Quotes About Preference

It is significant, he said after a pause, that the English regard slackness as a vice. We, on the other hand, should vastly prefer it to tension. Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it be better if more people were slackers?

We have an entire culture of addictive treatment plans, of sensate distraction, and of jejune impatience that is driven by the preference of security through unconsciousness as an antidote to growth.

I'm very fond of what I like.

believe long ago had decided it was better to be first in Gaul rather than second in Rome.

I love the early hours of the day. It's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.

Up close, she could see the sharp, cold, look that she constantly shot at Mr. Treviso, particularly when there was a break, and she was waiting to come in. It shattered illusion for Mildred. She preferred to remain at a distance, to enjoy this child as she seemed, rather than as she was.

If number two pencils are so popular, why are they still number two?

Like Oscar Wilde said, "I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best," he thought.

Oscar Wilde said, "I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best," he thought.

it wasn't that the forty-eight-year-old doctor didn't like people; he simply liked being alone better.

Long and short of it: Democracy gets a big thumbs-up from me.

Unfortunately I'm not a smoker, so cigars have never been a part of my agenda.

I'm very happy to say goodbye to the three-button suits. I hate three-button suits. Some people can pull them off, but they're legitimately really, really skinny. Unfortunately, the only people who actually wear them are, like, Mr. Monopoly, and people like that.

I'm not very much of a reader really, because I find much of it very bad, very uninteresting, very speculative.

For a long time, I refused to wear jeans. I liked high-waisted pants, but jeans made me feel like I wasn't being unique. Even now, I won't wear the skinny-jeans style, because most people wear those - they have to be baggier, boyfriend-looking, or sort of like a mom jean. I'm real funny that way.

If I were to look in the United States or in Europe, in some of the garages, you would have a Bentley or two Bentleys or a high-end Mercedes, and you may find a Smart also in that same garage because that person thinks it's a fun extra car to have. He may have four cars but also have a Smart because he thinks it is cute.

I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal.

I went to the University of Arizona. I stopped because I went there for two years and I felt like I experienced college or whatever. I'm over it. I like Hollywood better.

I buy unknown, lower-name brand jeans. I don't care about the name brands, if I look good in the jeans I don't care who made them.

I always say I have so many known devils and I prefer them over unknown angels.

Unless the clients want, I don't like to have dancers for my shows. I prefer a rock show look and like performing with a live band.

Left to ourselves, we might pick the wrong health insurance, the wrong mortgage, the wrong school for our kids; why, unless they stop us, we might pick the wrong light bulb.

I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.

Women are really much nicer than men: No wonder we like them.