I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. Votes: 1
Rudyard KiplingI'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist. Votes: 1
Courtney LoveI don't tweet. I prefer face-to-face communication and sometimes Instagram. Votes: 0
Elizabeth JaggerPersonally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism. Votes: 0
Friedrich August von HayekIt takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness. Votes: 0
George SantayanaWe prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility Votes: 0
Thomas SzaszInstead of past, present and future, I'd prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. Votes: 0
Ashleigh BrilliantWhoever prefers Allah to all others, Allah will prefer him to others. Votes: 0
Ibn Qayyim Al-JawziyyaI prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroFools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others. Votes: 0
Otto von BismarckMen prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes. Votes: 0
William Winwood ReadeThereâs nothing wrong with ordinary. I just prefer to shoot for extraordinary. Votes: 0
Darren HardyI prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity. Votes: 0
Honore de BalzacMinias smiled. Great. Another charming demon. I sort of prefer the insane ones. Votes: 0
Kim HarrisonI prefer my hesitations, my false paths, my stammering, to a preconceived idea. Votes: 0
Robert DoisneauWorld domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation. Votes: 0
Eliezer YudkowskyI prefer images that are less specific, so there is room for everyone's imagination. Votes: 0
Robert RauschenbergI don't like parties. I prefer something more intimate, just for the closest people. Votes: 0
Gisele BundchenI tend to prefer traveling in the Third World countries. Like Ethiopia. Or Eritrea. Votes: 0
John GimletteI dont like compliments. I prefer criticism..then I can prove those people wrong. Votes: 0
Paul ScholesI always prefer to work in the studio. It isolates people from their environment Votes: 0
Richard AvedonCommon sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius. Votes: 0
Margaret MillarWhoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires Votes: 0
Ibn Qayyim Al-JawziyyaI prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems. Votes: 0
Wislawa SzymborskaI prefer playing in the studio because you have much more control over things. Votes: 0
Michael SchenkerI prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies. Votes: 0
Le CorbusierPeople bore me. Film people particularly bore me. I prefer talking to my trees Votes: 0
Kishore KumarI understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs.... Perhaps I am an exception. Votes: 0
Emily BronteI gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball. Votes: 0
Michael EisnerI prefer to hike in nature, give lectures, or be with family when not working. Votes: 0
Robert BatemanI don't believe in email. I'm an old-fashioned girl. I prefer calling and hanging up. Votes: 0
Sarah Jessica ParkerOf all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes? Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauPeople tend to prefer their own race online in terms of the volume of messages. Votes: 0
Christian RudderWait. You work for me?" "I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence. Votes: 0
Jim ButcherOf the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue. Votes: 0
Joseph JoubertYou are a devious woman, Blackthorn,' she said. 'I prefer the term strategic thinker. Votes: 0
Juliet MarillierI would prefer a thousand times to receive reproofs than to give them to others ... Votes: 0
Therese of LisieuxI prefer to sing in the shower because the acoustics make you sound great, baby. Votes: 0
Naima AdedapoI prefer unlucky things. Luck is vulgar. Who wants what luck would bring? I don't. Votes: 0
D. H. LawrenceAdventure is the champagne of life, but I prefer my champagne and my adventures dry. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. ChestertonI'm not a 'big picture' sort of guy. I prefer making small improvements each day. Votes: 0
Luke DonaldI don't believe in stereotypes. I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinI should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might. Votes: 0
Joseph EpsteinI don't care what anyone says, but all children prefer their parents to be together. Votes: 0
Suzi QuatroI think "immoral" is probably the wrong word to use...I prefer the word "unethical." Votes: 0
Ivan BoeskyI'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American. Votes: 0
Herman CainBut I love to be outdoors. I prefer being outdoors to, you know, being inside. Votes: 0
Keith CarradineI'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach. Votes: 0
Marc GuggenheimIn light of all the gun violence in the USA, I'd prefer my democracy unleaded. Votes: 0
Jayseth GubermanPeople who read are not too lazy to turn on the television; they prefer books. Votes: 0
Annie DillardI prefer to sleep with deaf girls. Those crazy chicks never have a safe word. Votes: 0
Anthony JeselnikI prefer all but the very worst travel books, to all but the very best novels. Votes: 0
Evelyn WaughI like girls, but I prefer having a girlfriend. I like having someone I can spoil. Votes: 0
Harry StylesI don't prefer much of film over stage... The only thing I prefer is the paycheck. Votes: 0
Marisa TomeiI prefer the "tackiest" person in the world to the stylish person who has no tact. Votes: 0
Perry BrassI rather would prefer to see the movie theatrically, which I have the ability to do. Votes: 0
Joel SilverGiven the choice of Hollywood or poking steel pins in my eyes, I'd prefer steel pins. Votes: 0
Mike LeighI think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about. Votes: 0
Rick MoodyI never said I do not remember, my grandmother corrects. I said I prefer to forget. Votes: 0
Jodi PicoultI prefer to read print books. Maybe I'm just a little old-school. I do read e-books. Votes: 0
Sue Monk KiddNo man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time. Votes: 0
Helen RowlandWit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife. Votes: 0
Charles Caleb ColtonI prefer to stroll which has a buddy at nighttime, than by itself inside the light. Votes: 0
Helen KellerThe motto goes: Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll. I prefer: Love, Hugs and Hip-Hop Soul. Votes: 0
Daniel DumileI prefer to do things by myself, but I always bring in people who inspire me. Votes: 0
Jillian HerveyI'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena. Votes: 0
Al JourgensenI prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford. Votes: 0
Orson WellesI prefer you like this, when you're in a foul mood, because you tell the truth. Votes: 0
Carlos Ruiz ZafonThis is my philosophy: I prefer to stay out of the public eye. I love freedom. Votes: 0
Bidzina IvanishviliI think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman. Votes: 0
Bette DavisWe prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonI prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood. Votes: 0
George R. R. MartinI prefer the word aviatrix. It has more zing to it." "It's very zingy," I agreed. Votes: 0
Kenneth OppelI prefer to say that I am a beautiful person. But the addict is a horrible person. Votes: 0
Daniel BaldwinI prefer milk because I am a Prohibitionist, but I do not go to it for inspiration. Votes: 0
Mark TwainA new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic. Votes: 0
Benjamin DisraeliHaving spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world Votes: 0
Brent SpinerI am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as 'Guys and Dolls. Votes: 0
Sophie ThompsonBeing educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best. Votes: 0
William Lyon PhelpsI prefer to be noticed some day, first for my ideas and second for my good eye... Votes: 0
Ernst HaasCute. I think I would prefer to be stabbed in the eye rather than be called cute. Votes: 0
Ilona AndrewsOnly if I am going to die, I should prefer to die as I have lived, drunkenly. Votes: 0
Robert RankinI'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it. Votes: 0
Kelly ReillyI prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment. Votes: 0
Cato the ElderThe older I get, the more I prefer to talk to old people. Old people or kids. Votes: 0
Miuccia PradaThere's too much darkness in this world. I prefer to live in the light of my mind. Votes: 0
Kevin KeenooI adore life but I dont fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible. Votes: 0
Georges SimenonWe can tell that a good name is better than riches by those who prefer the riches. Votes: 0
Kin HubbardI would prefer not to be in a car with someone who can't really drive that well! Votes: 0
Tommy DavidsonI would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. Votes: 0
EuripidesI prefer empty cages, Sabina, until I find a unique bird I once saw in my dreams. Votes: 0
Anais NinI prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard. Votes: 0
Gugu Mbatha-RawThe value of friends has always been a natural thing. I prefer too many to too few. Votes: 0
Mick FleetwoodWe prefer one room in Rangoon to six in Boston. We feel that we are highly blessed. Votes: 0
Adoniram JudsonI'm not very good at creating worlds. I prefer to write about the world as it is. Votes: 0
Anthony HorowitzI know not which I prefer the look of"those who attack us or that which defends us! Votes: 0
Michael MoorcockI was somewhat drunk with what I had done. And I am always one to prefer being sober. Votes: 0
Gertrude SteinI always see the glass as half full and prefer to look on the bright side of life. Votes: 0
Alli SimpsonI prefer to be in the grave in Colombia than in a jail cell in the United States. Votes: 0
Pablo EscobarTo die for the sake of dying - I prefer to die of passion than to die of boredom! Votes: 0
Vincent Van GoghYeah, I am crazy. Ok. May be I am. But I prefer to be crazy than being a dummy. Votes: 0
Ravindra ShuklaGolf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out. Votes: 0
Princess AnneGolf seems to me an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dogs out. Votes: 0
Anne, Princess RoyalI don't like talking about 'solutions.' I prefer talking about intelligent responses.
James Howard KunstlerThe Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to.
Lois McMaster BujoldInstead of watching DVDs at home, I prefer going to the cinema to get the experience.
Sunidhi ChauhanEXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends.
Ambrose BierceI prefer the people who eat off the bare earth the delirium from which they were born.
Antonin ArtaudBlack wines have become the rage over the last 20 years. I prefer our wines to be red.
Christian MoueixPerfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.
Colleen McCulloughI prefer software where kids build something and run into problems they have to solve.
Seymour PapertI could see myself adopting a kid someday. But, obviously, I'd prefer it to be aborted.
Anthony JeselnikI prefer a story that has the good sense to stay on the page where it belongs. - Elinor
Cornelia FunkeI prefer more of the modern stuff - just because I can associate with the imagery more.
Henry CavillI actually prefer the silent black and white version of the Wizard Of Oz from the 20's.
Marcel DzamaYou can either complain or look for opportunity in every problem. I prefer opportunity.
Paul OrfaleaAnd in my private life I prefer not to pass myself off as what I'm not (Daniel Brennan)
Sabrina JeffriesAlthough I'm predominantly known for game-shows, I do prefer to be known as a performer.
Bruce ForsythWe may prefer to think of ourselves as fallen angels, but in reality we are rising apes.
Desmond MorrisI would prefer to write about everything; what else is there? But one must be selective.
Edward AbbeyI don't usually eat breakfast. I prefer to be asleep during the hours that it is served.
John GrishamI would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.
Benjamin CarsonActually," said Jace, "I prefer to think that I'm a liar in a way that's uniquely my own.
Cassandra ClareI prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
Chinua AchebeI sometimes think that I enjoy suffering. But the truth is I would prefer something else.
Fernando Pessoa[On the writers she admires:] I prefer dead writers, because I don't see them at parties.
Fran LebowitzYes, I sounded like a pathetic weenie. I prefer to think of it as showing my softer side.
James PattersonAnd I'm not a micromanagement guy. I prefer to spend my time doing other stuff than that.
Michel GondryI prefer to make movies which not only have a message for "then" but a message for "now."
Nate ParkerPersonally, when I go to Tulum, I prefer to be near the action but not in the midst of it.
Amanda HearstIn general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
Denis DiderotI don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.
Frank StellaI walk beneath your pens, and am not what I truly am, but what you'd prefer to imagine me.
Juana Inés de la CruzAs pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.
Larry WallThat's why they call it work, because it's not what you'd prefer to do with your free time.
Diane LaneFew are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.
Francois de La RochefoucauldI really wouldn't classify the books as mysteries. I prefer to say that they're adventures.
Janet EvanovichDo I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?
Pema ChodronThe story of the Kelly system is a story of secrets - or if you prefer, a story of entropy.
William PoundstoneI prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.
Gerrit SmithOn the whole I prefer cats to women because cats seldom if ever use the word 'relationship'.
Kinky FriedmanIn the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.
Mignon McLaughlinI would prefer to remain in prison for another 20 years than bargain my beliefs for freedom.
Samir GeageaI prefer to be remembered for what I have done for others, not what others have done for me.
Thomas JeffersonI very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision
William HurtI want to shift my career back to shows like The Knick. I prefer the classic drama structure.
Andre HollandThe conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.
Carl von ClausewitzIf we really prefer basic sanity or enlightenment, it's irritatingly possible to get into it.
Chogyam TrungpaI prefer to be busy all day long, and when you work for someone else, you're not busy enough.
Francois TruffautI drink alone. Yeah, with nobody else. You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.
George ThorogoodI believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.
Helen KellerLiar's such a strong word. I prefer to think of it as me omitting some of the details" - Alex
Jessica SorensenRather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker
Milla JovovichI love comedy, but I actually do prefer drama because I am already animated as a human being.
Shanola HamptonI prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
Om PuriI've always said, I prefer the opera to the soap - those extreme characters and circumstances.
Anthony GearyI want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt.
David LevithanI prefer the Chinese method of eating.... You can do anything at the table except arm wrestle.
Jeff SmithHe who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.
Khalil GibranSome guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill.
Leo DurocherI prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans.
Manuel L. QuezonPeople in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not.
Neil PostmanThere are thousands of mantras. Everyone has favorites. I prefer three - Aum, Sring, and Kring.
Frederick LenzI prefer to make a mistake because I am too kind than to perform miracles without any kindness.
Mother TeresaIt sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's.
Aphex TwinI've been to Paris, France, and I've been to Paris, Paramount. I think I prefer Paris, Paramount
Ernst LubitschI would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear.
Gerald MayWe've had parallel lives. And frankly, I prefer mine to his. I would not like to be George Bush.
Gore VidalYet perhaps no sacrifice is wholly useless which proves there are men who prefer honour to life.
James G. FrazerHappiness, like water, is always available, but so often it seems we'd prefer a different drink.
James RichardsonHistory unravels; circumstances, following their natural inclination, prefer to remain ravelled.
Penelope LivelyI don't know why women are so mad about flowers. Personally, they leave me cold. I prefer trees.
Sue TownsendIf I do continue to have the opportunity to work in Iran, that's very much what I'd prefer to do.
Abbas KiarostamiThere are lots of people out there who prefer tinkering to winning - it gives them a good excuse.
Carroll SmithTo prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.
ConfuciusSome people prefer eating dessert to the main course. These people have never been really hungry.
Vera NazarianWe prefer humility in others - and if we prefer it in others - we can soon prefer it in ourselves.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellI like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining.
Iron & WineA true gentleman doesn't prefer blondes. A true gentleman doesn't have any preferences whatsoever.
Matt LeBlancI don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me.
Paul LyndeI prefer the word "engagement." Instead of empowerment, it's enabling women to engage in business.
Sallie KrawcheckPeople are content to wait a long time for salvation, but prefer dinner to turn up inside an hour.
Terry PratchettI simply noted that one of the groups, especially exporters, would prefer to have a weaker rouble.
Vladimir PutinI naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me.
Anne LamottI prefer to stay in shape through doing activities I enjoy, such as climbing, hiking and exploring.
Clive StandenI prefer darker things and more minimal stuff. I don't like when people just put words on canvases.
Eliot Paulina SumnerMany of us prefer to live in places abandoned by humans. Less work for us. Detroit is very popular.
G. Willow WilsonFor children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.
Gilbert K. ChestertonBe content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
MartialI prefer people who don't get caught, and if they do get caught, I prefer people who don't give in.
Martin ScorseseWhich would you prefer? To be king of the mountain for a day? Or to be a child of God for eternity?
Max LucadoI don't care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
Norm MacDonaldHuman beings may hate a distant enemy in theory, but they generally prefer to kill their neighbors.
Ralph PetersPrefer what intuition whispers in your ear to what you have done and redone ten times in your head.
Robert BressonWe are totally dysfunctional." "I prefer "selectively deviant'. But we'll keep that to ourselves.
Sylvia DayI was in my thirties before I learnt that I too would prefer not to see what I could no longer have
Tim WintonFundamentalist s live life with an exclamation point. I prefer to live my life with a question mark.
Amos OzI prefer temperance hotels - although they sell worse kinds of liquor than any other kind of hotels.
Artemas WardThe Atlanta Hawks are a bunch of guys who would prefer to pass kidney stones than pass a basketball.
Bob WeissI have a drivers licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.
Ferran AdriaI prefer consider Stromae as a collective project. Stromae is not me. Or at least it is not only me.
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