Status Quotes

“The filmmaker is no longer the competitor of the painter and the playwright, he is, at last, the equal of the novelist.”

“At my age, you're not a sexy anything. You're a legend.”

“Guilt is the flip side of prestige.”

“I'm kind of a big deal. People know me.”

“It's good to be the king. I'm not a king, but it's good.”

“You buy a Ferrari when you want to be somebody. You buy a Lamborghini when you are somebody.”

“He is miserable indeed, whose nobility makes his miseries noble.”

“It's hard to be a legend.”

“I don't mind being a poodle, but I can't stand being a poodle's poodle.”

“Status is more important than productivity.”

“A mink coat is a woman's armour.”

“It's good to be the king.”

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

“A man on a horse is spiritually as well as physically bigger than a man on foot.”

“Good clothes are coats of arms.”

“Fame is a currency. It's a passport.”

“I think there's a certain amount of mystique, of being a quarterback in the NFL. It's like being a rock star.”

“For an actor, it's a great thing to be a sex symbol. It means you're a star.”

“The argument of this book is that symmetrical conflict—violence between people who are socially near to one another—is not the result of status inconsistency but of status ambiguity.”

“Much of what looks like principled conflict is in fact status conflict in disguise.”