Quotes About Preference

But if a book is tedious to you, don't read it; that book was not written for you. Reading should be a form of happiness

The instinctive preference was to read rather than to act. No wonder our actual lives were more or less a shambles

I don't understand decaf, it's like sex without the sex.

What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

First don: O cuckoo, shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice? Second don: State the alternative preferred, With reasons for your choice.

What is meat for one is not for another--no accounting for fancy.

My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

When baking, follow the directions. When cooking, go by your own taste.

I might mention my belief that girls who like Woody Allen movies are nicer girls than girls who don't...

Everything depends on what we would rather do than change.

It is ridiculous to lay down to people where a thing should stand, design everything for them from the lavatory pan to the ashtray. On the contrary, I like people to move their furniture so that it suits them (not me!), and it's quite natural (and I approve) when they bring the old pictures and mementos they have come to love into a new interior, irrespective of whether they are good taste or bad.

When I die,' I said to my friend, 'I'm not going to be embalmed. I'm going to be dipped.' Milk chocolate or bittersweet was the immediate concern.

Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.

I'm the fussiest eater on earth; my husband despairs. I like chicken and pasta, and can't resist milk chocolate. I figure if you're going to do something naughty, make it really enjoyable.

I don't like pasta.

I don't like new bands. I don't want to be one of those pathetic old men in their forties who knows exactly what 18-year-olds are into.

Paul Newman made eight of my favorite movies. He chose a certain kind of movie I really identified with.

I've got to say, I'm a Rand Paul fan.

Paul is an awful name. I might as well be Bob.

We all liked Elektra because it was a boutique label. 'Oh, my God, we can be on the same label as Paul Butterfield!'

I don't really listen to the radio anymore, but some of the more contemporary people I like are Stereolab, Spiritualize, Yo La Tengo and Bedhead. There are other things too, like Pavement. They're a great band, with really good lyrics. But generally, I'm not overwhelmed by the state of indie-rock.

I don't have ADD, but I only like to pay attention to the things I like to pay attention to, and things like getting a TV and getting the cable working are beyond me, and so I let such things lapse, sometimes for years. This applies to keeping my apartment clean.

I don't really pay attention to WWE stuff as it's just not for me.