I certainly prefer using the lottery proceeds to increasing property taxes, which I don't favor.

Bill Halter

I prefer to take out the dog.

Princess Anne

They don't like the idea of Iraq being described as federal, they prefer united, but I don't think they are going to get that.

Mahmoud Othman

There are a whole lot of people in town who would prefer we return to a local, independent flavor and not be overrun by chain businesses.

Tim Wheeler

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.

Janeane Garofalo

We have heard from many PUD customers that they prefer smaller, more frequent rate increases versus larger, occasional rate increases.

Dave Andrew

We've had a good night's work. The score is not important but I prefer to talk about my team's performance. I am extremely happy with the players' desire.

Marcelo Lippi

But instead of doing things for themselves, some industry members prefer to whinge at the government.

Stephen Joseph

We would prefer to have won our first game at the beginning of the season. But we'll take it. What we hope to do now is take this win at the end of the season and build on it for next year.

Derek Ergle

I never liked to be the headliner. I prefer going first. But the promoter wanted me to go last.

Patti Labelle

He has come down on a host of issues in a way that the business community would prefer. This is not a guy who is going to go off the reservation.

Robin Conrad

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels.

Jim Harrison

We don't know how long they live, what kind of habitat they prefer, how many offspring they have, or how sensitive they are to human disturbance. There's still so much to learn.

Jean Krejca

Washington would prefer that the provinces behave -- but Washington doesn't control the provinces.

Scott Cleland

I prefer not to have those things, but I am not going to break the law.

Tom Monaghan

I prefer an imperfect agreement that is living to an imperfect agreement that doesn't exist.

Olivier Deleuze

I adore life but I don't fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible.

Georges Simenon

I prefer simple, pure composing. No action notes.

Yu Zhiliang

Are some flowers more beautiful than others? The garden is beautiful. Do I prefer brother over brother? Comparisons are part of this political world. Where there is one, there is no conflict. Where there is two or more, there is conflict. Two is the devil. Conflict begin with the devil. We count 0 to 1, then back to 0. It is a circle.

Peter Tosh

It seems that they would prefer to run against Freddy.

Douglas Muzzio

It did send a message to a number of companies of how serious we are. We would prefer not to go the litigation route, but will do so if necessary.

Joe Beyers

We prefer it to be an American or European company, so they will bring advanced futures management practices.

Jiang Changwu

If it's a core piece of property, we prefer outright acquisition because we can manage it and it has public access.

Michael Molligan

I much prefer staying at home with the wife and kids, watching TV or reading a book.

Barry Gibb

It's a cold call. I'd prefer it happen today and get everyone off the anxiety edge. People have had more than ample notice.

Joe Mark

The government is afraid of any organizing by its citizens -- they prefer we just take our orders from the Party.

Dai Qing

We have worked very hard over the last 12 days in two sessions. Some players are better prepared to play in the morning but some others prefer the afternoon. I have ensured that they are prepared for both challenges by having two practice sessions daily, at 10 am and then in the afternoon.

Leander Paes

It's always nice to have at least 12 in volleyball because it makes for better practices. I prefer to have 13 or 14 just in case something happens during the year, but it's been pleasant for us to have her with us.

Verl Petsch

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

Kwame Nkrumah

They prefer training that's realistic. Any time we can make it more realistic, they like it.

Jonathan Boyd

Navigational pools aren't their preferred habitat. As their name implies, they prefer riffles and shallow water.

Tom Proch

I prefer to think the kid who took him has grown up now, and has his own kids. He now probably knows how important the spirit of Christmas is.

Bob Mcdermott

Given the choice, people would prefer other sources of power than nuclear.

Nick Pidgeon

The new Web site is a logical extension of what newspapers already do very well ? providing important information about government. Putting that information online makes it easy and accessible for those who prefer the Internet.

Chris Hardie

I guess I made friends with people who were not too much the party type. But I was never the type of person who would like to party too much. I never felt the urge to do that, I much prefer going downtown for a dinner or a movie. So it didn't matter whether I was younger.

Sarah Nie

We prefer to keep managing it (the strain). Frederic wanted to train from Wednesday morning but we prefer to hold him back.

Jo Maso

Think it the greatest impiety to prefer life to disgrace, and for the sake of life to lose the reason for living.

Juvenal

By then (15) they have had their own kids in their development programme for two years. They prefer our kids to finish their schooling in New Zealand.

David Perkins

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

Rudolf Bing

We demand that people should be true to the pictures we have of them, no matter how repulsive those pictures may be: we prefer the true portrait in all its homogeneity, to one with a detail added which refuses to fit in.

Pamela Hansford Johnson

We play in the Cascades Conference and those teams bring it every night. We should be used to it, and the girls prefer it physical.

Andrew Hoaglin

We've had years to perfect this thing, ... Each year, we sell more. People have learned to look for us. We prefer to sell out. We usually don't have many leftovers.

Linda Warren

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

Ray Harryhausen

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after.

Wallace Stevens

Most of our clients would prefer to have their transactions governed by a law in the U.S., such as New York state law.

John Funk

Some actors seek parts similar to their personalities. But, I prefer undergoing a metamorphosis that depends on the role .

Ben Gazzara

I imagine that they would prefer to have it under their own control in order to manage those production issues.

Lucy Macdonald

When beneficiaries start comparing plans in October, they can choose a plan that covers the drugs they take, supplies them through the pharmacy or mail order they prefer and they can select a plan that fits their budget.

Barbara Gordon

I'll be working the register, although I'd prefer to be scooping some ice cream.

Heather Parker

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.

Anthony Burgess

We have plenty of capital at home, but still some local governments prefer giving foreign investors preferential policies in terms of taxation, land use and loans.

Xie Zhaohua

We understand there are people who prefer we not use this nickname. There may even be some who say they are not honored by it. But that certainly doesn't constitute a test of what is hostile and abusive.

Charles Kupchella

A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.

Marlene Dietrich

That's like asking me if I prefer eating a cheeseburger or the French fries. I like 'em both. They both made a lot of money ... and I haven't received my check yet.

Marcus Mcneill

I prefer you think that I'm like everybody else, ... I'm just Barbara.

Barbara Spiegel

Frankly speaking, we would prefer to have the original copy like everybody else.

Fayssal Mekdad

I just prefer wood. I like the smell. To me, it's a lot cheaper than electric or gas, and it's more convenient. It's just a better heat to me.

Junior Johnson

I prefer somewhere where one can be on one's own for a while.

Martin Wright

Some people will prefer a distributed solution.

Andy Oldfield

We prefer to stay home, to be alert and watch the news, not to be in the street and do rallies any more.

Juan Romero

So you prefer to date white females, or is...?

Todd Burke

I think Merrillville is the clear favorite. They've beaten everybody in our sectional and I think everyone would prefer not to have drawn them. ... We get a break with the bye, but we have to beat Merrillville at some point, so why not start out with a chance to beat them.

Greg Kirby

People would prefer to come to Atlantic City.

Sharon Gordon

A lot of these guys are very good at Monday and Tuesday, but to me those are the longest days on earth. I'd prefer to be home.

Joey Sindelar

People would prefer to risk death rather than continue living there. People just get so fed up with the system they leave and risk their lives on the high seas.

Ramon Saul Sanchez

I prefer it being decorated. I don't think any art should be covered up unless it is derogatory.

Matt Hill

I prefer no fees, or to have them as little as possible.

Ron Drake

Though many foreign investors are buying up blue chips on cheaper valuations, domestic players prefer to hold off ahead of the rally and the three-day weekend.

Sukhbir Khanijoh

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith

I think the Fed would prefer that they be predictable. I know they are accused of being secretive, but they really are not. They would actually like to be more transparent, but they can't always do that.

Sharon Lee

Isn't it nice that people who prefer Los Angles to San Francisco live there?

Herb Caen

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..

Roberta Williams

People would obviously prefer not to take a chronic medication every day.

Nathan Geffen

Joe Fox: Brinkley is my dog. He loves the streets of New York as much as I do. Although he likes to eat bits of pizza and bagels off the sidewalk and I prefer to buy them.

You've Got Mail

Customers prefer to get their solutions from one source.

Stacey Quandt

We'd prefer to have a seven-day break, but there's not much you can do about it.

Brian Cook

I hate this a lot because I'm a native of Raleigh and I grew up watching the Glaxo tournament come through its infancy. But we do have Charlotte kids on our roster and they would prefer to play in Charlotte, and it's about the kids.

John Jordan

Lou would prefer not to be a witness. That's what any lawyer would advise. You won't see him hanging around the courthouse.

Deborah Jeffrey

We prefer to give them away than to have them go somewhere where they will be turned around and sold again.

Kristine Fauerbach

We decided to make this RAV4 bigger to attract more families and those who prefer to buy minivans.

Katsuaki Watanabe

I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

Stephen Sondheim

I prefer hardcourts (more) than clay. My best results have always been on grass or indoor tournaments or hardcourt tournaments, so (it?s) definitely my favorite surface.

Feliciano Lopez

The truth is that most people prefer to hire someone who is known by someone whose opinion they value and trust. But there was never before a systematic way to identify inside connections to the hiring manager.

Konstantin Guericke

Some speak of a deadlock in the talks. I prefer to talk of a padlock, and the key is in the hands of the EU.

Celso Amorim

Even though the helmets are really effective, we want that to be the last line of defense. If you can avoid the crash to begin with, we prefer that.

Lisa Voss

If you ask our customers, they prefer we take a couple of extra days before we post a patch rather than have the public know about the problem.

Adam Sohn

You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?

Jalal Ad din Rumi

I love buddy comedies, ... I love when two guys who have nothing in common are suddenly in the same bag. It's kind of like a cat and a dog in the same bag. It's the kind of stories I prefer.

Francis Veber

I prefer to see them out on the field as much as I can.

Aaron Ross

Well, everybody would prefer to play inside, you know, because the conditions are totally different. But what can we do? If the supervisor, they make the schedules, they put you on this court, what can you do?

Igor Andreev

That was alarming because if my pensions depended on Delphi, I'd have no faith in it at all. We would prefer to have our money up front.

Gregg Shotwell

We have always said we are willing to negotiate an agreement. That's what we'd prefer. But we can't give up another 50% of our contact after what we've lost so far.

Richard Harwood

The argument is that in most species, males will compete with each other for females, and females prefer robust males.

Ralph Catalano

There was no rational reason why monkeys might prefer one of these options over the other because, according to the theory of expected value, they're identical.

Michael Platt

We would prefer to see a more expedient transfer of properties and the backlog ? being cleared.

De Rauville

When we have to say we can't in a way ... they prefer, or maybe not at all, it's a very disturbing situation.

Terry Jenkins

There's an entire generation of hunters in North Dakota that are just accustomed to CRP being there. We're talking 21 years, and that's what they know on the landscape. I remember what the landscape looked like in the '70s, and believe me, I prefer the conservation activities on cropland remain, and also, CRP is an integral part of what is out there now.

Dan Hare

I prefer to settle this matter after a peace agreement is signed between Lebanon, Israel and Syria and Israel.

Rafik Hariri

At some point the drivers do come in and let us know what has happened. Usually what has happened is that they've panicked because they've run someone over and they've worried about the consequences, but from our perspective we'd prefer it if they'd just come forward, and we can deal with the ramifications afterwards.

Martin Geddes

The purists seem to think file emulation is the way to go, but it seems very complicated. We prefer to put our efforts into data migration - it is something we can do here and now.

Richard Boulderstone

Does he honestly believe that his constituents would prefer to see him lounging about in the Big Brother House rather than debating issues as serious as equality?

Hilary Armstrong

We would prefer our students not consume alcohol at any point - obviously that's something that's a longstanding tradition among Baptists. We recognize it is available in other places around Abilene and the right of Lawrence Bros. to conduct legal business.

Craig Turner

I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.

Frank Stella

We would prefer our employees are at home and in a safe environment than maybe at a facility in case this thing's worse than we think.

Steve Randall

We're really not talking about bad faith here. Both liberals and conservatives sincerely believe that the best interpretation of the Constitution calls for results they prefer.

Robert Gordon

Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for control, makes men prefer reason's imagination to the imagination of the senses. And yet it is always the imagination alone which is at work.

Louis Aragon

I prefer to do repertoire that's new for everyone.

Daniel Bell

The way the audience treats you in those situations is way different. I'd say it's good to have a balance of both, although I prefer headlining.

Daniel Sproul

Myself, I prefer life without fires, without nocturnal panics.

Juvenal

I'm very pleased. My short game is good. I prefer it hard and firm. It's more a matter of if I can putt well.

Nick O'hern

We learned that marketers prefer to target by context and behavior over demographics and that they are actively using both advanced targeting methods.

Shar Vanboskirk

If these babies spent the first three months with rhesus monkeys, maybe they'd prefer monkey calls.

Athena Vouloumanos

We prefer to do a lot of things electronically. We just get better results that way. Any of the streamline stuff, we can do.

Sarah Richart

The euro was well supported after IFO. We believe it can go up higher but prefer to buy it on dips. I expect euro/dollar to test the next resistance of $1.2323 today.

Peter Fontaine

If the Europeans do buy, it won't be now. A lot of the time they prefer to wait until the coast is clear instead of bottom tick the market.

Mark Constant

We do very aggressive litigation and trial work. So we prefer an activity that dovetails nicely with that aggressive culture, and hitting a little white ball on the greens doesn't do much for us.

Michael Kim

Clearly Northwest Airlines would prefer a strike over an agreement, and it looks like they're probably going to get their wish.

Steve Macfarlane

I prefer to play first base or pitcher in college. Coach Dews runs a disciplined program, which impressed me. I know he can give me the tools I need to keep focused on bettering myself.

Melissa Carmichael

Wisconsin Energy would prefer to have the buyer take on that project.

Terry Carroll

If you're depressed or burnt out, your family is probably suffering the brunt of that as much as you are. They may prefer a pay cut to you're being so down.

Dory Hollander

Let's not jump to conclusions. People prefer them to what they had before.

Peter Hendy

The retail outlook in the country is getting better -- many investors still prefer domestic plays, such as the retail sectors, for their portfolios.

Park Jin

I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.

Le Corbusier

We would clearly prefer a negotiated deal.

Juergen Hambrecht

I don't have a particular team [I prefer]. Whoever drafts me, I'll be ready to go forward with my new team.

Johnathan Joseph

I prefer to wait until we complete the quarter.

Alfred Anderson

We've adapted to having this as a part of the way that we attend events. It hasn't really deterred people from wanting to continue to attend events. It's not something that people object to. They tolerate it because they prefer to be safe.

Lynn Jamieson

We prepared for that because we assume Morgan's going to see a lot of box-and-one in the future. We have an offensive set for that and it worked well and we made them come out of it. We were glad because we'd prefer to play them in man.

Kevin Rhodes

Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.

Leni Riefenstahl

Yes, there's a reason why some detractors, and even fans, prefer to call the long-running British band ''Depressed Mode.

Depeche Mode

I prefer center field, because that's where he started me out at. I think it's because I can cover a lot of ground.

Tiffany Roy

I don't know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf.

Joe Namath

The figures are a notch better, but valuation is stretched. Therefore, we still prefer other private banks.

Julius Baer

I definitely prefer the fall for the test.

Eugene White

Bass prefer shade, especially when the sun is up, so they hang out under docks a lot. So we are going to simulate that by making them cast up under an obstacle.

Eugene Shuler

Any incumbent, regardless of which party, would prefer there be a primary on the opposing side. Would Green be stronger if he came out of the primary 52-48 and is broke and battered? Of course not.

Evan Zeppos

The way it's looking right now, our engine might be one percent below our specifications, but still be the best engine ever done. We prefer not to...but it looks like we may be one percent low.

Elon Musk

We have a citizen Legislature, and the public is reflected in its Legislature. Most people probably would prefer to be governed by someone with a little more experience, a little more education. I think most people would.

Elizabeth Smith

I can't think of any circumstance where you would prefer not to have a health person screening.

Edward Harrison

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.

Edna O'brien

When we moved, we knew this was here, ... If we had a preference, we'd prefer it didn't be here, but it doesn't bother me.

Ed Townsend

When we moved, we knew this was here. If we had a preference, we'd prefer it didn't be here, but it doesn't bother me.

Ed Townsend