We named the bar The Bar. People will think we're ironic instead of creatively bankrupt, my sister reasoned.Yes, we thought we were being clever New Yorkers - that the name was a joke no one else woul...
In an age when mass pleasures like television are becoming more feeble and homogeneous, the very act of discrimination becomes a form of protest. At a time when mass marketing of food produces a produ...
Lila walked by with her nose in the air. In a straight line behind her, six obedient kindergartners waddled like baby geese, singing in unison, 'Row, row, row your yacht...
The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.
Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.
All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.
Poetry, Shakespeare and opera, are like mumps and should be caught when young. In the unhappy event that there is a postponement to mature years, the results may be devastating.
The public has a taste for supping with the great.
Snobs talk as if they had begotten their ancestors.
When people lack true culture or are devoid of innovative ideas, they speak about wine, various brands of alcoholic beverages, or the quality of soap.
A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.
She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to...
No place in England where everyone can go is considered respectable.
The true snob never rests there is always a higher goal to attain and there are by the same token always more and more people to look down upon.