#status

They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#civil servants #diplomats #drawn #foreign #get

The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace, respect for human rights and development. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#assume #council #development #france #full

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

There are also just as many, if not more, women who are anxious to hold down the status quo. ↗

— Susie Bright

#anxious #down #hold #just #many

The status quo and the media is doing everything it can to fry children's brains and make them grow up maladjusted. ↗

— Julie Christie

#children #doing #everything #fry #grow

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

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism. ↗

— Jane Elliot

#country #education #how #maintain #perpetuate

Americans like to make money; Canadians like to audit it. I know no other country where accountants have a higher social and moral status. ↗

— Northrop Frye

#audit #canadians #country #higher #i

The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#status #life