“I was beginning to understand, a little. “Is that why you’re a usurer?”
Madding chuckled. “I prefer the term investor. And my rates are perfectly fair, thank you.”
“Drug dealer, then.”
“I prefer the term independent apothecary—””

“I
prefer to be the noisiest thing in my environment thank you very much.”

“At the end of my first term's work, I attended the usual college board to give an account of myself. The spokesman coughed, and said a little stiffly: "I understand, Mr. Graves, that the essays which you write for your English tutor are, shall I say, a trifle temperamental. It appears, indeed, that you prefer some authors to others."”

“Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer.”

“I prefer to spend time with you. You’re the most interesting person I know.”

“I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.”

“A demon, if you prefer the term; although to be honest, the difference between god and a demon is really only a matter of perspective.”

“If sinners were so unhappy, why would they prefer their suffering? But now I knew why. Without my wounds, who was I?”

“An employer therefore has a property right to prefer whom he will, and he can prefer whom he will in terms of color, creed, race, or national origin.”

“Charlie, you’re one of the most gifted people I’ve ever known. And I don’t mean in terms of my other students. I mean in terms of anyone I’ve ever met.”