Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes

I always fought against vulgarity, double meaning dialogues and wearing la'dies' clothes.

Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress.

I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that.

America does not want vulgarity and sexual exploitation to be our values and we do not want the world to think those are our standards. We want to be a better nation and a better people, with better standards.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

As Chloe, I can honestly say I've never uttered a syllable of a curse word, not even behind closed doors.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

No one today knows what is indecent

No, no. I draw the line there. Anything that's going to show an outline of my manhood is not on.

This world is always working against a sense of honor, cleanliness, integrity.

Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide nothing. They are not ashamed.

I guess I'm concerned that vulgarity has now officially entered the mainstream of our culture, and I think people have to respectfully stand up and say, 'No thanks.'

Nobody in the society will talk about menstruation... it's a taboo in my country. That's why I'm branded by society as a psycho.

There is a fine line between sensuousness and vulgarity. I will not cross that line.

I'm always interested in what is seen as obscene or profane or unfit.

I don't talk to scum.

In some ways, 'decency' is a hazy concept; we know it when we see it.

Class does not mean huge possession of money. Mother Teresa was a classy woman. So is Manjula Bhargava, a great mathematician of Indian origin. The concept that you automatically gain class by acquiring money is an outdated thought process.

People don't take you seriously, so you have to take yourself seriously.

If I ever spat at an opponent, I'd never be able to show my face to my family ever again.

I would never condone anything which I thought was salacious, titillating, or gratuitous.

In my experience, women who are taken seriously take themselves seriously. It's not what you wear.

Why would I need to have sex on TV for my living? No Indian should do this; I can't do such things.

Disgust and shame are inherently hierarchical; they set up ranks and orders of human beings. They are also inherently connected with restrictions on liberty in areas of non-harmful conduct.

A gift--its kind, its value and appearance; the silence or the pomp that attends it; the style in which it reaches you--may decide the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.