Prefer Quotes

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I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all. — Ralph Barton Perry
They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against… — Khalil Gibran
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Try this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would you prefer, a… — Walter E. Williams
Professors in every branch of the sciences, prefer their own theories to truth: the reason is that their theories are private property, but truth is… — Charles Caleb Colton
If one in twenty does not seem high enough odds, we may, if we prefer it, draw the line at one in fifty (the 2… — Ronald Fisher
The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left… — Thomas Jefferson
I don't know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf. — Joe Namath
I like first class, but I don't like first class people - I prefer the people in coach. I like fine restaurants, but prefer the… — Alber Elbaz
I am not an angry girl, but it seems I've got everyone fooled. Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk… — Ani DiFranco
Almost every work of art is an analogy. When I make a representation of something, this too is an analogy to what exists; I make… — Gerhard Richter
I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life. — Frank Stella
Most people have come to prefer certain of lifes experiences and deny and reject others, unaware of the value of the hidden things that may… — Rachel Naomi Remen
I would infinitely prefer a daughter. — Maurice Sendak
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. — Thomas Jefferson
An inmate in a Florida prison wrote to agree with me on the availability of guns, saying that a 'criminal can and will get a… — Thomas Sowell
Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to… — Susan Sontag
Science is agnostic when it comes to god; not atheistic, as some people prefer to read that laden word wrongly; just agnostic. — Eric Chaisson
Don't get me wrong: I love nuclear energy! It's just that I prefer fusion to fission. And it just so happens that there's an enormous… — William McDonough
It was a beautiful, harmonious, peaceful-looking planet, blue with white clouds, and one that gave you a deep sense of home, of being, of identity.… — Edgar Mitchell

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