Quotes with upper-middle-class

Quotes 161 till 180 of 419.

  • George Bernard Shaw Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Adam Michnik Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
    Adam Michnik
    Polish historian, essayist and dissident (1946 - )
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  • Mark Twain It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Napoleon Hill It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Alexandre Dumas père It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.
    Alexandre Dumas père
    French writer (1802 - 1870)
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  • Alfred Marshall It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character.
    Alfred Marshall
    British economist (1842 - 1924)
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  • Alfred Marshall It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character.
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  • Marianne Moore It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.
    Marianne Moore
    American poet (1887 - 1972)
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  • Aneurin Bevan It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • W. M. Thackeray It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • André Gide It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Barack Obama It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Bjork 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.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Arianna Huffington It's no longer an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species.
    Arianna Huffington
    Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman (1950 - )
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  • J. Willard Marriott It's the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class.
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  • Ben Stein Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman Left to face a hungry winter robbed of their hard-earned harvests, the people experienced their own warrior class not as protectors but ravagers.
    A Distant Mirror
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Golda Meir Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!
    Golda Meir
    Prime Minister of Israel (1898 - 1978)
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  • George H.W. Bush Let the others have the charisma. I've got the class.
    George H.W. Bush
    American politician and president (41st) (1924 - 2018)
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  • Bernie Sanders Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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