Class Iron Crosses

Famous quotes containing the words class, iron and/or crosses:

    “Class is rarely talked about in the United States; nowhere is there a more intense silence about the reality of class differences than in educational settings.”
    —bell hooks (b. c. 1955)

    “And thus we rust Life’s iron chain
    Degraded and alone:
    And some men curse, and some men weep,
    And some men make no moan:
    But God’s eternal Laws are kind
    And break the heart of stone:”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “Life is like walking along a crowded street—there always seem to be fewer obstacles to getting along on the opposite pavement—and yet, if one crosses over, matters are rarely mended.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)