The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned.
For sure, I'm an acquired taste. People who've had that acquisition, who've acquired it, are quite surprised when they see me.
I guess, as they say, I never acquired a taste for [caviar].
I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things.
At least in part, people are attracted to subjects where they can identify at a basic level with the people who do it. The extraordinary aesthetic of the natural world is not obvious to someone who never leaves the inner city. Appreciation of the elegance and power of physical law is an acquired taste.
In England, we have this saying about Marmite: people either love it or hate it. That's like a lot of the movie work I've done. People either find it repulsive or find it really interesting and get engaged in it.
Maybe you could put it out there that I don't have a built-in dislike of ballads. That was kind of the reputation I had back in the Seventies. But I've come around. Ballads have become something of an acquired taste.
I have always loved blizzards, if only because of the driving experience - which is definitely an acquired taste.
Do not let the word 'tripe' deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!
One of my favorite Japanese foods is called natto. It's fermented soybeans. I grew up in Japan eating natto. It's definitely an acquired taste. It's basically smelly.
We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one.
Twombly, frankly, was an acquired taste. I was not in love with Twombly the first time I saw one of his paintings.
Can clearly say Vegemite is horrible! Like tryin' new stuff though.
Take a chance and try my fare! It will grow on you, I swear; Soon it will taste good to you!
Taste is acquired. You may have to unlearn a taste for chocolate or ice cream.
When I was growing up, I didn't like cheese. I had to wean myself onto cheese.
Reality is an acquired taste.
Have caviar if you like, but it tastes like herring to me.
You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.
I have an acquired taste for language, yet it is seldom an actual focus of mine.
Everyone's gonna have their opinion, everyone's gonna have their favorite bands. The best way I can describe it is music is like food, either you love it, hate it, or are indifferent about it. Or you grow up and acquire a taste for it.
A maggot must be born i' the rotten cheese to like it.
It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find.
Just as many people flee Hollywood as those who flock to it. Hollywood can be an acquired taste.
