#prefer

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

— Hugh Mackay

#bore #effort #huge #many #others

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#i #i am #imposed #lifestyle #me

I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#age #age group #am #another #children

I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#i #kingston #life #live #lots

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day. ↗

— Marcus Valerius Martial

#day #fear #last #nothing #prefer

The truth of the matter is I stayed in L.A. raising my children, and when they went to college, I packed my bags along with them and came to New York and looked for parts in the theatre, because that's always what I preferred doing. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#always #bags #because #came #children

I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#ahead #am #anyone #awards #ball player

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue. ↗

— Moliere

#i #pleasant #prefer #vice #virtue

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing. ↗

— Moliere

#everyone #founded #high #hold #must

My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance! ↗

— Kate Moss

#car #daughter #door #filling #fragrance