Bourgeois

Famous quotes containing the word bourgeois:

“In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)

“Look a here people, listen to me,
Don’t try to find no home in Washington, D.C.
Lord, it’s a bourgeois town, it’s a bourgeois town.”
—Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter (1889–1949)

“The bourgeois takes economic power very seriously, and often worships it quite unselfishly.”
—Nicolai A. Berdyaev (1874–1948)