“The cry of equality pulls everyone down.”

“Pull down thy vanity, it is not man
Made courage, or made order, or made grace,
Pull down thy vanity, I say pull down.
Learn of the green world what can be thy place”

“When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your're the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.”

“If seafood is expensive then don't eat it. Leave it to the wealthy. I cannot ensure equality in this manner. If you want to eat expensive items then you must work hard and find a lot of money....We cannot pull everyone to the same level.”

“He eats corned beef and kosher meat with equal nonchalance, and it’s all the same to him whether he takes off his hat in the church or pulls it down over his ears in the synagogue. p. 48”

“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”

“Find me in the shadows, and pull the shades down until tomorrow.”

“You think it's so great to die and make everyone cry and carry on. Well it ain't.”

“Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed.”

“People who love in glass houses should pull down the blinds.”