Biological Quote by Steven Pinker

Disgust is intuitive microbiology

— Steven Pinker

Disgust is the appropriate response to most situations

— Jenny Holzer

“this observation leads Rozin to a stunning conclusion: "Disgust is the basic emotion of civilization.”

— Winifred Gallagher

One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense over sensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat disgusting.

— George Orwell

Disgust is expressed by violence, and it is to be noted of our intellectual temper that violence is a quality which is felt to…

— Lionel Trilling

All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.

— Sophocles

Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change.

— Jim Rohn

“Thus political orientation about social issues reflects sensitivity to visceral disgust and strategies for coping with such disgust.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Disgust and shame are inherently hierarchical; they set up ranks and orders of human beings. They are also inherently connected with restrictions on liberty…

— Martha Nussbaum

“Desire is not always lessened by disgust. Nor can it be bestowed, like favor, to those most deserving of it”

— Cassandra Clare

Were we to undertake an exhaustive self-scrutiny, disgust would paralyze us, we would be doomed to a thankless existence.

— Emile M. Cioran

“Our bodies made us shiver in fear and disgust. We looked in the mirror and prepared ourselves to be horrified.”

— Merri Lisa Johnson