“Inherently, having privilege isn’t bad, but it’s how you use it, and you have to use it in service of other people.”— Tarana Burke, theguardian.com
“It’s unreal how lucky some of these kids are, their parents just give them money &they sit around & play xbox all day.”— Dan Bilzerian, twitter.com
“Everyone’s entitled to act stupid once in a while, but you really abuse the privilege.”— Unknown, thoughtcatalog.com
“When I first met you, I thought you were a tremendous narcissist who lucked into a life of unspeakable privilege.”— Zander Lehmann, Jennifer, Katie Aselton, imdb.com
“There is so much need And injustice in this world, and I'm just sitting here, in this big, warm comfortable house.”— Justin Doble, Hawk Lane, Kyle Allen, imdb.com
“We need to be realistic about the ways in which media carries narrative and shapes our culture. About the impact that the works we consume and create have on marginalized people, that we listen to marginalized people when they talk about this rather than get defensive and argue, that we commit to ge…”— @bittergertrude, t.co
“There is no “apolitical” work; there is only work that reflects the world view of cultural privilege back to those with cultural privilege, who see that as “normal” and unmarked by any particular political point of view. Those without that privilege hear the political messaging loud and clear.”— @bittergertrude, t.co
“I am more of a centrist than a radical when it comes to capitalism, in that I feel like… to dismantle capitalism before everyone has had a chance to enjoy it is the height of privilege…so yes let’s dismantle capitalism, but can we just get some of it first?”— Roxane Gay, youtube.com
“We peer so suspiciously at each other that we cannot see that we Canadians are standing on the mountaintop of human wealth, freedom and privilege.”— Pierre Trudeau, en.wikiquote.org
“I wish women didn’t have to rip our pasts open and show you everything and let you ogle our pain for you to believe us.”— Lindy West, latimes.com
“Is it not fair and relevant to question its concentration in the hands of a tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government?”— Spiro Agnew, washingtonpost.com
“I came to the conclusion a while ago that there is nothing romantic or supernatural about loving someone: Love is the privilege of being responsible for another.”— John Green, amazon.com
“The underlying idea of the self-made individual who heroically, on their own, builds a successful career in music or business or writing or whatever is just deeply flawed. And as long as we believe it, we will collaborate too little and judge others too often.”— John Green, youtube.com
“The success narratives we hear are almost always privileged narratives and they almost never acknowledge that privilege.”— John Green, youtube.com
“I would argue that in addition to not deserving all of the wonderful things that happen in life, we don't deserve all of the terrible things.”— John Green, youtube.com
“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”— Charles Lamb, amazon.com
“His hair was short and parted accurately in the middle, and he had all the look of an American person who would be likely to begin his signature with an initial, and spell his middle name out.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com
“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.'”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com