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Quotes About Preference

I actually had the chance to sign for Newcastle before I went to West Ham; I didn't in the end because they had got rid of their reserve team. There were a few clubs interested but I liked what West Ham had to offer and never regretted signing for them, I loved it straight away.
~ Michael Carrick
My father had been an avid fan of Chaplin during the silent film days, but when the talkies came along, my father lost all interest in movies.
~ Claude Picasso
Saying someone's a fan of animation is as silly as saying someone's a fan of live action. That can mean anything.
~ Raphael Bob-Waksberg
I, for one, personally like rom-coms, silly rom-coms, but at the same time, I also want to watch a documentary or an award-winning drama.
~ Kalki Koechlin
The construction of an airplane is simple compared with the evolutionary achievement of a bird. If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
~ Charles Lindbergh
For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style.
~ Renee Fleming
There's a lot of books that I've purchased simply because of the cover design. On the other hand, there's certain books that, even if I'm very curious about the content, I can't bring myself to buy if I really dislike the cover.
~ Adrian Tomine
I have friends who adore high heels, but I can't see the point. I figure if high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.
~ Sue Grafton
She offered me a bra, which I declined. No point in putting apples in a sack meant for cantaloupes.
~ Sue Grafton
The problem is [people] know what matters, but they don't choose it.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
Most people prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty."10
~ Sue Monk Kidd
It's amazing. I never used to like red cabbage, but now when I get only a teaspoon of it, it's all I can think about. How lovely. How tasty. How not fish it is.
~ Susan Beth Pfeffer
Charity Jones loved a good disaster movie as much as the next person - she would simply prefer the disaster in question not be about her life.
~ Susan Mallery
What she really wanted to ask was "What possessed you to choose this ridiculous little town when you could have lived in New York or Los Angeles" but felt that might sound slightly judgmental
~ Susan Mallery
Passion paralyzes good taste.
~ Susan Sontag
I like watching people, but I don't like talking to them, dealing with them, pleasing them, or offending them.
~ Susan Sontag
Is it disrespectful to the House to love some Statues more than others? I sometimes ask Myself this question. It is my belief that the House itself loves and blesses equally everything that it has created. Should I try to do the same? Yet, at the same time, I can see that it is in the nature of men to prefer one thing to another, to find one thing more meaningful than another.
~ Susanna Clarke
I can see it is in the nature of men to prefer one thing to another, to find one thing more meaningful than another.
~ Susanna Clarke
I noticed you right away." She gave me an approving look. "I like quiet, polite men. And men who wear Hugo Boss. I was hoping you weren't gay. Or that you were only half-gay. Like Paul." "Uh…sorry," I said. "It's pretty much full-time now. The pay's not great, but the perks…
~ Josh Lanyon
She gathered wild greens and berries while he prepared the rest of supper. They ate largely in silence except for her praise of the fish and a brief discussion about how to catch the best trout. She favored nets, he preferred lines.It was all very polite.
~ Josie Litton
I'll take crazy over stupid any day.
~ Joss Whedon
I'll take crazy over stupid any day.
~ Joss Whedon
No coffee worth drinking requires cream.
~ Joy Jordan-Lake
Bueno, eso también. Vamos a ver, ¿tierra fría o tierra caliente?»
~ Juan Gabriel Vásquez