Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:I believe we are born with our minds open to wonderful experiences, and only slowly learn to limit ourselves to narrow tastes. We are taught to lose our curiosity by the bludgeon-blows of mass marketing, which brainwash us to see 'hits,' and discourage exploration.[Roger Ebert] Quote:Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them.[Bill Maher] Quote:I arrive at the end of this review having done my duty as a critic. I have described the movie accurately and you have a good idea what you are in for if you go to see it. Most of you will not. I cannot argue with you. Some of you will--the brave and the curious. You embody the spirit of the man who first wondered what it would taste like to eat an oyster.[Roger Ebert] Quote:There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmas time. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them.[P.J. O'Rourke] Quote:There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe] Quote:Such is the delicacy of man alone, that no object is produced to his liking. He finds that in everything there is need for improvement. The whole industry of human life is employed not in procuring the supply of our three humble necessities, food, clothes and lodging, but in procuring the conveniences of it according to the nicety and delicacy of our tastes.[Adam Smith] Quote:Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once.[William Shakespeare] Quote:A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relation. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing, too.[P.J. O'Rourke] Quote:If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. [Anne Morrow Lindbergh] Quote:In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. [Jane Austen] Quote:There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste. [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe] Quote:The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. [James Thurber] Quote:I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. [Gilda Radner] Quote:Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. [Charles M. Schulz] Quote:Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them. [Benjamin Disraeli] Definitions of: tasteDefinition: To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.Definition: To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively. Definition: To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of. Definition: To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo. Definition: To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure. Definition: The act of tasting; gustation. Definition: A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste. Definition: The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste. Definition: Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study. Definition: The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment. Definition: Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste. Definition: Essay; trial; experience; experiment. Definition: A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tasted or eaten; a bit. Definition: A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon. |
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