(467 quotes found)
“Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.”
Simon Wiesenthal
“Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the w”
Francis Quarles
“Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out of the cave, the tribal teepee, the pueblo, the community fortress, man emerged to build himself a house of his own with a shelter in it for himself and his diversions. Every age has seen it so. The poor might have to huddle together in cities for need's sake, and the frontiersman cling to his neighbors for the sake of protection. But in each civilization, as it advanced, those who could afford it chose the luxury of a withdrawing-place.”
Phyllis McGinley
“The rulers of the State are the only ones who should have the privilege of lying, whether at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the State.”
Plato
“The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject but man only”
Thomas Hobbes
“We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege.”
Mark Twain
“Comics are capable of being anything the mind can imagine. I consider it a great privilege to be a cartoonist. I love my work, and I am grateful for the incredible forum I have to express my thoughts. People give me their attention for a few seconds every day, and I take that as an honor and a responsibility. I try to give readers the best strip I'm capable of doing.”
Bill Watterson
“To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength”
Samuel Johnson
“Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges”
Sir Walter Scott
“That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money”
John Randolph
