# Quote — Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

> It’s no fun looking down on people if you can’t let them know you’re above them.

- Author: [Ben Aaronovitch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch.md)
- Book: [Moon Over Soho](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/moon-over-soho.md)
- Page: 273
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Aaronovitch#Moon_Over_Soho_(2011)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/moon-over-soho/its-no-fun

## More from this book

> “The old days,” said Smith. “Isn’t that what you’re asking about? Because I was a respectable businessman.”
>
> “But Smithy,” said Stephanopoulis. “I don’t believe in respectable businessmen. I’ve been a copper for more than five minutes. And the constable here doesn’t think you’re respectable either, because it happens he is a card-carrying member of the Workers’ Revolutionary Party and so regards all forms of property as a crime against the proletariat.”
>
> That one caught me by surprise and the best I could manage was “Power to the people.”

p. 183 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/moon-over-soho/the-old-days.md)

> I rang her and left a message identifying myself and giving an impression of urgency without actually saying anything concrete. Never record anything you wouldn’t want turning up on YouTube is my motto.

p. 75 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/moon-over-soho/i-rang-her.md)

> First law of gossip—there’s no point knowing something if somebody else doesn’t know you know it.

p. 239 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/moon-over-soho/first-law-of-gossip-theres.md)