Paige Spiranac Quotes

The rich stick together; the poor and the marginalised are thrown together.

Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging.

But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral.

People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.

When I reached adulthood, even now, I could afford to belong to a country club. But I could never belong to a private club because of my experience as a child, because it would isolate me from the whole of humanity.

Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small.

There are a lot of people who were born into immense privilege who pretend that they weren't.

I was at this fancy school, and I felt out of place, so I rebelled.

Clericalism is a form of elitism in which some are viewed as having special rights and privileges.

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?

It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.

It is, of course, the first recourse of every elitist to see social barbarism in others.

You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on.

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

I try to not be or associate with elitists.

Candidates don't want to be associated with poor people, people who have jobs or are ugly; they want to be associated with a certain middle class demographic, so as a result they leave those others out completely.

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

It was simple reality - most competitive tennis players in my day were privileged, spoiled, entitled and white. Also, many of them were beautiful, fit, tan and of good stock - great big hair and white teeth and long legs. Then there were the rest of us.

I think snobbery is one of the oldest customs in the world, and the rich will always find ways to rank each other and make themselves feel more special than others.

There is no better example of social and economic policy discussion as an idle pastime for the rich than the World Economic Forum at Davos. These guys make the millionaire schmoozers at the Aspen Ideas Festival look like short-order cooks.

When golf used to be a rich man's sport, if you were poor you could not step foot on a course.

I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes.

I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don't like that feeling.

Senators will associate only with men of their own class; and thus become strangers to the condition of the common people.

If you people can’t afford to live in our town, then you’ll just have to leave.