Preference Quotes

322 quotes by 288 authors

But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but the deficiency, of… — John Stuart Mill
In my address last year, I spoke on the issue of gaming. My preference then is my preference now: to keep gaming within its existing… — Tim Pawlenty
No matter what your sexual preference or gender, no one likes a man who is fussy about his looks. You can spend as much time… — John Waters
Family farmers are victims of public policy that gives preference to feeding animals over feeding people. This has encouraged the cheap grain policy of this… — Howard Lyman
If then, said I, the question is put to me would I rather have a miserable ape for a grandfather or a man highly endowed… — Thomas Huxley
As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our preferences for their… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
There was a day when I died; died to self, my opinions, preferences, tastes and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died… — George Muller
Nevertheless, if we contemplate a society with a somewhat stable wage-unit, with national characteristics which determine the propensity to consume and the preference for liquidity,… — John Maynard Keynes
Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom.... Only love can… — William Sloane Coffin
I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference. — Ed McBain
I still favor alternatives to governmental race-based preferences. — Marvin Olasky
I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that… — Gary Bauer
One may prefer spring and summer to autumn and winter, but preference is hardly to the point. The earth turns, and we live in the… — Robert Hass
My point is, however, that churches do promote beliefs that would more appropriately find a place in a context of intellectual debate. They wind up… — Robert M. Price
Fiction, with its preference for what is small and might elsewhere seem irrelevant; its facility for smuggling us into another skin and allowing us to… — David Malouf
I'm an American before any party preference. — Lynn Anderson
Race and sexual preferences are two different things. One is a behavior-related and preference-related and one is something inherently - skin color, something obvious, that… — James Lankford
There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are quiet, all is… — A J Muste
Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about… — Henry Thomas Buckle
When implemented, the Complete Lives system produces a priority curve on which individuals aged between roughly 15 and 40 years get the most substantial chance,… — Ezekiel Emanuel

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