Exhilarating Quote by Vladimir Nabokov Download Open image “Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity.” — Vladimir Nabokov ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Exhilarating More Nothing Than Vulgarity
A great affliction of all Philistines is that idealities afford them no entertainment, but to escape from boredom they are always in need of… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Violent excitement exhausts the mind and leaves it withered and sterile. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
A philistine is a full-grown person whose interests are of a material and commonplace nature, and whose mentality is formed of the stock ideas… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Contained exhilaration is not nearly as exciting as its release¦ accept challenge! What excitement do you have to share with the world? — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys: Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
In a time of social fragmentation, vulgarity becomes a way of life. To be shocking becomes more important - and often more profitable -… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Philistine - a word which I understand properly to denote indifference to the higher intellectual interests. The word may also be defined, however, as… — Leslie Stephen Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm produces the most cruel disorders in human society; but its fury is like that of thunder and tempest, which exhaust themselves in a… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Eroticism evokes a sense of desire ; vulgarity simply destroys the human value of any sexual act -_- — Shubhi Sharma Copy Share Image
“...under no circumstances would he [Humbert Humbert] have interfered with the innocence of a child, if there was the least risk of a row.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share
The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Ami azt illeti, Vannak kezdtek nagyon tetszeni a fák is, a csodák is meg az Adák is.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“It isn’t possible. I cannot imagine it. Come on over here, you foolish little doe, and tell me on what day I shall die.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Precautions to be taken in the case Of freak reincarnation: what to do On suddenly discovering that you Are now a young and vulnerable… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
My first big show was with Tim McGraw and Mark Chesnutt, and that was overwhelming. There was probably 25,000 people there. I was nervous,… — Lee Ann Womack Copy Share Image
Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I would actually love to fly. I think that that would be probably the most exhilarating feeling, and as close as you can get to true freedom. — Ali Larter Copy Share
There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating. — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
I think there is something exhilarating in flying amongst clouds, and always get a feeling of wanting to pit my aeroplane against them, charge at them, climb over them to show them you have them beat, circle round them, and generally play with them; but clouds can on occasion hold their own against the aviator, and many a pilot has… — Charles Rumney Samson Copy Share
Today's competitiveness, so much imposed from without, is exhausting, not exhilarating; is unending-a part of one's social life, one's solitude, one's sleep, one's sleeplessness. — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
If I think back to every rehearsal process for every play I've ever worked on, there's just so much crying at home. I barely sleep. There are moments of deep despair and anxiety, and then there are moments in rehearsal that are the most exhilarating; feeling seen and seeing everybody. Feeling like you have a purpose on the planet. A… — Annie Baker Copy Share
It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Killing Lincoln is a must-read historical thriller. Bill O'Reilly recounts the dramatic events of the spring of 1865 with such exhilarating immediacy that you… — Vince Flynn Copy Share Image
Early love is exciting and exhilarating. It's light and bubbly. Anyone can love like that. But after three children, after a separation and a… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful. — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. Its exhilarating! — Laura Marano Copy Share Image
