Prefer Quotes

I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle.

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

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision.

I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.

I am not a second option person. It is that or nothing. If it is not the way I see it I prefer not to see it.

But as I was saying, from my experiences, I think men tend to be more timid in expressing their feelings for you. Regardless, I always prefer a friendship first and foremost.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker.

I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer. I don't put myself into gender mode when designing a game.

I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.

I have a boy's body. I would prefer to have more curves because I think that's more beautiful. I would much rather have J. Lo's body than mine.

I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian.

I'm better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created.

I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write for people assembled in big rooms, so they can live through something collectively. I prefer my reader to take my poem and have a one-on-one relationship with it.

I am very adamant about keeping my private life private. I don't prefer to talk about my family.

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

I won't wear fur - never, ever. I'm an animal lover. I wouldn't even wear faux fur. I prefer to go the cheap route and not shave my legs.

A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.

Chocolate's okay, but I prefer a really intense fruit taste. You know when a peach is absolutely perfect... it's sublime. I'd like to capture that and then use it in a dessert.

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world.

I'm more of a homebody. I'm constantly asked: 'Why don't we see you out?' But that's not what drives me. I prefer to have people over - which I do a lot, because I bought a house that's way too big for me, and four of my friends live there.

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.

People keep pushing me to be the center of attention... I would prefer to be on the sidelines, because that's where you see more.