I've known 3 people that would just rather pay the higher price ! Uppity people are so dumb When pointed out to them that the exact same garment is in another store a 'lot' cheaper, its 'Oh no - I'll pay the higher price'
In my estimation, it isn’t so much what a person has but what a person is and how they hold themselves. As it is with my last post, the classiest person I have ever had the experience to view rode on a city bus. Expensive “things” like cars and clothes or even the house they live in can actually detract from what person really is and in truth, I have only met ONE rich person with any class at all and you’ll have to simply believe me when I say that I have met and known a lot of them. A person living on the street can have a lot of class whereas someone living in a mansion can be a total boor and a social idiot. It’s the person. Not the stuff they own.
@Holly Saunders I don't think he did any harm, I still think he had Class.!! Most would agree with you,certainly not the people whose articles were stolen. Everyone has something. Funny: He often used to say he was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland (he thought it sounded more romantic). However, during his appearance on the radio show "Desert Island Discs" he admitted he was born in London, England. His mother was there for the day visiting a specialist regarding the pregnancy when he was born. adjective for "class" Informal . of high quality, integrity, status, or style:
@Emma Smith - think he was one of the lucky ones, not much of an actor and, a Walter Mitty character - by the sounds of it He could tell a good story that's for sure, liked to see him interviewed
IMO, Rosie O'Donnell far out-unclasses Roseanne Barr. The latter got her comeuppance, but good, when she sought to disparage Tom Selleck while interviewing him! Good job, Tom!! Frank
I would say that it depends on how you view "where you were born". Does it refer to the actual birthplace, or you legal place of residence at the time of birth. In my view, either could be considered correct, especially when so many women are referred to specialists now if there are problems. When I lived in rural Alaska, I sent my wife to her parents' home in Iowa to deliver. The son born was a legal resident of Alaska, but was born in a completely different state.
A similar thing with my birth. My folks lived on the ranch in north Idaho, but because my mom was almost 40, and also had a tumor in her abdomen; but insisted on going through with the pregnancy , even at the possible cost of her life, I was actually born in Spokane, Washington. She was able to have a specialist there, in a large hospital, and someone who had the necessary skills of performing a caesarean birth, to give both her and me the best chances of survival. Since that is where I was actually born, that is considered the legal birthplace, even though it was 100 miles or so away from where they lived in Idaho. So, in my case, I guess I was considered a Washington resident, because that is what was on my birth certificate.
I was born in a Castle!! trust me I really was... doesn't give me any more or less class than anyone else.. As the old saying goes.. just because you were born in a Stable it doesn't make you a Donkey!!
Well, my idea of "classy" must be different than others, but I definitely know this...…..wife and I are NOT!! We don't do anything that's expensive and that word "classy" has always reminded me of folks that have plenty of money and can have things, and do things, that we definitely can't. But, that's my interpretation of "classy". Perhaps a Butler, Maid, Driver and definitely living "the good life".
@Cody Fousnaugh , you have it all wrong. Class has nothing to do with butlers, maids, possessions. Nor does it have anything to do with knowing which fork to use or which wine is best. It has to do with being kind, considerate and thoughtful of other people. The other stuff is just meaningless trappings.
I totally agree with you, @Shirley Martin . When I read your post, it reminded me of that old word that we used to use for people who had money (maids, butlers, possessions), but no class...... we called them snobs. The word snob comes from “sin nobility”, which literally means without class or nobility.
Having wealth doesn't necessarily give a person class but it doesn't prevent them from having class, either. I know some wealthy people who have class and I know some people who are not wealthy who have class.
I realize you shouldn't emulate or consider Movie stars having class, but the first time I saw a movie with Bogart ( Key Largo ) he sure convinced me he had 'class'. How else do you entice one of the beauties ( Lauren Bacall ) of film, to marry you...
When I was the executive director of a non-profit organization many years ago, there were a lot of very wealthy people on the Board of Directors, both "old money" and "new money"...……. the Old Money tended to be gracious and classy and a large number of the New Money were....well...not classy. Most of them treated me like a servant, which technically I was, but still...……..