Privilege Quotes - Page 7

It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong.

The worries that are the burden of which the privileged person makes an excuse in dealing with the oppressed person are in fact the worries about preserving his privileged condition.

God commands us to be filled with the Spirit, and if we are not filled, it is because we are living beneath our privileges

The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least--the privilege of making others happy.

I prize the privilege of being alone.

Representing Australia has always been a honour and a privilege, and the older and more experienced I get, the more I enjoy it.

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

The affiliation clause in our Constitution is a privilege: a courtesy to a sympathetic body. Were you not a Mason, or Co-Mason, you would have to be proposed and seconded, and then examined by savage Inquisitors, and then-probably-thrown out on the garbage heap. Well, no, it's not as bad as that; but we certainly don't want anybody who chooses to apply. Would you do it yourself, if you were on the Committee of a Club? The O.T.O. is a serious body, engaged on a work of Cosmic scope. You should question yourself: what can I contribute?

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.

The greatest privilege God gives to you is the freedom to approach Him at any time.

To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect a peculiar privilege, a power denied to the rest of mankind; but to suppose that the maze is inscrutable to diligence, or the heights inaccessible to perseverance, is to submit tamely to the tyranny of fancy, and enchain the mind in voluntary shackles.

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

We peer so suspiciously at each other that we cannot see that we Canadians are standing on the mountaintop of human wealth, freedom and privilege.

...the highest sign of friendship is that of giving another the privilege of sharing your inner thought.

As for academics, I do not see why their responsibilities as moral agents should differ in principle from the responsibilities of others; in particular, others who also enjoy a degree of privilege and power, and therefore have the responsibilities that are conferred by those advantages.

Victimization has its privileges, and I want some.

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

It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.

The State always stands for swindling, intrigue, and privilege, and cannot stand for anything else.

One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.

We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for personal favors, and nothing more.

The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.

...you never possess a cat; you are allowed to be in a cat's life, which, of course, is a privilege.

Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.

The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.