“I had started to feel that somewhere in the second half of the 20th century, the idea of page-turning as a good thing had been lost. You were getting books that were the equivalent of absolutely beautifully prepared dishes of food that didn't taste like anything much.” FeelsBookIdeasLostHalfCenturyTastePagesGood ThingsPreparedDishes20th CenturyLost YouPages Turning Author:Neil Gaiman
“Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.” ReadyIndustryTasteSkillsPreparedAcquireHoneySelectDronesPlagiarismHives Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“My name is Frank Iero and I hate mushrooms. All mushrooms. No matter how they're prepared, I feel like they're all slimy and they taste like dirt.” FeelsMatterHateNamesTasteI HatePreparedFrankDirtMushrooms Author:Frank Iero
“I have been told by persons of experience in matters of taste, that the fashions follow a law of gradation, and are never arbitrary. The new mode is always only a step onward in the same direction as the last mode; and a cultivated eye is prepared for and predicts the new fashion.” PersonsHas BeensMatterEyeLastsLawStepsFashionTastePreparedArbitrary Book:The Conduct of Life Source: The Conduct of Life
“Every nursing mother, in the midst of her little dependent brood, has far more right to whine, sulk or scold, as temperament dictates, because beefsteak and coffee are not prepared for her and exactly to her taste, than any man ever had or ever can have during the present stage of human evolution.” MenHumansLittlesMotherStageEvolutionTastePreparedCoffeeDependentMidstTemperamentNursingHuman Evolution Author:Antoinette Brown Blackwell
“I think I've had my taste.I got to work with Sam [L.Jackson]. I can say I did it. I had my shot. I'd love to do something with [Robert] De Niro or Dustin Hoffman or Al Pacino. Those are guys I grew up watching. That would be wonderful. Now that I've gotten a taste working with a bona fide movie star, I think I'd be more prepared to go head to head with some of the big boys.” ThinkingI CanBigsWould BeGuyStarsBoysWonderfulGrewTasteGrew UpShotsPreparedAlsMovie StarDe Niro Author:Samuel L. Jackson