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1 " When you have a distaste for what is not yours, you have set the stage for what is yours. "
― Dr Paul Enenche
2 " I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God. "
― John Piper , Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
3 " Partner struck me as an ugly euphemism. Euphemism in the sense that people don’t like to talk about sex, so they displace it on to some kind of business model. Since I have a distaste for business, I see no appeal to something that sounds like a financial leadership team. "
4 " Intimacy with one person could do this-empty the world of friendships, give a distaste for women's kisses and their bright chatter, make the ordinary world a little unreal and very uninteresting. "
― Graham Greene , Orient Express
5 " I feel a distaste for hunting, first because of a kind of Buddhist respect for the unity and sacredness of all life, and also because the pursuit of a hare or chamois strikes me as a kind of 'escape of energy,' that is, the expenditure of our effort in an illusory end, one devoid of profit. "
6 " If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity. "
