Famous quotes containing the words degree and/or status:
“His poor, crazy, deformed body was a mere Pandora’s box, containing all the physical ills that ever afflicted humanity. This, perhaps, whetted the edge of his satire, and may in some degree excuse it.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)