Abhay Deol Quotes

However democratic and egalitarian we kid ourselves into thinking society might be, I think that sense of entitlement operates as basically and viciously as it always did.

Simple peck-order bullying is only the beginning of the kind of hierarchical behavior that can lead to racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, classism, and all the other 'isms' that cause so much suffering in the world.

Saving lives is not a top priority in the halls of power. Being compassionate and concerned about human life can cause a man to lose his job. It can cause a woman not to get the job to begin with.

Gym class was, of course, where the strongest, best-looking kids were made captains and chose us spazzes last. More important, it was where the figures of supposed authority allowed them to do so. Forget the work our parents did molding our minds and values. Everything fell apart as soon as we put on those maroon polyester gym suits.

What you're saying is that 'I, the superior elite, will take care of you.' Why? Because, you see, that superior, elite group needs to feel superior and elite. And they can't be superior and elite unless you have a whole lot of people down there groveling around. So you keep them down there by feeding them.

Some men are all right in their place if they only knew the right places.

I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.

Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that.

I don't believe in social equality, and they know it.

We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service.

I think snobbery is one of the oldest customs in the world, and the rich will always find ways to rank each other and make themselves feel more special than others.

Men and nations cannot bear to feel inferior.

Your people, sir, is nothing but a great beast!

Women to govern men, slaves freemen, are much in the same degree; all being total violations and perversions of the laws of nature and nations.

You know our nation. If a citizen officer of one town has just one more silver button on his epaulette than another, great hue and cry arises and the important cause goes by the board …

The caste system may be more highly developed in countries like India or England, but every tier of society in almost every culture tries to dominate a group it perceives as beneath it.

When I was growing up, I got a lot of, 'Oh, well, she bought the nicest horse, so of course she's going to win.' And I dealt with a lot of that.

The light-skinned girls always thought they were better looking. So did the teachers, too. That meant most of the dark complexion ones didn't like themselves.

If you're mocking anyone, make sure it's those at the top of the food chain, not the bottom.

We're all animals, high school is animals, but some of us are more animal than others. Like in 'Animal Farm,' which I read, all animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others? Here in the real world, all equals are created animal, but some are more animal than others.

The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.

Some is more equal than others, as is well known. It ain't that your majority is outnumbered, you're just out-surrounded.