Julian Castro Quotes

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

Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon.

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.

Ariana Grande is a billionaire before she's been an artist. You have to work to be able to appreciate what you have... what work did she ever have to do in her life?

Some of these Ivy League kids want to have it both ways. They want to be baby members of the 1 percent, which they most certainly are, and yet still portray themselves as the oppressed.

I mean, you know, you're looking at a guy who has a manager, who's created a life for me that - I mean, I don't pay phone bills and electric bills. I have somebody to do that for me. I've been very, very lucky. And I live in this insular sort of world, you know, so everything's, you know, everything's got a silver lining as far as I'm concerned.

I realize I am very privileged. But there's a difference between being spoiled and privileged.

It is fun to be Rich DeVos. It's great fun.

And after I make a lot of money, I'll be able to afford running for office.

It's hard for me to listen to any actors whine or moan about anything acting-related because look at the world. We really have nothing to complain about. Just to be working is a blessing.

I was in a high school where everybody was a click better off.

I'm so lucky that 'The Vampire Diaries' happened. I'm so lucky that Warner Bros. pays me money. You have no idea. I should be on a fishing boat with my dad.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth

Surrounded by the evidence of their success, the wealthy come to believe that they are fundamentally better than other Americans and that working people deserve their declining fortunes. They trumpet meritocracy while ensuring that their children enjoy crushing advantages from birth. They have unprecedented access to politicians and use it to push policies that swell their wealth while defunding institutions, such as public education, that sustain opportunities for less-fortunate Americans.

Does anyone want to see a person who's making the money that the newspapers say I'm making complaining, 'Woe is me, my life is terrible, and people are being unfair?' No one would've had any patience for that. I wouldn't have any patience for that.

I know what not being able to pay your bills feels like real well... I know that way better than a room full of beautiful people and Tony awards and Grammy awards.

The Trudie Styler that is spoken of is extremely privileged in life and feels that privilege.

I am very privileged. I have everything I want and more.

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.

I come from a very affluent family. I have been educated in one of the finest institutions of the world. Money was never a factor in my life: by the grace of God, I was blessed with a golden spoon.

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

Posh people blow my mind. Apart from empathy, they're good at everything - true survivalists.

I never had to grow up. Everybody did everything for me. I was the first generation in my family to have money, and I had no idea what to do.

I wouldn't say I grew up with a silver spoon. Yeah, I was very fortunate. I have a great family.