#status

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

as the determinants of high status keep shifting, so, too, naturally, will the triggers of status anxiety be altered. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#status #nature

A person can't help their birth. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#vanity

Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo. ↗

— Karl Barth

#god #ideology #nothing #quo #revelation

The show I did in England catered to a broad range of people. I like that. I don't want nouveau cult status, though I know we've got that sort of audience in the states. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#broad #broad range #cult #did #england

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness. ↗

— Chanakya

#above #any #below #friends #friendships

I'm a harsh critic of the status quo. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#harsh #i #quo #status #status quo

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival. ↗

— Angela Davis

#country #during #early #grew #how

My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public. ↗

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

#garden #i #law #only #position

I want to improve my bunker, fairway and putting status because that's been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come. ↗

— Yani Tseng

#been #bunker #come #else #everything