I Preferred Quotes

65 quotes by 62 authors

• Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. — Winston Churchill
• I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than… — Peter Abelard
• When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with… — Ian Anderson
• Much as I admired the elegance of physical theories, which at that time geology wholly lacked, I preferred a life in the woods to one… — John Tuzo Wilson
• In my first publication I might have claimed that I had come to the conclusion, as a result of serious study of the literature and… — Alexander Fleming
• At a very early age I began to thump on the piano alone, and it was not long before I was able to pick out… — James Weldon Johnson
• Me? I was lost for long time. I didn’t make any friends for few years. You can say I made friends with two trees, two… — Rabih Alameddine
• I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First… — Shimon Peres
• If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but… — Ronaldinho
• I preferred measuring deer tracks to tape - that I liked the wild liberty of the Red men better then the tyranny of my brothers. — Sam Houston
• The farm was a great place to grow up, but I preferred the Hollywood Hills. My aunt looked like Lucille Ball and everything she touched… — Sandra Lerner
• I preferred rock when it was in the dark, when it was a secret between me and the audience, when it wasn't mainstream. — Chrissie Hynde
• I often thought men stank of rage; it is why I preferred women, and homosexuals. — Harold Brodkey
• I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two. — Giulio Andreotti
• I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me. — Philip Emeagwali
• Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was… — Amy Plum
• I preferred to read than talk with the others. — Hannah Kent
• My mom said I was an escapist at heart.... that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one — Amy Plum
• When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I… — Paul Hirsch
• It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what I preferred instead.… — Julian Barnes

Who Wrote These I Preferred Quotes

62 authors contributed a total of 65 I Preferred Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 I Preferred Quotes by Ian Mcewan
• 2 I Preferred Quotes by Amy Plum
• 2 I Preferred Quotes by Paula McLain
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Andrea Martin
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Ethel Merman
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Mary Eliza Maceda
• 1 I Preferred Quote by George Muller
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Rhea Lewis
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Stevie Nicks
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Yann Martel
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Winston Churchill
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Marjane Satrapi
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Peter Abelard
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Chris d'Lacey
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Ian Anderson
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Josephine Baker
• 1 I Preferred Quote by John Tuzo Wilson
• 1 I Preferred Quote by James A. Owen
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Alexander Fleming
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Sara Gruen
• 1 I Preferred Quote by James Weldon Johnson
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Robin McKinley
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Rabih Alameddine
• 1 I Preferred Quote by John Green
• 1 I Preferred Quote by Shimon Peres