“For the perception of the beautiful we have the term "taste"--a metaphor taken from that which is passive in the body and transferred to that which is active in the mind.” MindBodyBeautifulTermTakenTastePerceptionMetaphorActivePassive Author:Thomas Reid
“If young gentlemen get from their years in college only manliness, esprit de corps, a release of their social gifts, a training ingive and take, a catholic taste in men and the standards of true sportsmen, they have gained much but they have not gained what a college should give them. It should give them insight into the things of the mind and the spiritthe consciousness of having taken on them the vows of true enlightenment and of having undergone the discipline, never to be shaken off, of those who seek wisdom in candor, with faithful labor and travail of spirit.” IfsMenGivingShouldYearsMindYoungSpiritSocialConsciousnessTakenCollegeDisciplineTasteTrainingStandardsEnlightenmentLaborCatholicInsightReleaseFaithfulGentlemanVowCandorGive And TakeManlinessSportsmanEsprit De CorpsYoung Gentlemen Author:Woodrow Wilson
“A gentleman who for reasons of chivalry I shall not mention, but who occupied grand office, and who had taken grandly of wine and allowed veritas to overcome him, went up to the Prime Minister and told her he had always fancied her, to which the Prime Minister replied, "Quite right - you have very good taste but I just don't think you would make it at the moment.” ThinkingReasonMomentsTakenTasteOfficeOvercomingWineVery GoodMinistersGentlemanPrimePrime MinisterGood TasteChivalryFlirtation Author:Nicholas Fairbairn
“I like good food. People want a certain taste, but when they're offered something else, they'll overeat. If they really are looking for chicken and someone gives them pork chops, they'll say, "I will have another." And that's because their satisfaction is not reached. So I thought I would make great food, but eat less of it. I tried it and I've taken off over 40 pounds.” PeopleIfsWantGivingCertainTakenTasteSatisfactionPoundsChickensPorkGood FoodGreat FoodPork Chops Author:Maya Angelou
“My taste in the films I've taken as an actor is similar to what I'd do a director or writer: all quite odd, challenging stuff, slightly off-the-wall.” FilmActorsStuffChallengesTakenWallTasteDirectorsOddOff The Wall Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“A smile flickered across Coral’s face. “Have you ever noticed that once you have had a taste of certain sweets—raspberry trifle is my own despair—it is quite impossible not to think, not to want, not to crave until you have taken another bite?” “Lord Swartingham is not a raspberry trifle.” “No, more of a dark chocolate mousse, I should think,” Coral murmured. “And,” Anna continued as if she hadn’t heard the interruption, “I don’t need another bite, uh,night of him.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsShouldFacesNightCertainDarkMy OwnLordTakenImpossibleHeardSweetTasteDespairChocolateBitesCraveTriflesAnnaInterruptionsDark ChocolateRaspberriesChocolate Mousse Author:Elizabeth Hoyt