I came from nothing.
The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.
And death makes equal the high and low.
I was a sharecropper's son. That's as low as you can get on the totem pole.
I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
I think a comedian has to be low status on some level; that gives you the right to do all sorts of jokes about all sorts of different kinds of people.
I'm afraid of being poor; I'm afraid of living in the projects... I'm afraid of being thought as unsuccessful.
My school spirit is at an all time low, I'm losing my status at the school.
People treat you like s*** when you're a doorman or a busboy. I licked envelopes for eight hours a day for this management company and cried half the time I was there while the managers were on the phone working.
I was born dirt-poor with barely a stitch on my back, and no name or prestige attached to me, and no real clout or connections.
My father thought photography was done by lowlifes.
He that is down needs fear no fall. He that is low, no pride.
In 'A Hijacking,' the characters are low-status people.
tis hard to live in a world where all look upon you as below them.
I'm nothing. I'm zip. I'm not a government employee. I can't even get a government rate from airlines. I'm a volunteer in the office of the President.
I think kids are all focused on their hierarchy and status, and I was low status or something.
I'm kind of a bottom-of-the-barrel guy.
In high school, when I played football I got no respect. I shared a locker with a mop.
You know well I couldn't bear to live with a low common man after you two; and it's wicked and cruel of you to insult me by pretending I could.
You couldn't get less royal than me.
I came from rather humble beginnings.
South Africa, it's like the little asshole of the whole world - it's, like, the bottom. It's, like, in the dark depths of the hallway.
I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life.
I was not born with a golden spoon in my mouth.
You know, when you're a producer, you're a bit of a lackey. You're just making cups of tea and making sure they've got newspaper, stuff like that.
