“In San Francisco, vulgarity, "bad taste," ostentation are regarded as a kind of alien blight, an invasion or encroachment from outside. In Los Angeles, there is so much money and power connected with ostentation that is no longer ludicrous: it commands a kind of respect. For if the mighty behave like this, then quiet good taste means that you can't afford the conspicuous expenditures, and you become a little ashamed of your modesty and propriety.” IfsKindMeanLittlesTasteQuietConnectedCommandAliensBehaveAshamedLos AngelesModestySan FranciscoInvasionGood TasteVulgarityProprietyExpendituresBad TasteEncroachmentMoney And PowerBlightOstentation Book:i lost it at the movies Source: i lost it at the movies
“A gentleman's taste in dress is upon principle, the avoidance of all things extravagant. It consists in the quiet simplicity of exquisite neatness; but, as the neatness must be a neatness in fashion, employ the best tailor; pay him ready money, and, on the whole, you wi11 find him the cheapest.” WholePayPrinciplesFashionReadyTasteQuietAll ThingsDressesSimplicityGentlemanExquisiteAvoidanceExtravagantTailorsNeatness Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“I have very simple tastes really. I like to ride my bicycle and I like to spend time upstate where it's quiet and I can take time to think and dream about new projects and possibilities.” ThinkingI CanDreamSimplePossibilityTasteQuietProjectsTake TimeEnd TimesSpend TimeBicycleTime To ThinkNew Projects Author:Jacob Hashimoto
“My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet, unassuming music, and TV shows that win awards. In that way, I am an elitist snob. And proud of it.” WayPlayShowsWinningSportsPlayerTvsProudTasteQuietBandAll ThingsBoringAwardsTv ShowsDocumentariesSnobElitistScrabbleUnassuming Author:Michael Ian Black
“Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.” ThinkingMayDesignTasteQuietConnectionsSilentStampsAmbassadorsSwaggerSwagPostagePostage Stamps Author:William Butler Yeats
“Every moment a taste of that beauty in our mouths, another stashed in a pocket. Impossible to say what: no cypress so handsome, no sunlight, a lonely hiddenness. Other pleasure gathers a crowd, starts a fight, lots of noise there. But soul beauty stays quiet..his amazing whereabouts unknown inside my heart.” HeartSoulMomentsSpiritualFightingPleasureImpossibleMy HeartTasteQuietMouthsLonelyCrowdsNoisePocketsSunlightHandsomeCypressesSoul BeautyWhereabouts Author:Rumi
“I tensed, waiting for the fury - both his and mine - but it was only quiet and calm in the darkness of his room. I could almost taste the sweetness of reunion in the air, a separate fragrance from the perfume of his breath; the emptiness when we were apart left its own bitter aftertaste, something I didn't consciously notice until it was removed. There was no friction in the space between us. The stillness was peaceful - not like the calm before the tempest, but like a clear night untouched by even the dream of a storm.” DreamNightLeftWaitingSpaceRoomsDarknessClearAirMinesTasteQuietBreathsCalmStormBitterPeacefulEmptinessStillnessSweetnessPerfumeFragranceFuryReunionTempestSpace BetweenFriction Book:Eclipse Source: Eclipse