Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things.
Reality is an acquired taste.
A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.
I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired.
Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.
Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived.
To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.
An appreciation of prose is learned, not instinctive. It is an acquired taste, like Scotch whisky.
It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it.
I have an acquired taste for language, yet it is seldom an actual focus of mine.
The only tastes worth having are acquired tastes.
I have always loved blizzards, if only because of the driving experience - which is definitely an acquired taste.
I remember the Neil Young brand hitting me very hard immediately. He wasn't an acquired taste. I loved him immediately.
A love of reading is an acquired taste, not an instinctive preference. The habit of reading is formed in childhood; and a child's taste in reading is formed in the right direction or in the wrong one while he is under the influence of his parents; and they are directly responsible for the shaping and cultivating of that taste.
Don't worry, Otto. I'm an acquired taste. Most of my best friends had to know me for years before they could even stand my presence. I'm like mold, I usually grow on you very slowly. (Tabitha)
Denounce useless guilt. Don’t make a cult of suffering. Live in the now(or at least the soon). Always do the things you fear most. Courage is an acquired taste like caviar. Trust all joy. If the evil eye fixes you in its gaze, look elsewhere. Get ready to be 87.
You smoke? (Randy) Only when I’m on fire. (Steele) I don’t appreciate your humor, Mr. Steele. (Randy) I’m an acquired taste. (Steele)
Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired taste that few acquire…. ….The world winks at dishonesty. the world does not call it dishonesty
Our native susceptibilities and acquired tastes determine which of the many qualities in an object shall most impress us, and be most clearly recalled. One man remembers the combustible properties of a substance, which to another is memorable for its polarising property; to one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.
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