Prefer Quotes

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I prefer rationalism to atheism. The question of God and other objects-of-faith are outside reason and play no part in rationalism, thus you don't have… — Isaac Asimov
The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies — Jodi Picoult
What is pure Bill? Or excellent or admirable? The death of a million people in a flood? God evidently through so. He is incapable of… — Ted Dekker
We are, all of us, poor wretches, and those who prefer not to understand this are even worse off than the rest of us. — Isabelle Eberhardt
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and… — Christopher Hitchens
People who read are not too lazy to turn on the television; they prefer books. — Annie Dillard
Sir," returned Mrs. Sparsit, " I cannot say that i have heard him precisely snore, and therefore must not make that statement. But on winter… — Charles Dickens
Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present — Mae West
That pompous phrase (graphic novel) was thought up by some idiot in the marketing department of DC. I prefer to call them Big Expensive Comics. — Alan Moore
I prefer men to cauliflowers — Virginia Woolf
Do you know what I am going to tell you, he said with his wry mouth, a pint of plain is your only man. Notwithstanding… — Flann O'Brien
I snorted "oh, beauty. What's that good for?" Mary stared, her eyes round. "It won you the prince, did it not?" I snorted again, I… — Margaret Haddix
I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves… — Molly Ivins
Love is the expression of the one who loves, not of the one who is loved. Those who think they can love only the people… — Soren Kierkegaard
For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear? — Pema Chodron
there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone. — Nicole Krauss
Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed,… — Adam Smith
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I do not know why the dead do not come back to life. Perhaps death is so wonderful, in ways we cannot comprehend, that they… — Tom Robbins
I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair chance, of making… — Aldous Huxley
Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others. — Otto von Bismarck
Some people prefer solitude. They say their peace of mind depends on this. Others say they would be better off in church. If you do… — Meister Eckhart
My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's. — Oscar Wilde

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