Commonplace Quote by John Ruskin

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.

— Oscar Wilde

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.

— William Hazlitt

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

— Oscar Wilde

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody…

— Solomon Schechter

I think the reason for vulgarity is because of the freedom that there is now to do certain things, and a lack of sophistication…

— Polly Allen Mellen

The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.

— Tanith Lee

Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.

— Edith Sitwell

At root, vulgar just means popular on a mass scale. It is the semantic opposite of pretentious or snobby. It is humility with a…

— David Foster Wallace

Vulgarity, in my mind, is not cool.

— Ted DiBiase Sr

I hate vulgarity. I hate vulgarity even though it attracts me - and it attracts me very much. I love all that is transgressive…

— Riccardo Tisci

I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people…

— Imogen Poots

The good opinion of the vulgar is injurious.

— Michel de Montaigne