Distasteful Quotes

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Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new married couple; in that of… — Charles Lamb
There should be no distasteful tasks in one's life. If you just hate to do a thing, that hatred for it develops body-destructive toxins, and… — Walter Russell
With the greatest respect, we do not make the criminal law on the basis of opinion polls. A majority of 9:1 could be in favour… — Kenneth Clarke
I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any other minority viewpoint… — Richard M. Nixon
A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful in itself. He… — William James
Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable… — Cynthia Heimel
It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better. — Francis Drake
The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food,… — Gautama Buddha
To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which… — John Henry Newman
Children who willingly participate in sexual acts have the right to make that decision as well, even if it's distasteful to us personally. Some children… — Mary Ruwart
All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me. — Wilfred Owen
Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend, rather… — Francis Quarles
Primary revelation came through Jesus Christ, and I find it distasteful that additional divine finger prints should appear in nature. — George Murphy
The tide of immigration in Canada has not been as great as along our frontier. They have been able to allow the Indians to live… — Nelson A. Miles
Bodybuilding is men on a stage in their underwear wearing brown paint showing other men their muscles. It is training for appearance only, and at… — Mark Rippetoe
Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, government, ideology, transnational, or religious… — B. W. Powe
It seems to be a general belief that the will of God is to make things distasteful for us, like taking bad-tasting medicine when we… — Charles L. Allen
Occasionally and frequently the exercise of the judgment ought to end in absolute reservation. It may be very distasteful, and great fatigue, to suspend a… — Michael Faraday
I have never been one who is comfortable talking about my faith in the political arena. In fact, the pandering that typically occurs in the… — Ron Paul
Repentance and faith are distasteful to the unregenerate; they would sooner repeat a thousand formal prayers than shed a solitary tear of true repentance. — Charles Spurgeon

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