Quotes About Preference

I expressed no preference for whether the stimulus should take the form of tax cuts, spending increases, or both.

I worried that Jorgenson would be upset if I chose MIT over Harvard

The questions they prefer to ask are about your character; the questions they prefer not to answer are all of them. Instead, they like to dodge issues in favor of those character arguments.

Now, back to the American voter. Let's assume you've been watching this messaging battle, and now you have two choices: Barack Obama, Not a Very Good President vs. Mitt Romney, The Worst Guy Ever. Who are you going to vote for? Most people would pick "nice guy, bad politician" over Mussolini. And they did.

Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in.

When Americans vote for a particular candidate, they vote for the candidate who reminds them of the kind of person they would have eaten lunch with.

Bookstores should be broken down into two sections: books that suck and books that don't suck.

Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste, and men without individuality have no taste--at any rate no taste that they can impose on their publics.

Bottom line: Black men like curves. When they're crooning to women about how beautiful they are in an R&B song, the ladies you see in the video don't reflect what those guys like.

On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in.

The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind does. What it does is become discontent with that-which-is. A desire arises, you satisfy that desire, and another arises in its place.

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.

I refuse to listen to Rush Limbaugh. I listen to a lot of conservative radio when I drive around in my car. I refuse to listen to him because he's just ridiculous, just a clown. I love Rachel Maddow obviously.

With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check the boxes that you're comfortable with. Race is completely open in that regard.

When I came to industry, theatre persons were regarded as those people who will only ask questions and will be an annoying factor on the set, and there was no preference given to them.

I have always loved music and singing, and I am open to listen to any type of music. Regardless of my mood, my heart is always set racing when I listen to opera. When I decide which music I want to hear, my choice is almost invariably an opera recording.

Although I'm not actually embarrassed by this, I tend not to read books that have awesome movies made from them, regardless of how well or badly the movie represented the actual written story.

We're conditioned to let businesses fail, regardless of how much we like them. We believe that if the market doesn't want that bookstore to exist, then it shouldn't exist.

I'm not a big reggae dude. I have maybe two other reggae albums.

I would rather be at Reggae Sunsplash, which happens once a year, than doing some horrible Brady Bunch reunion.

Instead of doing a B or C grade Hindi film, I would much rather do an A grade regional language film.

Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro?

If I get married, I think I'd pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow.

Gluten-free pasta is not a focus, which I would rather have gluten-free pasta. Hey, if I have to have regular pasta... It is what it is.