Pete Doherty Quotes

All the people I know have been conditioned by snobbery.

... more snobbish than their English butlers.

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

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

Yeah, it is particularly upsetting to be called, whatever it was, sneery, or a snob, given the background I have.

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

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.

There's no snobbery in me.

Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.

The biggest crime in England is to rise above your station. It's fine to be a pop star. 'Oh, it's great, lots of fun, aren't they sweet, these pop stars! But to think you have anything to say about how the world should work? What arrogance!'

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.

Being a monarchist, and fawning over those 'above' you, you must naturally despise those 'below' or on the same socioeconomic level as yourself, because that is how hierarchy worship works.

The typical white intellectual considers himself superior to ordinary white people for two contradictory reasons: a) he constantly proclaims belief in human equality, but they don't ; b) he has a high IQ, but they don't.

Doesn't make any difference who we are or what we are, there's always somebody to look down on.

No social class, intellectual category or art form is immune to the snob virus.

Inside the intelligentsia, the pressure of public opinion is overwhelming. Nationalistic loyalty towards the proletariat, and most vicious theoretical hatred of the bourgeoisie, can and often do co-exist with ordinary snobbishness in everyday life.

Self-examination - when the whole world around you is pressuring that and challenging you - is very, very hard. Looking at a whole structure - in my case, let us say of snobbery, basking in certain privileges, marks of what appear to be superiority - that's ugly to look at.

Class is a big issue here. And some people get picked on more than others. I think we probably do. I mean, it doesn't help that we wear waistcoats and tweed the whole time. But there is a reverse snobbishness in England towards that sort of stuff. And I think that's one of the reasons we really enjoy America, 'cos we're classless.

Class and the snobbery it provokes still matter far too much in Britain, but we are a far more mobile society than we used to be.

England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old and silly.

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.

I come from an Irish working-class background but went to a posh school, and any type of pretension was quickly mocked at home. I've always had a keen eye for pretension.

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

And understand: class differences will not save you.