STATUS
Quotes
1
The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for them.
— Robert Frost
2
All men are born equal, but quite a few eventually get over it.
— Lord Mancroft
3
Soldiers win battles and generals get the credit.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
4
Many of the quests for status symbols—the hot automobile, the best table in a restaurant or a private chat with the boss—are shadowy reprises of infant anxieties. . . . The larger office, the corner space, the extra window are the teddy bears and tricycles of adult office life.
— Willard Gaylin
5
A status symbol is anything you can’t afford, but did.
— Harold Coffin
6
Status symbols are medals you buy yourself.
— Bernhard Wicki
7
Advertising promotes that divine discontent which makes people strive to improve their economic status.
— Ralph Butler
Sayings
1
It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.
2
If they don’t want to play with you, then you don’t want to play with them.
3
Remember where you came from.
4
The best way to judge a teacher is to ask who his instructors were and who his students are.
5
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.
— Italian saying
Jokes
1
Observing a light across the water, the captain had his signalman instruct the other vessel to change her course ten degrees south.
The response was prompt: “Change your course ten degrees north.”
“I am a captain,” he responded testily. “Change your course ten degrees south.”
The reply: “I’m a seaman first class—change your course north.”
The captain was furious. “Change your course now. I’m on a battleship.”
“Change your course ten degrees north, sir—I’m a lighthouse.”
2
First employee: “So, is your job secure?”
Second employee: “Oh, yes. It’s me they can do without.”
3
The nouveau riche real estate developer splurged on a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and couldn’t wait to show it off. So after a meeting with the bank, he offered one of the senior bank officers a ride home. “Whaddaya think?” he couldn’t resist asking his passenger after a mile or two. Pretty snappy, eh? I bet you’ve never ridden in one of these before.”
“Actually I have,” replied the banker graciously, “but this is my first time in the front seat.”