Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Ads sway kids' preferences. Star athletes spokespeople sway kids' preference. — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
One's sanctions for truth and goodness are established largely by individual preferences. — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another. — Christine Baranski Copy Share Image
China cares about its reputation and doesn't want to be known as the nation whose preferences drove the extinction of elephants. — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
I want judges on the Supreme Court who will not use that position to impose their personal policy preferences or political agenda… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
No matter what your race, creed or sexual preference, there is a word that people use to describe you that is very… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
No right of preference exists in favor of person, property, or business. Personal claims and ambitions must yield in favor of whatever… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan - this is a personal preference - I'm not a fan of tour-de-force writing. I admire it, but… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage. — James Randi Copy Share Image
Tom's [Brady] personal preferences on his footballs are something he can take about in much better detail and information than I could… — Bill Belichick Copy Share Image
I think the American people should express their preferences, and we'll accept their choice. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
I guess it's a personal preference. Me, personally, I like to be able to tell the stories that I want to tell… — Mekhi Phifer Copy Share Image
We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at the prompting of books, -- it is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The camera can be lenient; it is can also expert at being cruel. But its cruelty only produces another kind of beauty,… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
In my address last year, I spoke on the issue of gaming. My preference then is my preference now: to keep gaming… — Tim Pawlenty Copy Share Image
Every cell has certain knowledge. I think knowledge is contained within the genetics, even. I think scientists will find that. I don't… — RZA Copy Share Image
The inherent preferences of organizations are clarity, certainty and perfection. The inherent nature of human relationships involves ambiguity, uncertainty, and imperfection. How… — Richard Pascale Copy Share Image
Peace is one of the most obvious earmarks of the authority of Christ. A sense of peace will virtually always accompany His… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
Just how destructive does a culinary preference have to be before we decide to eat something else? If contributing to the suffering… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The cause of all the blunders committed by man arises from this excessive self-love. For the lover is blinded by the object… — Plato Copy Share Image
As any man, I, of course, have certain preferences. Being a Scot by birth, I'm inclined to favor those with a well-scrubbed… — David Niven Copy Share Image
Woman makes half the sorrows which she boasts the privilege to sooth. Woman consoles us, it is true, while we are young… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Justice-august and pure, the abstract idea of all that would be perfect in the spirits and the inspirations of men!-where the mind… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“[Photography] allows me to accede to an infra-knowledge; it supplies me with a collection of partial objects and can flatter a certain… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I had thought joy to be rather synonymous with happiness, but it seems now to be far less vulnerable than happiness. Joy… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
My preference is to just be on the court. I just want to play no matter where that is at. — Paul Millsap Copy Share Image
Coolidge's preference for experience over ideas was a deeply rooted trait. — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
There is, in any art, a tendency to turn one's own preferences into a monomaniac theory. — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
What sexual preference do you hope she has?” “Happiness.” Isnt that cool? — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
I always give preference to the script and when it's good, I am game for anything. — Shamna Kasim Copy Share Image
I, unfortunately, take the subway a lot. It's not my preference, but it is my lot in life. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image