Snobbery Quotes

“There is no doubt in my mind that they’re good folks. But they’re not our kind of folks.”

– Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 23. Aunt Alexandra, refusing permission when Scout announces she is going to invite Walter Cunningham Jr. home for lunch once school starts. Walter is son of poor farmer Walter Cunningham and Alexandra doesn’t see the family as their social equals.

I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.

– Helen Clark

Snobbery? But it’s only a form of despair.

– Joseph Brodsky

Of course, there’s a certain type of person who feels that anything which becomes mainstream has to be rejected immediately. And that’s part of the indie-alternative snobbery and hierarchy and elitism.

– Alex Kapranos

Critics established a snobbery toward me.

– Esther Williams

There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.

– Gordon Ramsay

All the people I know have been conditioned by snobbery.

– Louis MacNeice

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

– Yves Saint Laurent

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