“as the determinants of high status keep shifting, so, too, naturally, will the triggers of status anxiety be altered.”
“Man's status in the natural world is determined, therefore, by the quality of his thinking.”
“A lady should never feel anxious about her behavior. The status is bred in the bone. To show anxiety is to lower oneself. Anxiety is vulgar.”
“How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.”
“It’s easier to accumulate wealth if you don’t live in a high-status neighborhood.”
“It's pitiful to have a life in which junk food is awarded the same high status as sex.”