Privileged Quotes

“We may be happy but just don’t know it yet. Many want to rebuke themselves for not finding the threshold of well being, since they simply haven’t learnt to be nice to themselves and to enjoy the privileged twinklings of life. ("C’est quand le bonheur ?" )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.”
― Helen Keller

“Political correctness' as 'over-sensitivity' is code for saying the privileged shouldn't have their unearned privileges questioned.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“People described me then as a "socialite," a label I loathe. It cast me in a lurid and ridiculous light, implying a life of privileged frivolity where everyone fits around from one party to the next wearing calculated clothes and expensive smiles”
― Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Social Crimes

“White males can't win these days - if they have something, they're "privileged" and if they want something, they're displaying "entitlement.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Not everyone was privileged to see another sunrise like you did, so before you start complaining remember that the breath of life is not for sale.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“The thing that makes systemic oppression so difficult to discuss is that when you do, you have to acknowledge your role in it. Often this means having to admit that you're part of the problem. It's not a comfortable experience when you learn that you further or benefit from the oppression of others.”
― Kevin A. Patterson, Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities

“Not everyone was privileged to see another sunrise like you did, so before you start complaining; remember that the breath of life, is not for sale.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“To be rich and talented at the same time is rare but possible, but the most talented; the genius, is the one crippled and bulldozed into oblivion by the scourge of poverty.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“Rich kids—they can never admit they’re rich.”
― R. Kikuo Johnson, Night Fisher

“Purpose of progress is to lift all humanity, not to pamper the elites' moronity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“Elitism is moronism, for it facilitates disparity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“The world of justice looks very different depending on which side of disparity you belong to. For the everyday commoner, struggle for human rights is the natural way of life, whereas for privileged egomaniacs, activism is a publicity stunt.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“What the privileged do with what is left, how to make alive what will one day be yours?”
― Alan Maiccon

“... it is the privilege of loneliness; in privacy one may do as one chooses.”
― Virginia Woolf

“I wish I could tell you that all the comfort and luxuries in the world are a sign of progress, but they are not - they are a sign of disparities - and these disparities can only go away with our sacrifice - with the sacrifice of the humanitarians - some must give all, all must give some, only then will there be actual civilized, sane, healthy and whole progress - progress that includes all of humanity, not just the privileged few.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sleepless for Society

“They had freedom as before, but without their vast riches. These previously privileged had what everyone else did, and were not given compensation, like some had predicted. In an instant, they had been turned into regular human beings. In one loud terrifying moment, people became equal within the law and as recipient of benefits. Before then, the entire revolution had seemed impossible. Although it was amazingly bloodless, these changes were welcomed by most and only resisted by a minute number who still could not see the benefit.”
― Ruth Ann Oskolkoff, Zin

“The tree leaves die in fire
and my people call it autumn.”
― Zufishan Rahman, Foxfire - A book of poems

“All our problems are nothing compared to the previous privileged of being alive.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“All our problems are nothing compared with the precious privileged of being alive.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Dollar of Disparity (The Sonnet)

Millions of people go without food,
For some privileged nimrods to afford their luxuries.
Millions of people have no access to essentials,
So that celebrities can buy their lamborghinis.
The difference between phony activists and a reformer,
Is not in what they say but in their lifestyle and action.
In a world that still suffers from the lack of essentials,
Indulgence in luxury is human rights violation.
What people do with their money is not a private affair,
Each penny above necessity belongs to social welfare.
One who talks of equality while riding in a Rolls Royce,
Is the last person to be concerned of people's despair.
None has a right to luxury till all can access necessities.
Every dollar spent on luxury is a dollar of disparity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“Trouble of privilege is trouble of lies.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“One thing I hate most in this world, next to arrogance, is hypocrisy. Privileged teenagers hysterically yelling about climate action with no tangible contribution on their part - privileged celebrities flying in private jets, sipping fine wine, while barking about equal pay in a room full of other privileged celebrities - all these ain't activism, it's entitled lunacy. When you're struggling with your last ounce of strength to put food on the table, to keep a roof over your family, and still have some generosity left for your neighbors, that's the highest form of human rights struggle there is.

The world of justice looks very different depending on which side of disparity you belong to. For the everyday commoner, struggle for human rights is the natural way of life, whereas for privileged egomaniacs, activism is a publicity stunt. Send these entitled bunch of buffoons to labor in the streets of the developing parts of the world, and all their activism will fly out the window.

It's this simple. Before you start shouting about rights, equality and justice, have the decency and common sense to step out of the lap of privilege and luxury. Remember, there is no difference between a barking dog with golden platter and barking activist with a silver spoon. Struggle in the streets, struggle in the beaches, only then you shall know, what suits the humans, what suits the leeches.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“There is no difference between a barking dog with golden platter and barking activist with a silver spoon.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“For privileged egomaniacs, activism is a publicity stunt.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“Who is inferior or superior when we are all playing to the same tune of nature? We are the same as the next man, and everyone is equal. Nature is a great equaliser, but man - ignorant and insensitive - believes that his tribe is the most privileged in all creation. Culture is responsible for this arrogant assumption.”
― KRISHNA MURTHY ANNIGERI VASUDEVA RAO, FLOWERS OF STARDUST

“To know and experience true love is the greatest of all privileges.”
― Troy Hadeed, My Name Is Love: We're Not All That Different

“The Dark Cloud
Is the privileged attitude of those who were born with everything
Is the aggressive manner of people who want to rule as queen and king
Is the weakness in coping abilities that spoiled kids have
Is the obsession you have with finding your other halve”
― Aida Mandic, The Dark Cloud

“Don't think you're privileged when the sun falls on you; don’t consider yourself cursed when darkness falls on you! So why? Because that's how life works, the sun falls on lives, darkness falls on lives, these things happen all the time! No privilege, no curse!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan