Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I express preference for a chronological sequence of events which precludes a violence. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom....… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president. — Katherine Harris Copy Share Image
I deliberately and consciously give preference to a dramatic, mythological way of thinking and speaking, because this is not only more expressive… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
To give preference to the life of a being simply because that being is a member of our species would put us… — Peter Singer 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
The suspicion and antagonism of academics, clerics and intellectuals towards the market... go hand in hand with their disdain for the preference… — Peter Thomas Bauer Copy Share Image
My preference is for the Federal Reserve to be the systemic risk regulator, because the responsibility for identifying and limiting potential problems… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
Democrats single out glaring examples of tax preferences or spending priorities that favor the wealthy and Republicans cry 'class warfare!' — Dee Dee Myers 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
Personally, I'm not into reality shows - I can't even name a reality show that I was a really big fan of,… — Damien Fahey Copy Share Image
My preference would be to play as a right winger, but I can also play as a striker. — Oliver Burke Copy Share Image
It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Human rights transcend local or ethnocentric values, conferring equal dignity and value on all humanity regardless of sex, ethnicity, sexual preference, or… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
Family farmers are victims of public policy that gives preference to feeding animals over feeding people. This has encouraged the cheap grain… — Howard Lyman Copy Share Image
Why is it that some young folks are almost overly conscientious in their school work, even to neglecting their Church responsibilities, when… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor,… — Om Puri Copy Share Image
If you put a Mars bar in one of Glenn Hughes’ hands and a bass in the other, he’ll choose the Mars… — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
I don't listen to anybody's full record anymore and when I did, I don't think I listened to the whole record. I'm… — Tommy Lee Copy Share Image
Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop… — Charles Garfield Copy Share Image
Looking back on the long-stretched-out body of one's work, it is interesting to mark the endless duel fought within a man between… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
Nature does not always conform to our predispositions and preferences, to what we deem comfortable and easy to understand. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
At this point in my career I feel that the Tour takes priority. There may come a time at some point down… — Chris Froome Copy Share Image
The destruction of the inducement to invest by an excessive liquidity-preference was the outstanding evil, the prime impediment to the growth of… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
