Status Quotes - page 5

The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract. (Henry James Sumner Maine)
I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you, assuming that you will do things because of the way you dress. View quote
Stacey Dash
The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film. View quote
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised. View quote
Alfredo Stroessner
I didn't want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen. View quote
Bianca Jagger
The visa lottery system poses a national security threat. Under the program, each successful applicant is chosen at random and given the status of permanent resident based on pure luck. View quote
Bob Goodlatte
A significant number of pages and sentences that the administration wants to keep in a classified status have already been released publicly, some of it by public statements of the leadership of the CIA and the FBI. View quote
Bob Graham
The status quo is simply unacceptable. View quote
Brad Henry
The bicycle is a former child's toy that has now been elevated to icon status because, presumably, it can move the human form from pillar to post without damage to the environment. View quote
Brock Yates
I'm aware that success can overwhelm you. The perception of you can be elevated to such a status that it's not you any more. View quote
Chris Ofili
People I look to: again, Hank Aaron, man you challenged the status quo and the records of the game. Monumental feats in an era where people didn't like that. (Dave Winfield)
I think it's very dangerous, the idea of celebrity - you have to be constantly controversial to maintain the status of celebrity. Reality TV is the death of entertainment - it's just mindless TV but popular because of its voyeuristic nature, and people are very voyeuristic. View quote
David Suchet
People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification. View quote
Dalia Mogahed
I think it's important that there is a change, especially in fashion. I'm pleased to be part of a 'new breed' of models who perhaps don't exactly fit the status quo. View quote
Devon Aoki
As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of the member states define the status of territories under their sovereignty. View quote
Dick Thornburgh
If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly. View quote
Dick Thornburgh
Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some who seek to block that path. View quote
Dick Thornburgh
The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure as Attorney General. View quote
Dick Thornburgh
Here's how I see obesity: as a symptom. The larger problem is over-consumption. In a society that identifies consumption with patriotism, valorizes 'growth' above all else and assigns status according to how much you consume, we compete with each other to see who can consume the most. View quote
Emily Levine
I definitely don't want to achieve some kind of rock star status. View quote
Ethan Suplee
A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for example. Or signalling something about oneself. That's why the words chair, seat and bench have found themselves used to describe high status professions, from academia to Parliament to the law. (Evan Davis)
Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability and flexibility and that we should not cast away in a minute what has taken generations to build. View quote
Ferdinand Mount
Change doesnt always mean progress, but the status quo isnt always the best result either. It is merely the most convenient. View quote
Harsha Bhogle
No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams. View quote
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
We can no longer continue with a status quo energy policy. We must create sustainable clean energy jobs and leave the planet to our children and grandchildren in better shape than we found it. View quote
Jeff Merkley