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title: "88 Preferred Quotes by 87 authors"
description: "Browse 88 Preferred quotes by 87 authors. Discover the best Preferred sayings and thoughts."
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> [I preferred to read than talk with the others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-kent/i-preferred-to-read-than-talk-with-the-others/)

[Hannah Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-kent/)

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> [I support Medicare for all. It is my preferred policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamala-harris/i-support-medicare-for-all-it-is-my-preferred-policy/)

[Kamala Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamala-harris/)

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> [Nothing is to be preferred before justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/nothing-is-to-be-preferred-before-justice/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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> [I preferred the simplest vocabulary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-gl-ck/i-preferred-the-simplest-vocabulary/)

[Louise Gluck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-gl-ck/)

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> [I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giulio-andreotti/i-love-germany-so-much-that-i-preferred-when-there-were-two/)

[Giulio Andreotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giulio-andreotti/)

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> [The Left have always preferred the state to the family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hitchens/the-left-have-always-preferred-the-state-to-the-family/)

[Peter Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hitchens/)

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> [“You’re my preferred method of self harm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-hodkin/you-re-my-preferred-method-of-self-harm/)

[Michelle Hodkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-hodkin/)

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> [There were few who preferred honor to money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallust/there-were-few-who-preferred-honor-to-money/)

[Sallust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallust/)

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> [I love listening to songs that are from the heart and that touch the heart. So, love is the preferred theme for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kailash-kher/i-love-listening-to-songs-that-are-from-the-heart-and-that-touch-the/)

[Kailash Kher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kailash-kher/)

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> [I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/i-would-have-preferred-to-have-been-born-in-any-other-time-than-our/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

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> [“If you don't have the right support form the right people you are always going to be the best choice and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richmond-akhigbe/if-you-don-t-have-the-right-support-form-the-right-people-you-are/)

[Richmond Akhigbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richmond-akhigbe/)

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> [Apps have become a preferred way of accessing information on mobile devices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/om-malik/apps-have-become-a-preferred-way-of-accessing-information-on-mobile/)

[Om Malik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/om-malik/)

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> [I've always preferred a 4-3-3. It's a more fluid and dynamic system, and I think it plays to my strengths better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christen-press/i-ve-always-preferred-a-4-3-3-it-s-a-more-fluid-and-dynamic-system/)

[Christen Press](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christen-press/)

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> [Everyone has their preferred stroller, their preferred crib, their preferred Moses basket. And they have advice on that too!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-spelling/everyone-has-their-preferred-stroller-their-preferred-crib-their/)

[Tori Spelling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tori-spelling/)

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> [From my own personal standpoint, I've always preferred my hair shorter because it's just easier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-white/from-my-own-personal-standpoint-i-ve-always-preferred-my-hair-shorter/)

[Charlie White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-white/)

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> [“on the other hand, is anything for which less is preferred to more. For Homer, much like most people, work is”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/on-the-other-hand-is-anything-for-which-less-is-preferred-to-more-for/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/god-who-preferred-the-correction-rather-than-the-death-of-a-sinner/)

[Saint Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-ambrose/)

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> [I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-finerman/i-never-want-to-have-to-ask-my-husband-for-money-never-that-s/)

[Karen Finerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-finerman/)

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> [Two decades after communism and the alleged end of the Cold War, Russia is still a cash economy. The preferred currency is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-harding/two-decades-after-communism-and-the-alleged-end-of-the-cold-war/)

[Luke Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-harding/)

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> [Spotting a rare bird is never worth the bite of a cur. Once bitten by a German shepherd, I knew that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/spotting-a-rare-bird-is-never-worth-the-bite-of-a-cur-once-bitten-by/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

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> [I've never really socialized; I've always been anti-social and preferred to be at home. I was never, even my late teens and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-fox/i-ve-never-really-socialized-i-ve-always-been-anti-social-and/)

[Megan Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-fox/)

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> [Governments, whether right or left, have become commissioners-in-chief, nudging and cajoling networks into preferred business models without the slightest sensitivity or awareness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armando-iannucci/governments-whether-right-or-left-have-become-commissioners-in-chief/)

[Armando Iannucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armando-iannucci/)

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> [There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branford-marsalis/there-s-a-certain-kind-of-motion-and-pacing-that-our-music-has-and/)

[Branford Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branford-marsalis/)

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> [I was kind of an outsider growing up, and I preferred reading to being with other kids. When I was about seven,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-hood/i-was-kind-of-an-outsider-growing-up-and-i-preferred-reading-to-being/)

[Ann Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-hood/)

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> [Wherever Mantle went in the great metropolis - Danny's Hideaway, the Latin Quarter, the '21' Club, the Stork Club, El Morocco, Toots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-leavy/wherever-mantle-went-in-the-great-metropolis-danny-s-hideaway-the/)

[Jane Leavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-leavy/)

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> [New York has arguably become the quintessential 1 percent city, a city that has been so given over to the rich that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graydon-carter/new-york-has-arguably-become-the-quintessential-1-percent-city-a-city/)

[Graydon Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graydon-carter/)

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> [I've never been one for late nights, which is why I have always preferred making films to theatre. A play takes over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-ve-never-been-one-for-late-nights-which-is-why-i-have-always/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

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> [Faced with the crippling sanctions, Iran could simply decide it is paying too high a cost to pursue its nuclear program and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-engel/faced-with-the-crippling-sanctions-iran-could-simply-decide-it-is/)

[Richard Engel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-engel/)

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> [When I used to wrestle professionally, I preferred being the bad guy known as 'The Heel;' you would get to 'work the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conan-stevens/when-i-used-to-wrestle-professionally-i-preferred-being-the-bad-guy/)

[Conan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conan-stevens/)

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> [I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-lyonne/i-have-a-lot-of-friends-who-are-trying-to-clean-up-their-act-or-that/)

[Natasha Lyonne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-lyonne/)

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> [I've always preferred food be on the blander side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-paul/i-ve-always-preferred-food-be-on-the-blander-side/)

[Alexandra Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-paul/)

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> [“Personally I always preferred Lipton's.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/personally-i-always-preferred-lipton-s/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

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> [... he preferred being stimulated to being bored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/he-preferred-being-stimulated-to-being-bored/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-roxburgh/i-don-t-really-have-preferred-roles-except-those-with-some-complexity/)

[Richard Roxburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-roxburgh/)

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> [You preferred to be a lunatic, a minority of one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/you-preferred-to-be-a-lunatic-a-minority-of-one/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [Error often is to be preferred to indecision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-burr/error-often-is-to-be-preferred-to-indecision/)

[Aaron Burr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-burr/)

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> [I've always preferred being behind the camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiro-murai/i-ve-always-preferred-being-behind-the-camera/)

[Hiro Murai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiro-murai/)

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> [“ignorance is never to be preferred over knowledge. No”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-cross/ignorance-is-never-to-be-preferred-over-knowledge-no/)

[Ethan Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-cross/)

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> [I have always preferred maps to books. They don't answer you back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/i-have-always-preferred-maps-to-books-they-don-t-answer-you-back/)

[David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/)

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> [I have preferred chloroform to cancer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-perkins-gilman/i-have-preferred-chloroform-to-cancer/)

[Charlotte Perkins Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-perkins-gilman/)

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