#philistine

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

— Pauline Kael

#him #his #philistine #put #reverence

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think. ↗

— Colin Firth

#country #denying #english #english people #exist

It's absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book 'An American Dream' is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don't catch him in a defensive position, he'll admit it. I'd really like to help that man. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#admit #american #american dream #book #catch

It's only because I feel like such a philistine spending all that time in hair and makeup that I started to knit. I used to spend that time studying Italian and French. Then after I had two kids, my brain turned to mush and I took up knitting. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#because #brain #feel #french #had

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

— Ambrose Bierce

#clever #joke #noted #philistine #pleased

Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#more #nothing #philistine #than #vulgarity

Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#colonial #complex #knows #may #philistine

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

— Louis Dudek

#art #best #class #definition #first