Rozin Quotes

#1. The psychologist, Paul Rozin, an expert on disgust, observed that a single cockroach will completely wreck the appeal of a bowl of cherries, but a cherry will do nothing at all for a bowl of cockroaches.

Daniel Kahneman

#2. This observation leads Rozin to a stunning conclusion: Disgust is the basic emotion of civilization.

Winifred Gallagher

#3. I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.

Abraham Lincoln

#4. There's a kind of sick security some people get out of keeping away from people with disabilities. They are running away from any situation that's not totally pure and all-American and that requires them to do any thinking.

Major Owens

#5. All this has been very formative in both my research and my teaching, so I value it enormously in my life. It's why I'm a strong proponent of general education
because I saw how it opened my eyes.

Paul Rozin

#6. You're going to bloody kill me," he says and rolls me onto my back so he can kiss me deeply. "But fucking hell, what a way to go.

Kristen Proby

#7. I am thankful for all circumstances.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#8. These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes.

Diane Arbus