Quotes about Vulgarity

8 quotes about Vulgarity

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible...

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

Quote by Aristophanes about vulgarity

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about vulgarity

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

Quote by Albert Camus about vulgarity

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about vulgarity

I have a silly sense of humour and I can be a little...

I have a silly sense of humour and I can be a little vulgar at times, but just with people I am close to. I like to make people laugh.

Quote by Carmen Electra about vulgarity

Vulgar and common persons, as they carry nothing out of this world, so they leave nothing in it: they receive no eminency in their birth, they acquire none in their life, they have none when they die, they leave none at their death.

Quote by John Pearson about vulgarity

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a...

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.

Quote by Tennessee Williams about vulgarity

We have within us, from the start, that which will...

We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd.

Quote by Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre about vulgarity

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