Elitist Quotes

• There are people in government who don't want other people to know what they know. It's just another example of elitism. And I spit on elitism. Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.

  Tom Clancy

  Memorable, Loser, Show Me

  "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

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• The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.

  William E. Simon

  Government, People, Groups

  William E. Simon (1979). “Time for Truth”, Berkley

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• Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small.

  David Ives

  Lists, Sometimes, Democratic

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• I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.

  Twyla Tharp

  Mean, Dancing, Intimidating

  "The High Priestess of Creative Movement". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

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• I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

  Elia Kazan

  Bohemian Rhapsody, Collectives, Persons

  Elia Kazan (2011). “Elia Kazan: A Life”, p.205, Knopf

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• I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Thinking, Today

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• One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.

  Lesley Garrett

  Artist, Media, Groups

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• I hate elitists. I hate conceited people. I hate pompous people.

  Neil Cavuto

  Hate, Conceited, People

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• Fox News is hated because they're elitists, and the worst winners television's ever seen.

  Keith Olbermann

  News, Television, Foxes

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• Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact.

  Henry Rollins

  Impact, Skills, Ideas

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• I think we could all be a bit more elitist.

  Rufus Wainwright

  Thinking, Bits

  "Portrait of the artist: Rufus Wainwright, musician". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. April 12, 2010.

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• There's something retro about your persona. It's like the pre-World War II generation of reporters - those unpretentious, working-class guys who hung around saloons and used rough language. Now they've all been replaced with these effete Ivy League elitists who swarm over the current media. Nerds - utterly dull and insipid.

  Camille Paglia

  War, Class, Ivy

  "DRUDGE MATCH: Camille Paglia Gets Intimate With The Shady Wizard Of The Web". Interview with Matt Drudge, freerepublic.com. November 6, 2003.

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• It is, of course, the first recourse of every elitist to see social barbarism in others.

  Graham Joyce

  Firsts, Social, Barbarism

  "Don't confuse 'readability' with dumbing down" by Graham Joyce, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2011.

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  The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Trust, Witty

  Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Churchill By Himself”, p.1079, RosettaBooks

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• To me, elitism means a love of excellence and superiority, but America has declared war on both and developed a sick love of the lowest common denominator to make sure no-one becomes too fine for our touted democracy. We are almost at the point of regarding every virtue as elitist.

  Florence King

  War, Mean, America

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• I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist form of art.

  Serj Tankian

  Art, Musician, Orchestra

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• I suspect it's because Truman Democrats have been replaced by Gruber Democrats - self-styled elitists who feed lavishly at the public trough and think government should serve them, not the hoi polloi they disdain and deceive.

  Jack Kelly

  Thinking, Government, Self

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• Because I was a woman, I was vulnerable. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman.'

  Wangari Maathai

  Vulnerable, Tradition, Easy

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Maybe I'm an elitist, but I don't feel like I am.

  Kim Deal

  Feels

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• Black America Has Allowed Itself to Be Used by Race-Baiters and White Liberal Elitists

  Amy Ridenour

  Race, White, America

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• With the Democrats, they see themselves, we see ourselves as the party of the working folks, the striving, you know, the good. But, without anybody acknowledging it, there is now this little camp of folks who come across as very elitist, that look down on red state voters, who think that Republicans are dumb people.

  Van Jones

  Party, Thinking, People

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Our Founding Fathers were proud that Americans were trusted with arms because they knew that only when people are armed could they truly be thought of as free citizens. And that's where the circle closes. Those who want to deprive you of your right to keep and bear arms are intending to deprive you of your freedom, period. Like the criminals their policies encourage, these elitists know that it is always best to disarm victims before you enslave them.

  Charley Reese

  Father, Circles, People

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• My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the network news picks up its cues from the Times. And local papers do too. It has a huge influence. And we'd love to challenge it.

  Rupert Murdoch

  New York, Worry, Challenges

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• The anti-elitist values in America, I think, are very destructive to education.

  Joshua Jackson

  Thinking, America, Destructive

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I had a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and that almost destroyed me.

  Bunker Roy

  Motivation, Inspiration, India

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