Quotes About Preference

it never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls.

she felt about men the way she felt about pistachio nuts: she did not mind to have them around, but she did not go out of her way to find them, and she did not miss them when they were gone. Poor Vincent, I thought

once again, just because I prefer Guinness to lemonade that doesn't mean I am not particular about the temperature at which the Guinness is served; and I believe Paul would have told Calvin to take his dark Irish beer out of the fridge, to let it come up to room temperature and taste its full flavour.

We applaud patience but prefer it to be a virtue that others possess.

But just because I would rather eat part of a dead cow than part of a dead rat, that doesn't mean that I don't care whether my steak is properly cooked;

He] put a tape on the car stereo and when I heard Neil Young singing, I shouted for him to turn it off, saying I was allergic to that whiny goddamn bastard.

Change the world but keep bits of it the way I like it for myself — who wouldn't make the world over if it were to be as easy as that.

I used to love dogs until I discovered cats.

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

What can I say? I prefer to die well informed.

Zaira didn't know why men and women would need different cleansing supplies, but she used the female set because she liked the pale blue shade of it.

Ölü bir kad?n için fazla merakl?s?n." "Ne diyebilirim? Ä°yi bilgilendirilmiÅŸ olarak ölmeyi tercih ediyorum." sy. 265

Mercy made a sound of frustration. "I hate waiting." "Leopards are good stalkers." "The human half of me prefers action.

finally convinced her to buy the style she liked

I don't diet, I don't do fads, I've just decided to not eat carbs. So no more bread and pasta for the month. I can't live without chocolate, though. I've always got a bar in my handbag. It has to be 72%. Any less and it's too sweet, any more and it's inedible. Like I said, I'm very particular.

Choosing a religion, says philosopher Ernest Gellner, has become akin to choosing a wallpaper pattern or menu item—an area of life where it is considered acceptable to act on purely personal taste or feelings. Most

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

He's more of a Death person than a Dinner Roll person...

You will find that your taste buds have a memory of about 3 weeks.

Honestly, if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don't say 'what kind of tea?

Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose.

People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not.

I'm a big potato chip girl. I don't like chocolate and cakes and all that, but I have to have my potato chips. I've got bags in the back of my car right now! But I never beat myself up about it, because, look: You can't give up every damn thing. You need something in your life that you like just because you like it!