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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.

I want to be an inspiration, but I would like there to be a day when it is not 'Simone the black swimmer.'

Quotes by Simone Manuel

If you got a name like Barack Obama, you're supposed to fight.

Quotes by Sinbad

Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.

Quotes by Sinclair Lewis

I personally like to shop in person so I can feel the product.

Quotes by Simon Spurr

Epic stories, especially 'quest narratives' like 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey,' are brilliant structures for storytelling. The quest lends itself to episodic storytelling.

Quotes by Simon Toyne

Excellent, there's nothing quite like a blunt object to reinforce proper administration ethics.

Quotes by Simon Travaglia

Violence is like a weed - it does not die even in the greatest drought.

Quotes by Simon Wiesenthal

I am like any typical teenager.

Quotes by Simone Biles

When you're by yourself you have to sort out everything like the shopping and looking after the house.

Quotes by Simon Mignolet

It's interesting in American culture. We like to build people up and then push them off the pedestal, and then we want to see them come back. Like Britney Spears, and a lot of people, it's what we do, and...

Quotes by Simon Rex

Sculptures created from found materials like ice and thorns, driftwood, and even bleached kangaroo bones all presuppose that artistic design will yield to the cycles of time and climate, whether over an hour or a decade.

Quotes by Simon Schama

I don't like sports. I'm not interested in sports. I hate sports.

Quotes by Simon Sebag Montefiore

I can never resist Ruritanian intrigue: I was once charged with the task of offering the Estonian throne to Prince Edward. Feeling like a Dumas Musketeer on a mission, I did so, but he turned it down.

Quotes by Simon Sebag Montefiore

To make a Frankenstein monster of a complex character like Stalin would have been too simplistic. I wanted to show who he was and, if you like, how he happened.

Quotes by Simon Sebag Montefiore

The vanishing of David Tang is like the unthinkable diappearance of a magnificent palace on a mythical mountaintop. He was a dreammaker, pianist, adventurer, writer, entrepreneur, scholar, connoisseur, and a great friend.

Quotes by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Believe it or not, some Western analysts in the 1930s insisted that Stalin was a 'moderate,' controlled by extremists like the secret police chief Nikolai Yezhov.

Quotes by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Mr. Putin presents himself as a czar - and like any czar, he fears revolution above all else.

Quotes by Simon Sebag Montefiore

I'd like to write a biography of Ivan the Terrible.

Quotes by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Mathematicians always like a deceptively difficult problem.

Quotes by Simon Singh

If we had to choose one American Idol to go out to dinner with, it would be Fantasia. There are no airs and graces about her... I like her.

Quotes by Simon Cowell

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.