Prefer Quotes
1738 Prefer quotes by 1359 unique authors
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There are certain times when you can maybe intimidate certain people to force them to make a mistake. There are other people you know that…
— Jeff Gordon
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Who would not prefer animals to these people who prefer animals to people?
— Wendy Doniger
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Basically, my hair is very dry from all the backcombing! Hairdressers prefer if your hair is dry and damaged, as it makes it easier to…
— Georgia May Jagger
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Today, reishi stands out as one the most valuable of all polypore mushrooms in nature for the benefit of our health. Many naturopaths and doctors…
— Paul Stamets
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There are lots of people out there who prefer tinkering to winning - it gives them a good excuse.
— Carroll Smith
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Sometimes men and women prefer the darkness to the light because they are attached to their sins. Nevertheless it is only by opening oneself to…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I've been quoting the book [on Peter Sutcliffe] constantly in rehearsals. Some members of the cast have stated their disapproval that it should even have…
— Antony Sher
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In our worldly perceptions of Jesus, we tend to embrace the kindness of his love ('be encouraged') but not the discipline of his love ('and…
— Criss Jami
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It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent.…
— Criss Jami
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Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.
— Nicolas Roeg
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I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I prefer to write…
— Charles de Lint
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Madame de StaĆ«l thought it was pride in mankind to endeavour to penetrate the secret of the universe; and speaking of the higher metaphysics she…
— Madame de Stael
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There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Wit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife.
— Charles Caleb Colton
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I prefer to see myself as the Janus, the two-faced god who is half Pollyanna and half Cassandra, warning of the future and perhaps living…
— Ray Bradbury
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The idea ... that collective society should take hold of Evil and set it down hard in its chair and make it cry seems to…
— Gerald Stanley Lee
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I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.
— Jodie Foster
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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
— Anatole France
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I like reading. I prefer not reading on my computer, because that makes whatever I am reading feel like work. I do not mind reading…
— Neil Gaiman
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I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip…
— Janeane Garofalo
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I would prefer to be well-liked in any and all situations.
— Janeane Garofalo
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
— Charles de Gaulle
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I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
— Khalil Gibran
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I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.
— Evelyn Glennie
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There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the issue be eliminated from our national conversation.
— Al Gore
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