Quotes About Preference

I hate having emotions about reality; I'd much rather have them about Sanctuary Moon.

Now, Jack, is there anything you would like? The youth pondered for a moment. I'd like a shillin', said he. Nothing you would like better? I'd like two shillin' better, the prodigy answered after some thought.

He has spoiled my night's reading, and that's reason enough, if there were no other, why I should steer clear of him in the future.

One man spat out at Wilkes, "I would rather vote for the Devil than for you," to which Wilkes replied, "And if your friend is not standing?

Willy Loman: I don't want change, I want Swiss cheese!

Men of very great capacity, will as a rule, find the company of very stupid people preferable to that of the common run; for the same reason that the tyrant and the mob, the grandfather and the grandchildren, are natural allies.

In other words, people who had substantive discussions with their doctor about their end-of-life preferences were far more likely to die at peace and in control of their situation and to spare their family anguish. A

Given a choice, people wriggle out, and those choices are not offered equally.

Sometimes, of course, the difference between one option and another isn't especially significant.

after one or two bites I just don't want it.

My brother had very specific likes and dislikes. Basically, he liked anything until it harmed him and then he was wary.

The Schnauzer listens to jazz. I listen to jazz because he likes it, and I have even gone to jazz concerts with him, but truthfully I would rather listen to retarded children pounding on pan lids with wooden spoons.

I like the bad one better,' I said. 'She had flying monkeys, and the good one was tacky and seemed kind of dumb.

We all subscribe to preposterous beliefs; we just don't know yet which ones they are. We too have been known to prefer plot to truth; to deny the evidence before us in favor of the ideas behind us; to do insane things in the name of reason; to take that satisfying step from the righteous to the self-righteous; to drown our private guilt in a public well; to indulge in a little delusion.

Any people who preferred "a wealthy villain" to "an honest upright man in poverty" deserved, Hancock lectured, to find itself oppressed.

Il mondo si divide in: quelli che mangiano il cioccolato senza pane; quelli che non riescono a mangiare il cioccolato se non mangiano anche il pane; quelli che non hanno il cioccolato; quelli che non hanno il pane. (Dai detti celebri di nonno Socrate)

It's too bad you're not gay. Then again, if you were gay, I would never date you. You're a mess. You know, Patrick? If I were gay, I'd want to date you. Of course.

I said no to having a beer. I once had a beer with my brother when I was twelve, and I just didn't like it. It's really that simple for me. [pp.37]

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

You may be gold, and we poor ordinary men may be of bronze, but ask any solier out there which metal they'd rather have for a sword blae or a spearpoint

simplicity is a matter of taste.

I quickly learned that people in this mountainous region aren't early risers, preferring for the sun to take the chill off the landscape before doing much stirring around.

The sandwich he made was bologna and cheese, his favorite. All the sandwiches he made were his favorites; that was one of the advantages of being single.

It might be that the biggest division in the world isn't men and women but folks who like cats and folks who like dogs - (L.T.'s Theory of Pets)