Privilege Quotes

In the matter of taxation, every privilege is an injustice.

A precious, mouldering pleasure 't is, to meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege I think.

For truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and in all sorts.

To me, this is the singular privilege of reading literature: we are allowed to step into another's life.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

If we had had the privilege of giving hospitality to a Ho Chi Minh, with what respect and interest we would have served him, as a man of vision, as a patriot, a rebel against foreign invaders.

Writing is a noble privilege compared with the lot of most people, who live like parts of a machine, who live only to keep the gears of society pointlessly turning.

I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive.

It is a great privilege, as well as our responsibility, to pray for our government leaders.

It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.

To sustain our leaders is a privilege.

It's the privilege of a lifetime for me to work with the most innovative people on Earth.

... do something. Pay your rent for the privilege of living on this beautiful, blue-green, living Earth.

When I treat other people with kindness and love, it is part of my way of paying my debt to God and the world for the privilege of living on this planet.

Comfort becomes a goal when distinctions of rank are abolished and privileges destroyed.

The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.

Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.

I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film or a novel. To be involved in creating that for other people is a privilege.

We have entered the era of the 'imperial' former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for life and other badges of privilege.

Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.

I want to privilege the moment.

The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.

I can barely walk, but it's a privilege to be able to move at all.

Avail yourself of the greatest privilege this side of heaven. Jesus Christ died to make this communion and communication with the Father possible.

Everything, everything, everything! I want to know everything. I want the privilege of being a crone.

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.

Imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you.

Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.

As education becomes inclusive, introspective, cosmic, promoting whole populations to power and privilege, it enthrones a vast, invisible, personal rule over the common mind.

I am honored to have John Lloyd called the Black Wagner. It is a privilege to have been compared with him.

There is no greater privilege in life than being yourself.

Savor every day you have the privilege to lead.

Being blessed with good health gives you the strength and loving what you do and - is a privilege that keeps you going. So I'm just happy as a lark.

In France you cannot not have lunch. If you stopped the French from having lunch, you will have a second revolution, I can tell you this. Not going to work - it is part of the French privilege.

I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place.

Privilege is least apparent to those who have it.

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.

I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.

The luxury to disparage freedom is the privilege of those who already possess it.

I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

...Nixon's subversion [of the consititution] consisted of: One presidental lie; one invocation of presidental privilege, and zero criminal offences.

We are told not to privilege one story above another. All the stories must be told. Well, maybe that's true, maybe all stories are worth hearing, but not all stories are worth telling.

The mathematics are distinguished by a particular privilege, that is, in the course of ages, they may always advance and can never recede.

I consider it an honor and a privilege to play for the Indianapolis Colts, and I would never want to jeopardize it by doing something stupid.

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.

If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.

Education is necessary to unlearn privilege, unlearn exclusion, unlearn discrimination, unlearn prejudice, unlearn war.

I feel like every time you get to make a sequel, it's a privilege. It means that people have embraced it and want the journey to continue.

I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.

Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.