Preferred Quotes

320 quotes by 292 authors

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. — Aristotle
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. — Francis Bacon
The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred. — George Bancroft
Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends. — Mary J. Blige
The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows… — Allan Bloom
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. — Winston Churchill
In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than… — Peter Abelard
When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've always preferred acoustic… — Ian Anderson
When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with… — Ian Anderson
I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, won't in… — Thomas Carlyle
We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred. — Philibert Joseph Roux
I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth is short and… — Joseph Addison
We can invent as many theories we like, and any one of them can be made to fit the facts. But that theory is always… — Albert Einstein
Terrorism is the preferred weapon of weak and evil men. — Ronald Reagan
Creation,' in the ordinary sense of the word, is perfectly conceivable. I find no difficulty in conceiving that, at some former period, this universe was… — Thomas Huxley
My mother preferred trees to certain kinds of people. Increasingly, as I get older I have to admit that I occasionally understand her preference. — Lucinda Roy
The noble Lord, Lord Harrison, said, 'Fox hunting is cruel and I therefore want it banned.' He went on to discuss the option of controlling… — David Verney, 21st Baron Willoughby de Broke
Much as I admired the elegance of physical theories, which at that time geology wholly lacked, I preferred a life in the woods to one… — John Tuzo Wilson

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