#status

Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#civil liberty #employment #exclusive #guaranteed #his

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#armies #behave #being #chooses #dirty

Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo. ↗

— Robert Byrne

#flux #including #quo #state #status

Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#bogged #command #confident #defined #down

The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film. ↗

— Rainer W. Fassbinder

#best #between #create #criticism #dream

The Internet will win because it is relentless. Like a cannibal, it even turns on it own. Though early portals like Prodigy and AOL once benefited from their first-mover status, competitors surpassed them as technology and consumer preferences changed. ↗

— John Sununu

#because #benefited #cannibal #changed #competitors

I definitely don't want to achieve some kind of rock star status. ↗

— Ethan Suplee

#definitely #i #kind #rock #rock star

I've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#ever #get #i #important #professional

I hate a Roman named Status Quo!" he said to me. "Stuff your eyes with wonder," he said, "live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping its life away. To hell with that," he said, "shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#life #live #sloth #status-quo #dreams

Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#life #nowhere #open-heart #status #truth