Privilege Quotes

The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment. It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the poor, the ignorant and the underprivileged members of society.

Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.

Big business is not dangerous because it is big, but because its bigness is an unwholesome inflation created by privileges and exemptions which it ought not to enjoy.

I read once that elegance is a privilege of age. I thought, that’s so true. You get more comfortable with yourself as you get older.

It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.

Having the privilege of sitting down and having 3 hour long uninterrupted conversations with hundreds of brilliant people is an awesome perspective enhancer. Quotes

The pain of inevitable loss should never outweigh the privilege of love.

Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.

Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.

I know what it’s like to access the privilege of a ZIP Code but also be born in one that could have destined me to something else.