Class Paul Fussell Quotes & Sayings

Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both. — Criss Jami

When the Allies bombed the Italians on the island of Pantelleria in June, 1943, General Spaatz, of the United States Air Corps, concluded that bombing can reduce to the point of surrender any first-class nation now in existence, within six months. — Paul Fussell

Those good at war aren't good at peace, and those good at peace aren't good at war. — Winston Churchill

I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed. — Lionel Barrymore

The balls used in top class games are generally smaller than those used in others. — Paul Fussell

Decisions and events from the past make us what we are today. Moving on doesn't mean getting rid of the past- but instead, accepting it. — Sadaf Zulfikar

The middles cleave to euphemisms not just because they're an aid in avoiding facts. They like them also because they assist their social yearnings towards pomposity. This is possible because most euphemisms permit the speaker to multiply syllables, and the middle class confuses sheer numerousness with weight and value. — Paul Fussell

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I. — Michel De Montaigne

I was so proud of you today," she said, smiling down at him. "And perhaps a tiny bit smug that with all the women swooning and sighing over you, I'm the one you went home with."
Arching a brow, Christopher asked, "Only a tiny bit smug?"
"Oh, very well. Enormously smug. — Lisa Kleypas

A more or less accurate measure of class in America is TV size: the bigger your TV, the lower your class. — Paul Fussell

When ... asked what I am writing, I have answered, "A book about social class in America," ... It is if I had said, "I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals. — Paul Fussell

Cicero said loud-bawling orators were driven by their weakness to noise, as lame men to take horse. — Plutarch

How can you be afraid of women?" "Those ain't normal women. — Dave Barry

So the day became one of waiting, which was, he knew, a sin: moments were to be experienced; waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come and the moments one was currently disregarding. — Neil Gaiman

Money has no grey areas. You either make it or you lose it. — Kevin O'Leary

What is the difference between fashion and style? Fashion says, 'Me, too,' and style, 'Only me.' — Geraldine Stutz

At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary. — Allen Tate

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower your class.
— Paul Fussell