palsy of the upper limbs. Votes: 0

I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas. Votes: 0

Our expertise is solar energy and we don't want to focus on other forms and we never push for solar form everywhere like say in upper hill areas where eco-hydro or biogas is more viable. Votes: 0

What's aero braking? That's a way to use the gravity and upper atmosphere of Earth to sling shot a ship out either deeper into space, or slow it down to be 'captured' by Earth's gravity. Votes: 0

I guess I'm also obligated to note that the experience of sex workers who are not upper/middle class/white probably have much worse conditions than anything that's portrayed commonly in media/what I experienced. Votes: 0

These people"”the employed, the somewhat privileged"”are drawn into alliance with the elite. They become the guards of the system, buffers between the upper and lower classes. If they stop obeying, the system falls. Votes: 0

And so I was very grateful that I didn't do the British stiff upper lip, but I went straight to a therapist. And she was wonderful and helpful, and I went for about two years. Votes: 0

I rubbed the contents of one bag onto my upper arm on the evening of June 7, just before I went to bed. I thought: Well, it can't hurt. I flushed the packaging down the toilet. Votes: 0

We might as well reasonably dispute whether it is the upper or the under blade of a pair of scissors that cuts a piece of paper, as whether value is governed by demand or supply. Votes: 0

I'm one of those people who happen to like trees. I don't know why - I just do. As a kid, I loved to climb them. The distant, upper branches, especially, were celestial and alluring. Votes: 0