Home / Quotes / Quote by Jordan Peele

Quote by Jordan Peele

“I look at racism as one of the social demons. And, in its worst, it's violent and it's a systemic commitment to oppression.”

Quote by Jordan Peele

Author

Jordan Peele is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and comedian. He is known for his work on 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Key & Peele,' and later transitioned to film, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his work on 'Get Out'. more

You May Also Like

“My mum was a dinner lady and a cleaner while dad worked night shifts as a hydraulic engineer. They did not have a lot of spare cash and only ever bought what they could afford. We never had a car and cycled everywhere. We never went to restaurants. I did not know what Chinese food tasted like until I was 15.”

Knows Night Car Dad Dinner Chinese Restaurants Cash Engineers Mum Spares Cleaners Chinese Food Night Shift

Author:Kate Thornton

“At 16, I got a part-time job selling double-glazing door to door. That was soul destroying but the worst part-time job I did was at university working on reception in a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Because no one else wanted to do it, they paid £8 an hour.”

Soul Wanted Jobs Hours Doors Worst Disease Paid University Selling Destroying Sexually Reception Clinic Part Time Part Time Jobs Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Author:Kate Thornton

“I never got into debt because my parents had drummed into me at a young age: if you can't afford it, you can't have it.”

Ifs Age Young Parent Debt Young Age

Author:Kate Thornton

“There are times when I feel over-rewarded for what I do for a living, especially when I compare what I can earn to what my brother earns as a firefighter.”

Feels I Can Brother Compare My Brother Firefighter

Author:Kate Thornton

“The most lucrative work I have done is presenting primetime TV shows. I do not know what other people earn but a six-figure salary is not uncommon.”

People Knows Done Shows Figures Tvs Six Tv Shows Salary Presenting Uncommon

Author:Kate Thornton

“I think it is outrageous - to lock people's money away and change the rules on them. So, on point of principle, I stopped putting money into my pension.”

People Thinking Principles Locks Outrageous Pension

Author:Kate Thornton

“I now consider the money I put into my pension to have been a mistake.”

Has Beens Mistake Pension

Author:Kate Thornton

“I just do not understand the stock market. It is like reading Russian.”

Author:Kate Thornton

“My business was born out of my frustration with other cashback schemes. I wanted a more curated service than the other sites offer.”

Wanted Born Offers Frustration Schemes Site

Author:Kate Thornton

“I spend hundreds of pounds a year on candles and it is such a waste of money. It is burning cash whatever way you look at it but I love them.”

Way Years Looks Waste Burning Pounds Cash Candle

Author:Kate Thornton