Philistinism A Form Quotes & Sayings

Who knows but life be that which men call death,
And death what men call life? — Euripides

I look forward to the end of all this money-making part of the career, to be truthful. — Paul Guilfoyle

Every time in this century we've lowered the tax rates across the board, on employment, on saving, investment and risk-taking in this economy, revenues went up, not down. — Jack Kemp

Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now. — Drew Carey

Obviously in 2008 it was 538 (to win an Olympic gold) and most of my scores have been over that this year. — Tom Daley

I was very shy and somewhat awkward. I studied too hard. And to have this exciting dorm life was a whole new thing. — Nicholson Baker

Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery, works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them. — Jerry Saltz

The detective novel is the art-for-art's-sake of our yawning Philistinism, the classic example of a specialized form of art removed from contact with the life it pretends to build on. — V.S. Pritchett

Devote yourself to reading of Scriptures. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Humph! Promptly spoken. But I won't allow that, seeing that it would never suit my case, as I have made an indifferent, not to say a bad, use of both advantages. Leaving superiority out of the question, then, you must still agree to receive my orders now and then, without being piqued or hurt by the tone of command. Will you? — Charlotte Bronte