Acquired taste Quote by Abigail Padgett

We shouldn't confuse the pleasure of being articulate about wine, of being able to describe the distinctive features of a wine, with the non-verbal…

— Kent Bach

Taste is the power of relishing or rejecting whatever is offered for the entertainment of the imagination.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.

— Anonymous

Taste is the literary conscience of the soul.

— Joseph Joubert

The proper drinking of Scotch whisky is more than indulgence: it is a toast to civilization, a tribute to the continuity of culture, a…

— David Daiches

Writings may be compared to wine. Sense is the strength, but wit the flavor.

— Laurence Sterne

“Drinking whiskey is not about impressing others. It’s about enjoying yourself. And while an educated palate may help increase one’s exploration of whiskey, it…

— Kate Hopkins

“There are two kinds of taste in the appreciation of imaginative literature: the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of…

— Henry James

Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One Taste is not some experience you bring about through effort; rather, it is the actual condition of all experience before you do anything…

— Ken Wilber

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…

— Henry Clay Trumbull