1 I don’t understand bus lanes. Why do poor people have to get to places quicker than I do? Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jeremy Clarkson, Classism, Ignorance, Privilege, 0 Jeremy Clarkson Television presenter · England Copy
2 Abstraction and luxury are the guard dogs of the upper class. Read explanation Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jeff Koons, Abstraction, Classism, Luxury, 0 Jeff Koons Artist · USA Copy
3 A downtrodden class… will never be able to make an effective protest until it achieves solidarity. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, H. G. Wells, Classism, Protest, Solidarity, 0 H. G. Wells Writer · England Copy
4 When domestic servants are treated as human beings it is not worth while to keep them. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Bernard Shaw, Classism, Dehumanization, Exploitation, 0 George Bernard Shaw Playwright · Ireland Copy
5 There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Andrew Carnegie, Classism, Poverty, Wealth, 0 Andrew Carnegie Business magnate · Scotland Copy
6 Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Ambrose Bierce, Classism, Judgement, Laziness, 0 Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA Copy
7 The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Countess of Blessington, Marguerite Gardiner, Classism, Injustice, Perception, 0 Countess of Blessington Author · Ireland Copy
8 The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Classism, Inequality, Leisure, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England Copy
9 There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Victor Hugo, Classism, Inequality, Suffering, 0 Victor Hugo Writer · France Copy
10 Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Constance Baker Motley, Classism, Racism, Sexism, 0 Constance Baker Motley Former New York State Senator · USA Copy
11 You won’t find average Americans on the left or on the right. You’ll find them at Kmart. Author, December 24, 2023January 1, 2025, Zell Miller, Classism, Consumerism, Politics, 0 Zell Miller Politician · USA Copy
12 As much as racism bleeds America, we need to understand that classism is the real issue. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Immortal Technique, America, Classism, Racism, 0 Immortal Technique Rapper · Peru Copy
13 Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. Read explanation Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Gray, Appreciation, Classism, Humility, 0 Thomas Gray Poet · England Copy
14 Classism and greed are making insignificant all the other kinds of isms. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Ruby Dee, Classism, Greed, Power, 0 Ruby Dee Actress · USA Copy
15 A second-class is a first-class mistake. Author, September 2, 2023January 2, 2025, William Arthur Ward, Classism, Mistake, Success, 0 William Arthur Ward Writer · USA Copy
16 The poor don’t know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. Author, August 15, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean-Paul Sartre, Awareness, Charity, Classism, 0 Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France Copy
17 Don’t knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job? Author, July 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Laurence J. Peter, Classism, Employment, Wealth, 0 Laurence J. Peter Educator Copy
18 Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar. Author, July 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Classism, Power, Violence, 0 Samuel Griswold Goodrich Author · USA Copy
19 He is not well bred, that cannot bear ill breeding in others Author, June 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Benjamin Franklin, Classism, Respect, Tolerance, 0 Benjamin Franklin Founding Father of the United States · USA Copy
Those who enter through the back door can expect to be shown out through the window Aesop Author · Greece
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality. Read explanation Mahatma Gandhi Lawyer and political activist · India
You don’t have to bathe every day to look clean. It’s just an illusion. Mick Jagger Musician · England
