Quotes About Preferences

My daughters prefer Tears for Fears songs as they're more upbeat and generic. Dad's songs are 'a little too sad' for them, which just means that they're harder to understand.

I had to train myself to like spicy foods as I got older because they weren't a part of my upbringing at all.

I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out.

I go through phases where I buy only Speed Stick and Axe, and Noxzema shaving cream.

People that like Slipknot that could care less about Stone Sour, people that like Stone Sour that don't know a lot of Slipknot.

There are all sorts of cute puppy dogs, but it doesn't stop people from going out and buying Dobermans.

I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.

A lot of movies aren't intended for everybody.

Top down (macro thinking) means I consider the big-picture issues before the small when making decisions, and these [big-picture] issues dominate my preferences. It does not mean I ignore the small issues, as they are necessary but not dominant.

Some were drawn towards displays of physical showboating, when it came to cats, while others preferred subtle intellectual stimulation.

I think the concept of commercials, for example, I have had offers to do songs in different commercials, and it is not what I have liked.

Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult.

I'm very specific about the guys I don't like and what I'm not okay with.

If you want someone who's big-boned and you like that, ain't nothing wrong with having a little extra meat on there. If you like them thin-boned, then that's okay, too.

I really like 'Gladiator.' I like 'The Dark Knight.' I really liked, when I was a kid, 'U.S. Marshalls.' I like funny movies, too. 'Old School' and 'The Hangover.' 'The Hangover' was up there; I liked it.

The world is divided up into two parts, beer drinkers and wine sippers. In other words, the world is divided into beer drinkers and assholes.

I've got to stop being such a snob about leather-bound books, he reminded himself. E-books do have their moments.

I've got to stop being such a snob about leather-bound books, he reminded himself. E-books do have their moments.

I've never gone out with a guy who is older than me by more than a couple years. Usually it's my age, a little bit older, or even a little bit younger. But not a 15- or 20-year difference.

We live in an age now where so many people watch movies based on what Netflix recommends. It learns your taste and they really understand viewer habits.

The root of the greatest errors in philosophy lies in projecting our human purposes, criteria and preferences into the objective universe.

We hardly know our own preferences in abstract matters; some of us are easily talked out of them, and end by following the fashion or taking up with the beliefs of the most impressive philosopher in our neighborhood, whoever he may be.

To diagnose whether your colleagues have created real or sham options, poll them for their preferences. If there's disagreement, that's a great sign that you have real options. An easy consensus may be a red flag.

and the wrong one for others, depending on their bank account and their movie lust.