1,743 Quotes About Class

The mass of our citizens may be divided into two classes -- the laboring and the learned. The laboring will need the first grade of education to qualify them for their pursuits and duties; the learned will need it as a foundation for further acquirements.

By... [selecting] the youths of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the State of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated.

We were told to do what we need to do to serve them, ... We can start a new class if we need to.

I don't regard Jews as a class. I regard them as a privileged misfortune.

While still a young student at film school, I was lucky enough to get a golden ticket to a Martin Scorsese master class at BAFTA in Piccadilly: fancy, but technically still 'the flicks'.

It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves.

The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.

This group of seniors, we've been fielding questions all week about how are we emotionally going to get up for the game when it doesn't really mean anything. We found that to be a slap in the face. We didn't want to be a senior class that contributed to a national championship and lost our last two games.

When it came to formal classes, I was a slacker. But I've always been a diligent autodidact and can teach myself virtually any subject if I have a serious interest in it.