#class

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age. ↗

— Orson Welles

#age #class #enemy #life #middle

Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#basically #books #britain #classes #come

I class myself as a manual laborer. ↗

— Theodore White

#i #laborer #manual #myself

My school was really small, but I was called the Class Clown! ↗

— Serena Williams

#class #class clown #clown #i #really

I play piano and guitar. Acoustic guitar. I tried studying classical guitar when I was 16 but it got really hard. I could never play a lead to save my life. ↗

— Kip Winger

#acoustic guitar #classical #classical guitar #could #got

And in an era where radio stations that are inclined to play Styx music are your classic rock stations and the stations that play current music look at us as dinosaurs - the only way we could reach people with our new music, generally, is to perform live. ↗

— James Young

#classic rock #could #current #dinosaurs #era

In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America. ↗

— Toby Young

#britain #celebrate #chances #class #condemn

Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who has a troubled relationship with their father. And yet, I never had a problem with my father. ↗

— Toby Young

#classic #difficult #down #father #find

Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#background #both #carry #classical #classical music

You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred. ↗

— Paul Getty

#cannot #class #encouraging #further #hatred