William Hazlitt Quotes

I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or abject meanness.

William Hazlitt

• Proud
• Class
• Meanness
• Impertinence

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• My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Action

• My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.

  

  H. Robert Horvitz
  • Work
  • Women
  • Family

• The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Good
  • Work
  • Done

• Every one of my regrets has produced a song I'm proud of.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Song
  • Proud
  • Regrets

• The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.

  

  Xavier Rudd
  • Music
  • Believe
  • Change

• The Negro was freed and turned loose as a penniless, landless, naked, ignorant laborer. Ninety-nine per cent were field hands and servants of the lowest class.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Hands
  • Class
  • Ignorant

• Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

  

  Indira Gandhi
  • Strong
  • Proud
  • Growth

• Nobody should be too boastful or too proud about their security because there are people who have a major interest in cracking the security of networks, the security of companies.

  

  Randall L. Stephenson
  • People
  • Proud
  • Security

• I have deep roots in this Oklahoma soil. It makes me proud.

  

  N. Scott Momaday
  • Proud
  • Deep
  • Roots

• When I talk football with my friends, I don't talk about Tom Brady's hair. I talk about how he handles the blitz, or how he runs his offense. I talk as a fan. I don't want pink jerseys, and I don't want dumbed-down content. I want to be treated as a real fan - because I am proud to be one.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Real
  • Friends
  • Proud

• I liked the fact that my father had a lot of expectations from my brother. I probably wanted to be that person who he could be proud of.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Father
  • Proud
  • Brother

• Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Proud
  • Very
  • Japanese

• I was in that part of the class that made the top half possible.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Possible
  • Class
  • Top

• I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Time
  • Work
  • Proud

• People sometimes say, 'Oh, you were a movie star,' and I'm like, 'No, I was a supporting actress.' I wasn't an A-list actress, and I'm fine with that. I'm proud of what I did in film.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • People
  • Movie
  • Proud

• I never went to a university, and I am proud to say so because I don't think I have done too badly.

  

  Folorunsho Alakija
  • University
  • Badly

• Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.

  

  Karen Kain
  • Career
  • Me
  • Proud

• I'm about to become a member of the Chemists Society of America. I'm very proud of that.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • America
  • Society
  • Proud

• I get a lot of action scripts. I get low-budget vehicles that will end up right on the video shelf. I want to do movies that I want to talk about, that I'm proud of, but I also want to make a living.

  

  Dean Cain
  • Up
  • Action
  • Proud

• I don't wear mini-skirts or shorts because I have thread veins on my legs and cellulite, and I won't wear tights.

  

  Marie Helvin

• Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

  

  Walker Evans
  • Long
  • Die
  • Listen

• When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.

  

  Felicity Kendal
  • Sometimes
  • Hair
  • Fool

• As a little girl in the '50s, I couldn't wear a purple-and-white flowered skirt with a red blouse - those colors were too loud. My parents were not into that 'We are Negros that wear all beige,' but there was a line you could walk over that could signal vulgar, crass, rather than clever use of color. And that outfit crossed over the line.

  

  Margo Jefferson
  • Parents
  • Girl
  • Color

• I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or abject meanness.

  

  William Hazlitt
  • Proud
  • Class
  • Meanness