Distaste Quotes

55 quotes by 49 authors

My father was an expert hunter, so we ate a lot of wild game when I was growing up in Montana. That helped broaden my… — Steve Albini
Conservatives define themselves more by their hatred of liberals than anything else, and, conversely, liberals by their distaste for conservatives. — Graydon Carter
As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup. — Nick Cave
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted… — Maya Angelou
If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long,… — Sun Tzu
The comfortable people in tight houses felt pity at first, and then distaste, and finally hatred for the migrant people. — John Steinbeck
Good-byes breed a sort of distaste for whomever you say good-bye to; this hurts, you feel, this must not happen again. — Elizabeth Bowen
All Americans believe that they are born fishermen. For a man to admit a distaste for fishing would be like denouncing mother-love or hating moonlight. — John Steinbeck
That the great majority of those who leave school should have some idea of the kind of evidence required to substantiate given types of belief… — John Dewey
The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence. — John C. Maxwell
I have no liking for novels or stories - none in the world; and so, whenever I read one - which is not oftener than… — Mark Twain
I always have a high regard for the individual and have an insuperable distaste for violence and clubmanship. All these motives made me into a… — Albert Einstein
Envy never comes to the ball dressed as envy; it comes dressed as high moral standards or distaste for materialism. — Martin Amis
There are three influences which appear to Us to have the chief place in effecting this downgrade movement of society. These are-first, the distaste for… — Pope Leo XIII
For the most part, it is true, ordinary men and women regard mathematics with energetic distaste, counting its concepts as rhapsodic as cauliflower. This is… — David Berlinski
Frequently what we say is rest is merely laziness. Our body requires respite and so does our mind and spirit. But a person should never… — Watchman Nee
Death and I are head to head in a total collision, pure and mutual distaste. — Harold Brodkey
While I've had a great distaste for what's usually called song in modern poetry or for what's usually called music, I really don't think of… — David Antin
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work… — Khalil Gibran
By way of personal instinct, I have an inherent distaste for grandiose rhetorical statements, which don't have any substantive dimension to them — Kevin Rudd

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