Distasteful – Page 3

Personal publicity of every

Personal publicity of every kind is utterly distasteful to me, and I have made greater efforts to escape it than most people make to get it. Albert J. Nock

One had to cram all this stuff into one’s mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year. Albert Einstein

As between the intolerable

As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter. Rex Stout

I also believe that

I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any other minority viewpoint – no matter how distasteful to the majority, provided… Richard M. Nixon

People probably long for

People probably long for something genuinely personal in a society where the personal is often indistinguishable from the ‘personalized.’ Maybe the poetry audience member is searching for his or her own ‘personal space’ and they expect the poet to be a sort of avatar of the private life. But that sort of representation is distasteful … Read more

I have never been

I have never been one who is comfortable talking about my faith in the political arena. In fact, the pandering that typically occurs in the election season I find to be distasteful. But for those who have asked, I freely confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, and that I seek His guidance in all that I do.
Ron Paul