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“A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.”

Money Car Taste Railroads Acquired Taste

Author:Eleanor Robson Belmont

“Our native susceptibilities and acquired tastes determine which of the many qualities in an object shall most impress us, and be most clearly recalled. One man remembers the combustible properties of a substance, which to another is memorable for its polarising property; to one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.”

Men Remember Water Quality Objects He Man Lovers Taste Property Determine Substance Memorable Streams Native One Man Impress Susceptibility Rendezvous Acquired Taste Water Power

Author:George Henry Lewes

“Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.”

Left Mankind Inspirational Life Taste Simplicity Minimalism Simplifying Life Acquired Taste Simplifying Your Life

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“... acquired tastes are the mark of the man of leisure.”

Men He Man Taste Mark Leisure Acquired Taste

Book:Ladies of Lyndon

Source: Ladies of Lyndon

“The appetite for silence is seldom an acquired taste.”

Silence Taste Appetite Silence Is Acquired Taste

Book:The Letters of Emily Dickinson

Source: The Letters of Emily Dickinson

“Cuban cigars are an acquired taste, like Scotch whisky. If you're not used to them, you'll get a headache, you'll find them much too strong. But to a cigar connoisseur, a longtime smoker, if you have a well-made, well-aged one, there is nothing like a Cuban cigar. Getting them is the ultimate mission; any cigar lover would do anything”

Ifs Wells Made Used Strong Lovers Taste Ultimate Missions Headache Cigar Cuban Scotch Whisky Smokers Connoisseur Acquired Taste Scotch Whisky Cuban Cigars

Author:Marvin Shanken

“Just as many people flee Hollywood as those who flock to it. Hollywood can be an acquired taste.”

People Taste Hollywood Flocks Acquired Taste

Author:Shawn Amos

“Оur music, it's an acquired taste. It's almost cult, even at our level. It can mean nothing to somebody and it can mean everything to somebody else.”

Mean Levels Taste Cult Acquired Taste

Author:Stephen Malkmus

“I have always loved blizzards, if only because of the driving experience - which is definitely an acquired taste.”

Ifs Taste Driving Blizzard Acquired Taste

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired taste that few acquire…. ….The world winks at dishonesty. the world does not call it dishonesty”

World Want Doe Taste Truth Is Complexes Acquire Frightening Deceived Dishonesty Acquired Taste

Author:Walter Kaufmann

“Denounce useless guilt. Don’t make a cult of suffering. Live in the now(or at least the soon). Always do the things you fear most. Courage is an acquired taste like caviar. Trust all joy. If the evil eye fixes you in its gaze, look elsewhere. Get ready to be 87.”

Ifs Looks Eye Joy Suffering Evil Ready Taste Guilt Useless Elsewhere Cult Live In The Now Caviar Evil Eye Acquired Taste

Author:Erica Jong

“It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it.”

Ifs Happiness Taste Despair Encounters Surprising Accustomed Coconuts Acquired Taste

Author:Daniel Handler

“Don't worry, Otto. I'm an acquired taste. Most of my best friends had to know me for years before they could even stand my presence. I'm like mold, I usually grow on you very slowly. (Tabitha)”

Knows Years Grows Worry Taste Know Me My Best Friend Mold Acquired Taste

Book:Seize The Night

Source: Seize The Night

“You smoke? (Randy) Only when I’m on fire. (Steele) I don’t appreciate your humor, Mr. Steele. (Randy) I’m an acquired taste. (Steele)”

Fire Taste Appreciate Smoke Randy Acquired Taste

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon