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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.

Karen Carpenter was just a singularly amazing singer. There was just not anybody like her.

Quotes by Leon Russell

I'm happy to have a job. I play a little, write a little, perform some. It's not like it's an engineered, well-manufactured plan or anything. I just do what I do.

Quotes by Leon Russell

I like the Beatles very much, and there are certain things about the Stones that I like.

Quotes by Leon Russell

The first canon of my religion is that you shouldn't try to convince anybody to believe like you do.

Quotes by Leon Russell

I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra plays mechanically, using mechanical energy; the conductor just moves his hands, and his movements have an effect on...

Quotes by Leon Theremin

Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it...

Quotes by Leon Trotsky

Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.

Quotes by Leon Trotsky

You can't serve up hearts like cherries jubilee.

Quotes by Leonard Bailey

I like to groove a little bit!

Quotes by Leon Bridges

I love the pioneers like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, but when I write music, it comes out in my own way.

Quotes by Leon Bridges

In the beginning, I was so inspired by the music. I had the option to make something modern with classic undertones, but I wanted to make something that was exactly like that old sound.

Quotes by Leon Bridges

I'm coming from a Ginuwine and Usher background: slow and smooth songs. And that's why I really connected to Sam Cooke, because he was just very smooth. It's not like the James Brown types, which is all great stuff, but...

Quotes by Leon Bridges

There's a lot of egos in these countries, like the French, the Germans, et cetera, and so they keep funding and rehabilitating Yasser Arafat.

Quotes by Leon Charney

Oh, we don't have a grandiose marketing plan. We sell products that work, that we like.

Quotes by Leon Gorman

Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between parents and children.

Quotes by Leon Kass

I don't like being forced to reduce my thoughts to sound bites.

Quotes by Leon Kass

You can't have the finest buildings if they're not in focus. They become like nice cars parked on the street.

Quotes by Leon Krier

I think that open tunings are a trap really because it's really hard not to sound like an open tuning when your using one and that gets old as well as what you learn in one open tuning is going...

Quotes by Leo Kottke

Yeah I do and I don't mind, in fact that is one of the real encouraging things about this whole career of mine is that there are tunes I wrote almost thirty years ago that I will still play in...

Quotes by Leo Kottke

It depends on the time of the year and who I've been talking to, I try to put people in the studio I like.

Quotes by Leo Kottke

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.