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Like Quotes

Quotes on what people like and why.

These quotes explore liking something, or coming around to it later - one describes disliking Jane Austen before eventually appreciating her work, while another reflects on early interest in mathematics over computers. Related browsing includes Know Quotes.

As I get older, there's this new realisation and it's almost like a relief, and that is that I can never be who I once was, but only who I want to become.

Quotes by Devendra Banhart

I'm definitely an outdoorsy guy. I like hiking, outdoor workouts with body weight. But when it comes to getting it done, I can just get in the gym and pound it out.

Quotes by Derek Theler

Well I've been playing an SG forever, and I've got some other vintage Gibsons I like to use in the studio.

Quotes by Derek Trucks

I don't really love the guitar hero trip, anyway, so it's not something I'm actively searching for or after. I don't like what it's about.

Quotes by Derek Trucks

Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, like those bamboo thighs of the god.

Quotes by Derek Walcott

The personal vocabulary, the individual melody whose metre is one's biography, joins in that sound, with any luck, and the body moves like a walking, a waking island.

Quotes by Derek Walcott

I knew very early what I wanted to do, and I considered myself lucky to know that's what I wanted, even in a place like Saint Lucia where there was no publishing house and no theatre.

Quotes by Derek Walcott

The Caribbean is not an idyll, not to its natives. They draw their working strength from it organically, like trees, like the sea almond or the spice laurel of the heights.

Quotes by Derek Walcott

As much as I like teaching and students, it's a kind of rigor, a discipline, that's against my body.

Quotes by Derek Walcott

Like any art, what is the most imprisoning thing is also the most delivering thing. If an actor knows he only has 12 syllables in a line, the challenge is, 'How can I interpret the meaning and contain it without...

Quotes by Derek Walcott

Our artists and writers should not be forced like soldiers to die on foreign soil or to return wounded and crawl famously into a hole.

Quotes by Derek Walcott

The older I get, the more aware I am of the banality and indifference of a place like Trinidad to any development of the arts.

Quotes by Derek Walcott

I write plays and poetry at the same time, and I'm always refining, but I'm not obsessive about it. It's what I like to do, what I've always wanted to do.

Quotes by Derek Walcott

I like discovering stories where I'm laughing and I'm learning. It's like, 'How was I never taught that in school?'

Quotes by Derek Waters

Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.

Quotes by Dermot Mulroney

I've got a house full of taxidermy. It's like a museum. I have about 200 pieces in total, all ethically sourced.

Quotes by Derren Brown

I like films that sort of play out in one confined area. Films that have a feeling that you're watching a play, a contained environment and a creeping tension.

Quotes by Derren Brown

I don't like big spiders in the house.

Quotes by Derren Brown

I like to eat other people's food in restaurants.

Quotes by Derren Brown

That was how I started, as a hypnotist. But I didn't like the kind of gigs I was being offered. I didn't want to embarrass people.

Quotes by Derren Brown

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "Like" page?
These quotes use "like" in different ways — as comparison, as preference, and as a mathematician describing what interested him instead of computers. It's a varied, conversational collection.
Is there a quote about changing your mind over time?
Yes — one describes disliking Jane Austen in college, hating a specific novel, before eventually coming around to "good Austen." It's a relatable arc of a changing opinion.
What about quotes on confidence?
There's a memorable one about having "robust confidence" as a teenager that later became "constricted" by sensory experience in your mid-twenties — an honest look at how confidence shifts with age. If that resonates, Feel quotes covers similar emotional ground.
Is "I feel like I was born to make music" a good example of this page's tone?
Exactly — it's short, personal, and confident, which is typical of the quotes here. If you want more lines with that same sense of purpose, Know quotes is a good next stop.
How should I use these quotes?
They're great as captions for anything about personal taste, growing up, or finding your path — whether that's Always quotes for consistency or Go quotes for quotes about moving forward.

Other quotes describe a felt sense of calling, such as being drawn toward music, or confidence that shifted with age and experience. Continue to Feel Quotes or Go Quotes for related themes.