Johnny Vegas Quotes

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.

I don't like class distinction, and there is far too much of that in England.

I was born trash in a land where the people all believe themselves natural aristocrats.

I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level.

Class is real. It can't be faked.

They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.

If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life.

There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents;... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provision should be made to prevent its ascendancy.

You can have class in the ghetto and trash in the White House.

And if we don't have a test, what we may end up doing is going back to what this country has done before. We could use social class and we still do, but in the 50s, it was, do you have the right last name and are your parents in privileged positions?

Colour is not the issue in America; class is.

England is obsessed with where you came from, and they are determined to keep you in that place, be it in a drawing room or in the gutter.

And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be.

Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined by birth.

I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.

If everybody lives in the same way, there's something almost narcotizing about it, but the true misery of economic class difference is knowing that you can't have what somebody else does.

Is class snobbery a social reality in the United States? Absolutely, and the kind that's codified by meritocracy is probably more toxic than the old-fashioned kind based on bloodlines.

I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.

Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.

The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and social mobility are all threatened.

There are only two classes - first class and no class.

Is the great working class oppressed? Yes, undoubtedly it is. God has intended the great to be great and the little to be little.

The Privileged and the People form Two Nations.

My job is to raise issues relating to class in Ireland.

America is like a melting pot. The people at the bottom get burned, and the scum floats to the top.