preference quotes

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

I know there’s a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that’s fine with me.

I like black because it is a vacant space.

I don’t like the intellectual label.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

I don’t have a need for speed. I’m not that guy.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

I prefer to be in a video than to play with it.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others.

I don’t eat bubble gum, but I like the smell.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

‚Do you spell it with a ‚V‘ or a ‚W‘?‘ inquired the judge. ‚That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord‘.

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

I’m personally more struck by visual things more than musical.

I prefer the old theaters because the audience is… trapped.

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.

I don’t like two stories. I like one story. I never grew up with stairs. I like to stick to what I know.

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

I’m strictly for Stevenson. I don’t dig the intellectual bit, but I’m telling you, man, he knows the most.