Quotes with upper-middle-class

Quotes 241 till 260 of 419.

  • Carl I. Hagen Politicians and bureaucrats are the new upper class in Norway. It is an upper class that is growing by an increasing number of top-paid politicians in municipalities and counties. They let the people suffer, but let themselves go free.
    About state officials Speech at the Progress Party national convention o
    Carl I. Hagen
    Norwegian politician (1944 - )
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  • C. Everett Koop Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class.
    C. Everett Koop
    American doctor and pediatric surgeon (1916 - 2013)
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  • Thomas Arnold Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.
    Thomas Arnold
    English educator and historian (1795 - 1842)
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  • Barry Hannah Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy.
    Barry Hannah
    American novelist (1942 - 2010)
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  • Oscar Wilde Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Armstrong Williams Receiving far less attention are the working class heroes, who go about their solitary work routines with quiet dignity, come home from another grueling day, yet still find time to interact with their children.
    Armstrong Williams
    American political commentator, entrepreneur and author (1962 - )
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  • Al McGuire Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
    Al McGuire
    American basketball coach and broadcaster (1928 - 2001)
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  • Bill Burr Rich people never go to war. You ask a college kid to go to war, and he's like, 'Umm, I'm taking this sociology class, and I think war is, like, really stupid, and my roommate's, like, half Afghani, so it's going to cause some static.'
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.
    Boutros Boutros-Ghali
    Egyptian politician and diplomat (1922 - 2016)
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  • A. Philip Randolph Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
    A. Philip Randolph
    American labor unionist and civil rights activist (1889 - 1979)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if it has common sense on the ground floor.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Cyril Connolly Slums may well be breeding-grounds of crime, but middle-class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • Benjamin Netanyahu So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away.
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Israeli politician (2009 - )
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  • Robert H. Schuller Some people are at the top of the ladder, some are in the middle, still more are at the bottom, and a whole lot more don't even know there is a ladder.
    Robert H. Schuller
    American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and au (1926 - 2015)
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  • Bella Freud Somehow, stars have a lot of class if they are done right; they never have a shelf life.
    Bella Freud
    British fashion designer (1961 - )
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  • Anne Dudley Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle.
    Anne Dudley
    English composer, keyboardist and conductor (1956 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull,
    And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my skull.
    At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
    and a freight train running through the middle of my head.
    Only you can cool my desire.
    Oh, I'm on fire.
    Born In The U.S.A. (1984) Im On Fire
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Malcolm Muggeridge St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.
    Malcolm Muggeridge
    British Broadcaster (1903 - 1990)
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  • Margaret Thatcher Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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