From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers. – Lucretius
Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones. – Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould
Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned against eating them, and the result was that we ate them more than ever. – Roald Dahl
I have a certain taste, and I might be like, ‘I like this,’ when other people are like, ‘I can’t wear that.’ And in basketball, I might be able to do things other guys might not. – Russell Westbrook
In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste. – Russell Lynes
The Spanish Empire eventually collapsed because of its expensive taste for warfare and conquest. – Robert Kiyosaki
Just as many people flee Hollywood as those who flock to it. Hollywood can be an acquired taste. – Shawn Amos
Deciding taste is egotistical, but that’s how taste is established, by somebody having the courage to say, ‘I don’t want to sell that.’ – Stanley Marcus
I’m not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences. – Zhang Yimou
I know I’m an acquired taste – I’m anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things. – Tori Amos