{"quotes":[{"text":"When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["bias","class","discernment","disrespect","equality","geniune","human-being","person","rank","respect","righteous","status","stereotype","title"],"id":1767,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"The rationale that etiquette should be eschewed because it fosters inequality does not ring true in a society that openly admits to a feverish interest in the comparative status-conveying qualities of sneakers. Manners are available to all, for free.","author":"Judith Martin","tags":["etiquette","manners","sneakers","society","status","status-anxiety"],"id":4525,"author_id":"Judith+Martin"},{"text":"The amount of gold someone has is never the issue, but rather the love of it and the want of more for personal gain that consumes the hearts of many good people.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["awareness","consumption","gold","greed","love","money","status","value"],"id":15577,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"There's something satisfying to proclaiming humility while knowing just how important you truly are.","author":"Michael R. Fletcher","tags":["falsehood","humility","importance","status","wichtig-is-the-guy"],"id":16094,"author_id":"Michael+R.+Fletcher"},{"text":"People respond more to the authority of status, than the authority of truth.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["ity","leadership","peers","status","truth"],"id":16528,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"If only we were all better educated. If then, higher education would at last be a journey for skill and knowledge rather than for power and status.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["academics","betterment","character","college","curiosity","development","education","ethics","grades","growth","helping-others","higher-education","humility","inferiority","journey","knowledge","learning","morality","personality","power","professor","scholar","school","skill","status","superiority","teacher","university"],"id":18944,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"It seemed to Fire it was rarely enough one knew a person one wished to marry. How unjust then to meet that person, and be kept from it because one's bed was made of hay and not feathers.","author":"Kristin Cashore","tags":["class","love","money","status"],"id":20352,"author_id":"Kristin+Cashore"},{"text":"Where wealth and status are concerned, shit isn’t supposed to be hard. Ivies are known for “grade inflation”—though there is a lot of work, the reward for a mediocre job at completing it is still usually an A. In any given corporation, the higher the role and pay, the less that person actually does. CEOs who get fired for sucking at their jobs and losing a shit-ton of money are often given multi-million dollar “golden parachutes.” It was kinda the same with this frat; we were the best, so we did the least.","author":"A.D. Aliwat","tags":["status","truth-of-life","wealth"],"id":23303,"author_id":"A.D.+Aliwat"},{"text":"Just because you shot Jesse James...Don't make you Jesse. ","author":"Mike Ehrmantraut","tags":["ity","breaking-bad","power","status"],"id":35300,"author_id":"Mike+Ehrmantraut"},{"text":"If you want drama, settle for the one who will change your relationship status. If you want love, wait for the one who will change your life.","author":"Steve Maraboli","tags":["change","drama","happiness","life","love","relationship","status"],"id":40353,"author_id":"Steve+Maraboli"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":101,"pages":11,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}