Taste Proverbs

Sayings about Taste

An excellent compilation of proverbs and sayings about Taste that convey meaningful lessons drawn from life experiences of various Nations, followed by quotations from the world's greatest authors and leaders.

Every man to his taste, as the man said when he kissed his cow. ~ Scottish Proverb

Nothing tastes more bitter than the truth. ~ Yiddish Proverb

Every one to his taste. ~ Traditional Proverb

There is no accounting for tastes. ~ Traditional Proverb

Quotations about Taste

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste. ~ Charles Bukowski

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. ~ Pierre Corneille

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.~ Salvador Dali

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste. ~ Bertolt Brecht

When you taste super-success after tasting super-failure, there is huge relief. ~ Akshay Kumar

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. ~ Jane Austen

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste. ~ Nikki Giovanni

There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility. ~ Steven Spielberg

Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one's voice. ~ Joseph B. Wirthlin

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality. ~ W. H. Auden

Good taste is as tiring as good company. ~ Francis Picabia

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.~ A. C. Benson

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented. ~ Edith Sitwell

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite. ~ Paul Gauguin

It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt. ~ Eric Hoffer

I wish you all manner of prosperity, with a little more taste.~ Alain-Rene Le Sage

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas. ~ Susan Sontag

I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today. ~ Ken Wilber

Good taste doesn't exist. It is our taste. We have to be proud of it. ~ Franco Moschino

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness. ~ Pierre Corneille

Taste is the common sense of genius. ~ Victor Hugo

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said. ~ Mel Brooks

How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine. ~ Book preview