Quotes About Preference

Choose what is best, and habit will make it pleasant and easy.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away!

Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.

To best serve the public happiness, government shouldn't do things it cannot do well - anymore than Wal-Mart should provide goods and services that people don't like.

'Tis what I love determines how I love.

The superiority of chocolate (hot chocolate), both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which it has in Spain.

In my experience, telling someone to switch Unix shells for ease of use is like telling him to switch cigarette brands for his health.

Don't forget that in the history of the world, there was a plebiscite, in which Christ and Barabbas were being judged, and the people chose Barabbas.

Art is History's nostalgia, it prefers a thatched roof to a concrete factory, and the huge church above a bleached village.

Messi is the best player in the history of football, and that's why I prefer Barça over Real Madrid.

If I could have dinner with anyone who lived in history, it would depend on the restaurant.

History, as I recall, was never this winsome, and especially not this clean, but the real thing would never sell: most people prefer a past in which nothing smells.

As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo.

Sick people, particularly those with serious conditions, greatly prefer the company of their friends and family to residence in a hospital or nursing home.

I never wanted to be home-schooled. I didn't like the idea of being home-schooled. It would only separate myself even further from the real world, and that's never what I wanted.

I can't go on anymore bad dates. I would rather be home alone than out with some guy who sells socks on the internet.

I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.

I don't have a favorite place to see art. I like to encounter it anywhere, museum, gallery, home, studio, street... I do prefer to see good art, when I see art, but it doesn't matter where I see it.

I've never really socialized, I've always been anti-social and preferred to be at home. I was never, even my late teens and early twenties, into clubs and parties and stuff like that.

Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home.

I cannot wait to go get my fried butter on a stick, and fried cheesecake on a stick and...Twinkies, especially in honor of those who would rather just be forced to eat our peas.

I had the habit of not accepting prizes or honors, but always, not out of humility, but because I don't like them.

I can only hope he's an Aries and not a Scorpio.