Quotes About Aversion

I hate mouth noises of all kinds - chewing, swallowing, gum smacking, heavy breathing.

Reality is a dirty word for me, I know it isn't for most people, but I am not interested. There's too much of it about.

I don't like sports. I'm not interested in sports. I hate sports.

The idea of acting is something that absolutely repulses me. I just can't do it. I'm terrible at it. I get roped into films every now and then, and it's always a disaster.

Obsessions turn people off.

I'm allergic to doing the obvious thing.

Nothing really interested him—least of all the things that should have.

money and Republicans and sausage did not strike me as a particularly tempting combination.

I hate clowns. I've mentioned that, right?

The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, while the truly new is criticized with aversion.

Einstein's pacifism, world federalism, and aversion to nationalism were part of a political outlook that also included a passion for social justice, a sympathy for underdogs, an antipathy toward racism, and a predilection toward socialism.

I HAVE already hinted that the dainty, squeamish, and fastidious taste acquired by a surfeit of idle reading, had not only rendered our hero unfit for serious and sober study, but had even disgusted him in some degree with that in which he had hitherto indulged. He

Our aversion to leverage has dampened our returns over the years. But Charlie and I sleep well. Both of us believe it is insane to risk what you have and need in order to obtain what you don't need. We held this view 50 years ago when we each ran an investment partnership, funded by a few friends and relatives who trusted us. We also hold it today after a million or so "partners" have joined us at Berkshire.

I have a real aversion to machines. I write with a pen. Then I read it to someone who writes it onto the computer. What are those computer letters made of anyway? Light? Too insubstantial. Paper, you can feel it. A pen. There's a connection. A pen goes exactly at your speed, whereas that machine jumps. And then, that machine is waiting for you, just humming "uh-huh, yes?"

take consolation from the fact that the brighter the individual, the more he or she detests small talk.

I have a long list of things I'd rather not do.

Just as the banqueteers are drunk from wine, the citizens are drunk from fears, hopes, desires, and aversions and are therefore in need of being ruled by a man who is sober.

There are such repulsive faces in the world.

What most people find festive—a weekend at a beach shack with friends, a boat trip down a river, a crackling bonfire on a summer night—I see as a bleak nightmare to be grimly endured. I would sooner put lit cigarettes in my eyes than share a vacation house with a crowd.

where there is a disposition to dislike, a motive will never be wanting

How I hate the sight of an umbrella!

remained with no very cordial feelings toward him.

si realmente hubiese sentido esa pasión pura y elevada del amor, detestaría hasta su nombre y le desearía los mayores males.

That would be the greatest misfortune of all! To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate!