Acquired taste Quote by George Henry Lewes Download Open image “To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.” — George Henry Lewes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acquired taste Love Lovers Men One man Rendezvous Streams Water Water power
Have you ever stood where a stream spills into a river? The two become one. They laugh over the stones together, twist through the… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
So different, this man And this woman: A stream flowing In a field. — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
The power of the river is to flow wildly! The power of the lake is to think calmly! Wise man both flows like a… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
We're all water from different rivers, That's why it's so easy to meet, We're all water in this vast, vast ocean, Someday we'll evaporate… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty. — Jose Bergamin Copy Share Image
Rocks and waters, etc., are words of God, and so are men. We all flow from one fountain Soul. All are expressions of one… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Those of us with water in our personalities don't pick where we'll flow to. All we can do is flow where the landscape of… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
We can none of us step into the same river twice, but the river flows on and the other river we step into is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just as water will conform to the shape of the vessel that contains it, so will a man follow the good and evil of… — Imagawa Sadayo Copy Share Image
Heart and Brain are the two lords of life. In the metaphors of ordinary speech and in the stricter language of science, we use… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
I have always considered The Merry Wives one of the worst plays, if not altogether the worst, that Shakespeare has left us. The wit… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress. It deepens our natural sensibilities, and strengthens by exercise our intellectual capacities.… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
“I'm an acquired taste, he assured her, displaying one dimple, but addictive.” — Stephanie Bond Copy Share Image
Maybe you could put it out there that I don't have a built-in dislike of ballads. That was kind of the reputation I had… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
I have always loved blizzards, if only because of the driving experience - which is definitely an acquired taste. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things. — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
“I'm not a purist. Coffee drinking minus cream and sugar is an acquired taste. I'm still not sure it isn't like telling chefs to… — Kevin Sinnott Copy Share Image
One of my favorite Japanese foods is called natto. It's fermented soybeans. I grew up in Japan eating natto. It's definitely an acquired taste.… — Mazie Hirono Copy Share Image
“Raw persimmon is an acquired taste," he said, handing me a slice, "but I have a feeling you'll like this one." I resisted the… — Meg Donohue Copy Share Image
“I'm like kale; you know that leafy green stuff? I'm an acquired taste. You either hate me or love me. Either way, I really… — Nicole Callesto Copy Share Image
At least in part, people are attracted to subjects where they can identify at a basic level with the people who do it. The… — Margaret Geller Copy Share Image
Twombly, frankly, was an acquired taste. I was not in love with Twombly the first time I saw one of his paintings. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
