Snobbish – Quotes

He\’s so snobbish he

He’s so snobbish he has an unlisted zip-code. Earl Wilson

A spurious democracy has influenced both our research methods (I am sometimes tempted to define validity as part of the context of an experiment demanding so little in the way of esoteric gift that any number can play at it, provided they have taken a certain number of courses) and our research subjects (it would … Read more

If conversion to Christianity

If conversion to Christianity makes no improvement in a man’s outward actions – if he continues to be just a snobbish or spiteful or envious or ambitious as he was before – then I think we must suspect that his ‘conversion’ was largely imaginary. C. S. Lewis

I had a very

I had a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and that almost destroyed me. Bunker Roy

Things that are very

Things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, Well, if everyone likes it it can’t be that good. Whereas if only I and a couple of other people like it, then it must be really something special. Brian Eno

The kingdom is not

The kingdom is not an exclusive, well-trimmed suburb with snobbish rules about who can live there. No, it is for a larger, homelier, less self-conscious caste of people who understand they are sinners because they have experienced the yaw and pitch of moral struggle. Brennan Manning

I’m actually very snobbish

I’m actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say no all the time. ‘No’ is the most powerful word in our business. You’ve got to protect yourself… To leave home, it’s got to be worth leaving. It’s got to be worth it. Brad Pitt

I think it’s become

I think it’s become fashionable for the snobbish egghead today to make fun of television. I’ve heard many people, boast, “I would never have a television set in my house,” well, these people are fools. Bennett Cerf

Art is no longer

Art is no longer snobbish or cowardly. It teaches peasants to use tractors, gives lyrics to young soldiers, designs textiles for factory women’s dresses, writes burlesque for factory theatres, does a hundred other useful tasks. Art is as usueful as bread. Azar Nafisi

The classical music world

The classical music world is so snobbish. Andre Rieu