Preferable Quotes
- A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate. — Emile M. Cioran
- There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be. — Emile M. Cioran
- The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the laws to which he has… — Alexander Hamilton
- Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. — Jean de La Fontaine
- A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. — Aristotle
- The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable… — Erich Fromm
- Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing. To do a dull thing with style is preferable… — Charles Bukowski
- No one has ever been able to convince me that optimism is not preferable to pessimism. — Robert Mueller
- Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'. — Minor White
- There are only two reasons for buying a book, after all. Either we intend to read it, in which case most of us find a… — Geoffrey Nunberg
- Fines are preferable to imprisonment and other types of punishment because they are more efficient. With a fine, the punishment to offenders is also revenue… — Gary Becker
- Some build their sense of personal worth by comparing themselves to others. That approach can lead to feelings of inadequacy or superiority. It is preferable… — Quentin L. Cook
- At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning. — Jenny Holzer
- The boredom occasioned by too much restraint is always preferable to that produced by an uncontrolled enthusiasm for a pointless variety. — Osbert Lancaster
- Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us,… — Thomas Paine
- James Hardie(R) siding is a sustainable and marvelous substitute for wood. It's available pre-colored and the finish truly looks like high-grade wood siding. I've used… — Sarah Susanka
- One day's life of a lion is preferable to hundred years of a jackal. — Tipu Sultan
- I realize why women die in childbirth - it's preferable. — Sherry Glaser
- The use of knowledge in our sex (beside the amusement of solitude) is to moderate the passions and learn to be contented with a small… — Mary Wortley Montagu
- A lot of warm vulgarity is incomparably preferable to a little bit of pinched niceness — Caitlin Thomas