Daniel Sturridge Quotes

It is nobody's right to be waited on and nobody's fate to do the waiting.

Just because you're selling out shows doesn't mean you deserve better treatment than the person next door.

However democratic and egalitarian we kid ourselves into thinking society might be, I think that sense of entitlement operates as basically and viciously as it always did.

I want nothing to do with privilege.

Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your betters.

My father was a guy who, because of the businesses he was in - the hotel business, the hospitality business - he didn't differentiate between the waiter serving you dinner, from the maitre d from the guy who owns a restaurant. Everybody was the same to him. He didn't look at who you were. He didn't look at your wallet.

Success comes to you with luck and a lot of hard work, but it doesn't give you the right to be any better than anybody else.

Because I have a little bit more, that means I'm better than you? No. Unacceptable.

You know, I always say white is not a colour, white is an attitude, and if you haven't got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don't need, you can't be white.

I demand simple justice. I am not here as beggar. I do not care so far as I am personally concerned whether you give me a seat or not. I will go back to my people and come here again.

There is no distinction of persons among them, and deference is shown to merit rather than to noble blood.

The more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally.

There is nothing more unpleasant than watching someone on a TV or movie set act like they are entitled to a particular kind of treatment just because they have been doing it for longer. We are all in the same boat - one job at a time.

Tradition has it that whenever a group of people has tasted the lovely fruits of wealth, security, and prestige, it begins to find it more comfortable to believe in the obvious lie and accept that it alone is entitled to privilege.

I've been taught that human nature is such that the place of privilege most often and most naturally leads to a sense of entitlement. The notion that I deserve to be treated as special because I'm privileged. The truth is, privilege should never lead to entitlement.

I am offended by people who feel that they're entitled to something just because of their last name.

I'm big when it comes to respect. But it's a two-way street, in my eyes.

I'll never be intimidated by somebody, and I will treat you will respect as long as I'm treated with respect.

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

I hate the unfairness of injustice. Anybody who thinks they are better than others or 'chosen' or feel they have an entitlement... be it through monarchy, government or money. I think we are all born the same. We are entitled to an equal shot at life.

I wanted to be respected by filmmakers, and why should they respect me if they saw that my superiors did not treat me with respect.

I think as long as you're going out and treating everything with respect - you're not going in there acting like a helpless girl - as long as you don't go in there demanding special treatment, I think you won't receive any special treatment.

I don't really have a political agenda, I just like things to be fair - I get angered by pomposity and privilege.

Powerful people get away with things. That's one way to demonstrate their difference from the rest of us.

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.