Quotes about Snobbery

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Can I help you?" he said, in a manner which indicated very clearly that not only did he not wish to help them, but also — Graham Austin-King, Fae - The Realm of Twilight
Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
So the paradox goes: No man who is really ignorant is ever aware that he is ignorant. That is its finest, most faulty ma — Criss Jami
I fear that we live in an ahistorical age in which we believe that we are so wise that we no longer need the lessons of — J. Rufus Fears, Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life
We often hear about stepping outside ourselves, but rarely about stepping outside our generation. — Criss Jami, Killosophy
I do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the interminable comments — Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
I am no novel-reader -- I seldom look into novels -- Do not imagine that I often read novels -- It is really very well f — Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
No one knew much about the Twenty-Eighth Infantry. It was not a glamour outfit. They knew about the Big Red One and the — Miles Watson, A Story Never Told
I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a gre — Criss Jami
You are perfectly right in objecting to them [modern art], for this one great fault - that they have not yet had time to — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
I respect traditional people - they have the eyes which see value in the tarnished. This is a gift in itself. Tradition — Criss Jami, Healology
Every new generation believes its own period to be absolutely superior intellectually - greater than all past cultures y — Criss Jami, Healology
Another factor that seems to me to be equally important is the great myth and rationale of 'the modern,' that it places — Marilynne Robinson, Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self
An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger. — Dan Rather
What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does ab — Brent Weeks
I can't bear literary snobbery. — Sara Sheridan
The Murchisons are honest-to-God-real-foe-rich colored people, and the only people in the world who are more snobbish th — Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun
I know he's rich. He knows he's rich, too. — Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun
Lewis had experienced more trauma than most of his modern readers ever will. — Alister E. McGrath, If I Had Lunch with C.S. Lewis: Exploring the Ideas of C.S. Lewis on the Meaning of Life
Confidence is good, but when they hold their heads high like that, it just makes them look cocky and snobbish. — Grace Fiorre, The Nothing Spirit: Nothing is Everything