Philistine Best Quotes
Collection of top 24 famous quotes about Philistine Best
Philistine Best Quotes & Sayings
Happy to read and share the best inspirational Philistine Best quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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