Petra Stunt Quotes

I've always been interested in this idea of a privileged life, probably because it's something I hadn't seen much of.

In all the world, rich people are very unpopular.

I love Romney. It is not his fault that he is the son of a successful governor and makes $20 million a year.

If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.

Status in itself is criminal for those with the means to move, and the means to weave communion between people.

There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'

I'm ashamed to say that I'm from a very privileged background.

People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.

I'd always had quite a privileged lifestyle, to be honest. I've never wanted for anything, but I do know the value of things. I'm not, like, a brat.

Demoralization is something I know a great deal about, all my life I have got something for nothing. That is entirely due to luck and I think a great many members opposite are in the same position. We have all got something for nothing. The question is: are we demoralized? I am not demoralized.

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

Because of how I grew up and on 'Made In Chelsea,' I never had any challenge.

There was a commonality in a lot of the private school experiences that I had of children whose lives were not their own. They thought they were their own, but they were essentially gifted this life by their parents. So they were spending money; they were going on trips - I guess, in a way, it is their life, but they didn't earn it.

The people who are the most powerful and have the most money sometimes don't value other people.

I've been very lucky - I don't come from a privileged upbringing.

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

I'm not a Mike Bloomberg billionaire.

We're leaving the House to people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth... or couldn't get better jobs in the first place.

'Get a Job' is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done.

People don't want to have to justify their privileges; they don't want to have to justify having access to the power and resource that wealth brings. And by not talking about it, they are able to hold onto their power without being questioned, and I think that makes them feel more secure.

I wasn't born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.

I haven't turned into some rich monster. I've kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. It's hard not to be a little spoiled by having a lot of money.

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

I just thank God that I didn't grow up with so much money or privilege because you had to create ways to make it happen.

I'm enjoying the money, the big house, the cars; what ghetto kid wouldn't?