Status Symbolism Quotes

Privileges tied to nobility, titles and rank may not be enacted.

There isn't a class structure in Nigeria; there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned.

The Spanish culture taught is that having titles of nobility was the way to get rich. But the Aztecs and the indigenous cultures taught us the same thing.

The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.

People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it. And the reason I did that is a British accent in America is a real status symbol.

Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above.

The South has a way of worshipping appearances - the suburbs are all about presentation and amazing flowers and a beautiful yard and dinner parties that impress people and having the Christmas lights just right.

We don't have 'posh' in Canada. It's just not a thing that exists.

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status.

At the Golden Globes, they put all the bigger stars in the front; the movie stars in the front, TV actors in the back. But even as a movie star, you can be outseated by a bigger star in any given year. It's kind of hilarious. You have to take it in stride.

Our Puritan forefathers, though bitterly denouncing all forms and ceremonies, were great respecters of persons; and in nothing was the regard for wealth and position more fully shown than in designating the seat in which each person should sit during public worship.

Limos are fine for prime ministers or presidents who need the security, but there's no need for CEOs or executives to have one as a status symbol.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

I don't read 'Vanity Fair,' whose millionaire-fashionista-liberal shtick I find repellent.

I thought that somehow your life would be much different when you're famous... and it's not. You just buy more stuff.