Preferable Quotes

121 quotes by 108 authors

I believe Western culture -- rule of law, universal suffrage, etc. -- is preferable to Arab culture: that's why there are millions of Muslims in… — Mark Steyn
Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity. — Brandon Sanderson
It is preferable not to travel with a dead man. — Henri Michaux
Everything ends, and Everything matters. Everything matters not in spite of the end of you and all that you love, but because of it. Everything… — Ron Currie Jr.
We've been wed more than a month. Since it appears you mean to stay, I might as well give you leave to call me by… — Loretta Chase
But what he didn't understand was that this dreamland was preferable,walking through this life half-sleeping,everything at arm's length or farther away. I understood those mermaids.I… — Sarah Dessen
We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected… — David Rockefeller
Once, this had been the life Iâ€™d wanted. Even chosen. Now, though, I couldnâ€™t believe that there had been a time when this kind of… — Sarah Dessen
Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm. — Christopher Paolini
The numbing mind-ream of knowing you're alone not because people won't accept you but because you find so little worth accepting. An imposed solitude is… — Jhonen Vasquez
Then she added in a sort of childish delight: 'We'll be poor, won't we? Like people in books. And I'll be an orphan and utterly… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
As Cinderella would probably tell you, even a prince who only recognizes your footwear is preferable to a lifetime of cleaning grates. — Barbara Hambly
I spent most of my youth hauling sides of beef and pork to my father's shop. Carrying you is far more enjoyable." "How sweet," Annabelle… — Lisa Kleypas
Peace is preferable to war. But itâ€™s not an absolute value, and so we always ask, â€œWhat kind of peace? — Noam Chomsky
To dream in isolation can be properly splendid to be sure; but to dream in company seems to me infinitely preferable. — Clive Barker
I was late to understand that chaos and intensity are no subsitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life. Normal… — Kay Redfield Jamison
The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's… — Carl Sagan
So it is always preferable to discuss the matter of veganism in a non-judgemental way. Remember that to most people, eating flesh or dairy and… — Gary L. Francione
Are you saying a society wracked by plague is preferable to one wracked by indifference? — Bernard Beckett
Kugel was a firm believer that death was not always a bad thing - that life often reached such levels of crapitude that dying was… — Shalom Auslander

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