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Vulgar Quotes

Sotomayor’s vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as ‘a wise Latina’ trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism Picture Quote #1

There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... ‘tis such a vulgar expression of the passion! Picture Quote #1

If we cannot be decent, let us endeavor to be graceful. If we can’t be moral, at least we can avoid being vulgar Picture Quote #1

There’s a bizarre prejudice that exists in the New York publishing establishment that any work outside the tri-state area is being done by trained chimpanzees, that geography screens out sensibility. There’s an idea that all Los Angeles writing is about the movie industry, that it’s vulgar, shallow and banal Picture Quote #1

There are many, many benefits to being known for whatever it is you do. To deny that would be sort of asinine and vulgar Picture Quote #1

Orwell wrote easily and well about small humane pursuits, such as bird watching, gardening and cooking, and did not despise popular pleasures like pubs and vulgar seaside resorts. In many ways, his investigations into ordinary life and activity prefigure what we now call ‘cultural studies Picture Quote #1

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Over the years, the idea seems to have grown up that brightly coloured flowers are vulgar, and that the only flowers to be admitted to the walled garden of good taste are discreet and pastel-hued Picture Quote #1

How vulgar, this hankering after immortality, how vain, how false. Composers are merely scribblers of cave paintings. One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn’t, the wolves and blizzards would be at one’s throat all the sooner Picture Quote #1

Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason’s way, not by popular say Picture Quote #1

I use profanity because I like profanity, but I’m not vulgar. Big difference. I love profanity because I really think profanity is cool Picture Quote #1

You are not thinking hard enough if you are sleeping well. And you would have to be unhinged to take on a subject like the French Revolution, or Rembrandt, and not feel some trepidation. There is always the possibility that you will crash and burn, and the whole thing will be a horrible, vulgar, self-indulgent mess Picture Quote #1

Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs Picture Quote #1

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Lord Byron is an exceedingly interesting person, and as such is it not to be regretted that he is a slave to the vilest and most vulgar prejudices, and as mad as the winds? There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable Picture Quote #1

It is very vulgar to talk about one’s business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties Picture Quote #1

It is very vulgar to talk about one’s own business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then only at dinner parties Picture Quote #1

Philosophers see no harm in the Jesuits other than in their effect on humanity and the sciences. The vulgar and especially the prejudiced only hate them from an envy and jealousy born out of conspiracy and intrigue at an organisation which overshadows them Picture Quote #1

We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he’d get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss Picture Quote #1

Go on, fair Science; soon to thee Shall Nature yield her idle boast; Her vulgar lingers formed a tree, But thou hast trained it to a post Picture Quote #1

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Nothing is more vulgar than a careful avoidance of beginning a letter with the first person singular Picture Quote #1

By salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin a restoration of the soul to its primitive health its original purity a recovery of the divine nature the renewal of our souls after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness in justice mercy and truth Picture Quote #1

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion Picture Quote #1

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions Picture Quote #1

The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation Picture Quote #1

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Sotomayor’s vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as ‘a wise Latina’ trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism. (Vulgar Quotes) There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... ‘tis such a vulgar expression of the passion! (Vulgar Quotes) If we cannot be decent, let us endeavor to be graceful. If we can’t be moral, at least we can avoid being vulgar. (Vulgar Quotes) There’s a bizarre prejudice that exists in the New York publishing establishment that any work outside the tri-state area is being done by trained chimpanzees, that geography screens out sensibility. There’s an idea that all Los Angeles writing is about the movie industry, that it’s vulgar, shallow and banal. (Vulgar Quotes) There are many, many benefits to being known for whatever it is you do. To deny that would be sort of asinine and vulgar. (Vulgar Quotes) Orwell wrote easily and well about small humane pursuits, such as bird watching, gardening and cooking, and did not despise popular pleasures like pubs and vulgar seaside resorts. In many ways, his investigations into ordinary life and activity prefigure what we now call ‘cultural studies. (Vulgar Quotes) Over the years, the idea seems to have grown up that brightly coloured flowers are vulgar, and that the only flowers to be admitted to the walled garden of good taste are discreet and pastel-hued. (Vulgar Quotes) How vulgar, this hankering after immortality, how vain, how false. Composers are merely scribblers of cave paintings. One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn’t, the wolves and blizzards would be at one’s throat all the sooner. (Vulgar Quotes) Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason’s way, not by popular say. (Vulgar Quotes) I use profanity because I like profanity, but I’m not vulgar. Big difference. I love profanity because I really think profanity is cool. (Vulgar Quotes) You are not thinking hard enough if you are sleeping well. And you would have to be unhinged to take on a subject like the French Revolution, or Rembrandt, and not feel some trepidation. There is always the possibility that you will crash and burn, and the whole thing will be a horrible, vulgar, self-indulgent mess. (Vulgar Quotes) Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs. (Vulgar Quotes) Lord Byron is an exceedingly interesting person, and as such is it not to be regretted that he is a slave to the vilest and most vulgar prejudices, and as mad as the winds? There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable. (Vulgar Quotes) It is very vulgar to talk about one’s business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties. (Vulgar Quotes) It is very vulgar to talk about one’s own business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then only at dinner parties. (Vulgar Quotes) Philosophers see no harm in the Jesuits other than in their effect on humanity and the sciences. The vulgar and especially the prejudiced only hate them from an envy and jealousy born out of conspiracy and intrigue at an organisation which overshadows them. (Vulgar Quotes) We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he’d get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss. (Vulgar Quotes) Go on, fair Science; soon to thee Shall Nature yield her idle boast; Her vulgar lingers formed a tree, But thou hast trained it to a post. (Vulgar Quotes) Nothing is more vulgar than a careful avoidance of beginning a letter with the first person singular ... (Vulgar Quotes) By salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin a restoration of the soul to its primitive health its original purity a recovery of the divine nature the renewal of our souls after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness in justice mercy and truth. (Vulgar Quotes) Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion (Vulgar Quotes) Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions (Vulgar Quotes) The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation. (Vulgar Quotes)

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