Prefer Quotes

I still prefer horses to human beings.

When employers tell me they prefer married men, and encourage their men to have homes of their own, because it makes them so much steadier, I wonder if they have any idea of all that that implies.

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you've got to. But I try not say that I'm an alcoholic. I prefer to say that it's a disease I've got.

I prefer Princess. I would love to be known as a diva later on in life when I've had far more experiences.

I think its really matured a lot. I like the fact that there is now more to do there than gamble, since I don't do a lot of that. The people are great. I seldom have time for vacations and when I do I prefer the beach instead of the desert.

I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you should believe' and, over time, you can build up a rapport with your audience.

I prefer intellect and charm.

I prefer that for my own satisfaction over radio, there's no audience. TV, there's no audience. I need the response of the audience, even if it's a silent response.

Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to talk to actors and understand them, and I don't. It's a very different way of being in the world, and I much prefer writing and producing.

Reading is a huge effort for many people, a bore for others, and, believe it or not, many people prefer watching TV.

If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are.

I prefer to remember the happy things over 10 years, the things that went well. Let me see, what did go well?

I would prefer to be well-liked in any and all situations.

Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God.

I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head, there will be no one to make the phone call. But who wants to think about that disaster, I'd prefer not to.

I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting.

I don't prefer much of film over stage. The only thing I prefer is the paycheck.

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.

I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.

They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves.

I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me.

I prefer to work alone and do everything alone, even today.

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.

I would much prefer that they take me as I am, that way the experience is genuine between the both of us.

Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.

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

If I was going to make a broad generalisation, I'd say that I prefer the company of women. People know now that I live with Mike Figgis, but I prefer not to talk about it. On one level, privacy is important, but on another level I have no desire to deny certain things.

I much prefer the modern world.