#prefer

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#desire #female #friendship #happiness #her

I prefer being known for my stand-up because I write it. I love being an actor, and saying other people's words is great. But then, when I do stand-up, I love getting my own point of view out there. ↗

— Kathy Griffin

#because #being #getting #great #i

I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical. ↗

— P. J. Harvey

#did #drawing #i #like #painting

Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow. ↗

— Orrin Hatch

#effective #enforcement #government #government regulation #hand

At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,' we invariably choose the money. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#choose #economic #environmental #every #gain

I prefer a kiss that is so much more than just a tongue in your mouth. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#just #kiss #more #mouth #much

I prefer being penetrated by iron to seeing Palestine is loose. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#i #iron #loose #palestine #penetrated

The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#comfort #consuming #convenience #deathly #fire

I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference. ↗

— Evan Hunter

#ashamed #certainly #her #i #lesbian

I prefer to speak of 'interdimensionals' rather than 'extraterrestrials' because the latter has connotations of 'little green men' and all the other cliche responses. Nor does it tell the full story. ↗

— David Icke

#cliche #connotations #does #full #green