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I think a philistine environment should be bracing for young artists. You have to make your own enjoyment, you've got to make your own art. — Michael Longley

A philistine is habitually bored and looks for things that won't bore him. An artist finds things boring, but is never bored. — Karl Kraus

The personification of philistine triumphalism — Salman Rushdie

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down. — Pauline Kael

round. Then I'm calling the fight. You knock this motherfucker out right now or it's over. — Aly Martinez

Well-crafted things inspire me, whether it's pottery or art or music. — Rodney Yee

When temptation comes your way, name that boastful, deceitful giant "Goliath!" and do with it as David did to the Philistine of Gath. — Gordon B. Hinckley

As long as you're not hurting anyone, your choices are your choices. — Miley Cyrus

Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity. — Vladimir Nabokov

I've been streaky throughout my career, but I've been trying to become a more consistent hitter. — Travis Hafner

A reminder that mood is a consequence of circumstance, not location. — Nathan Millward

The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class. — Louis Dudek

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. — Ambrose Bierce

He was clearly marked with the stamp of the Philistine. — Agatha Christie

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art. — Oscar Wilde

She's like a Philistine on a Sunday, the way she won't take but so many steps a day. Except every day's Sunday around here. — Kathryn Stockett

One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life. — Jeanette Winterson

Anyone who does anything useful will not go unpaid. — Henry Ford

It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves. — Thomas Paine

I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels. — A. N. Wilson

No difference exists between American and European manners. A proletarian from Chicago can be just as Philistine as an English duke. — Vladimir Nabokov

Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! — Anonymous

Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society. — V.S. Naipaul

The philistine tranquillises himself with the trivial. — Soren Kierkegaard