Elites quite naturally define as the most important and admired qualities for a citizen those on which they themselves have concentrated.
John Ralston SaulI have a theory of statistics: if you can double them or halve them and they still work, they are really good statistics.
John Ralston SaulWorld class is a phrase used by provincial cities and second-rate entertainment events, as well as a wide variety of insecure individuals, to assert that they are not provincial or second-rate, thereby confirming that they are.
John Ralston Saul