1,743 Quotes About Class

-Men jag är kvinna, vet du. Det är en annan börda. -Oh, really?Hon rodnar.-Ja, men, säger hon. Det är ju inte så att jag blir factory owner för att vår far är det. Jag ska väl... gifta mig.

Since 1960s pop art the art world has been happy for artists to use the lowbrow to add zest and authenticity to their works. But middlebrow has resonances of the suburban bourgeousie who might see art as aspirational by association.

But the reality is that chav-hate is a lot more than snobbery. It is a class war. It is an expression of the belief that everyone should become middle class and embrace middle-class values and lifestyles, leaving those who don't to be ridiculed and hated. It is about refusing to acknowledge anything of worth in working-class Britain, and systematically ripping it to shreds in newspapers, on TV, on Facebook, and in general conversation. This is what the demonization of the working class means.

I never could believe that Providencehad sent a few men into the world,ready booted and spurred to ride, andmillions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.

History was what had happened; class was something you read about in a book.

I listened to the bells on the doorand stole more than enough bottles for myselfto understand that everyone's chestis a living room wallwith awkwardly placed photographshiding fist-shaped holes.

No one imagines keeping the powerful low for long, apart from anything because if the peasants governed and the lords worked the land, everyone would quickly die of hunger, because everyone gets the hands they deserve.

...recent events should make the student wary of state rights banners, especially when raised by conservative men against national administrations not conspicuously devoted to the interests of the propertied.

That’s the difference between them and us. ‘Them’ view foxes as vermin, and ‘us’ identify with the fox.