Quotes About Aversion

To me, torture would be watching sports on television.

I haven't watched one second of 'First Take' since I walked off that set.

I am the biggest technophobe of all time.

I hate getting bored.

I can't stand bad breath.

If I eat a food and throw it up, I'm off that food for life. It sucks. I've actually had some favorite foods that I no longer like because of it.

Once we're willing to confront our emotional suffering, we begin making choices based on attraction instead of aversion, love instead of fear. Where we used to think about what was 'safe,' we now become interested in doing what seems right or fun or meaningful or ripe with possibilities.

I hate suitcases. With a passion.

I don't much care for the sunlight or bright colours of any kind.

I hate bacon. And sunshine, as my friends like to point out.

I am super shy. I was one of those people where I can't even order something on the phone. Like, I hated that.

Super Bowl parties are not my thing.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know...

The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs . . . Whoso would be a man must also be a non-conformist.

When we're not mindful, pleasant feelings habitually condition desire and clinging, unpleasant feelings condition dislike and aversion, and neutral feelings condition delusion — that is, not really knowing what is going on. Yet when we are mindful, these very same feelings become the vehicle of our freedom.

You've been unable to adjust to the idea of war.' 'Yes, sir.' 'You have a morbid aversion to dying.

I have what's called an addiction to Ativan, and Xanax. Which is preferable to admitting to an aversion to planes.

Amy decided she was never watching Animal Planet again.

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.

An original mind is rarely understood, until it has been reflected from some half-dozen congenial with it, so averse are men to admitting the true in an unusual form; whilst any novelty, however fantastic, however false, is greedily swallowed.

I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.

You just like winning and dislike losing—and you almost certainly dislike losing more than you like winning.

The third principle is loss aversion. When directly compared or weighted against each other, losses loom larger than gains. This asymmetry between the power of positive and negative expectations or experiences has an evolutionary history. Organisms that treat threats as more urgent than opportunities have a better chance to survive and reproduce.