Preferred Quotes

320 Preferred quotes by 288 unique authors

He didn't believe in a God who sifted through prayers, answering some and ignoring others, no matter how unworthy or worthy a person might be.… — Nicholas Sparks
I preferred to hang out with the dead, dying, or desperate books - used we call them, in a way that we'd never call a… — David Levithan
I preferred to look at the sea, which said nothing and never made you feel alone. — Paula McLain
She'd lost her fury, somewhere, as they'd talked. She didn't feel it anymore. She wished she did, because she preferred it to the emptiness that… — Kristin Cashore
I’ve always sort of preferred people who are not entirely likable. — John Green
She was cold by nature, self-love predominating over passion; rather than being virtuous, she preferred to have her pleasures all to herself. — Emile Zola
I preferred a hard truth to a well-meant lie. — Jacqueline Carey
since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light — Charles Bukowski
A massive beast dashed along the mountain apex. Astamur reached for his rifle. “A demon?” “No, not a demon.” I might have preferred one .… — Ilona Andrews
Um, thanks,” she said. It was nice to see one woman finally immune to that accent. That wasn’t to say Rose wasn’t a sucker for… — Richelle Mead
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. — Doug Larson
One of the greatest problems that money creates is that you never know whether you are loved or your money is loved, whether you are… — Rajneesh
When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to… — Carl Sagan
A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left. — William O. Douglas
I was kind of an outsider growing up, and I preferred reading to being with other kids. When I was about seven, I started to… — Ann Hood
I love listening to songs that are from the heart and that touch the heart. So, love is the preferred theme for most of the… — Kailash Kher
Spotting a rare bird is never worth the bite of a cur. Once bitten by a German shepherd, I knew that I preferred cats, even… — James D. Watson
Not much about California, on its own preferred terms, has encouraged its children to see themselves as connected to one another. — Joan Didion
God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another… — Saint Ambrose
Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be… — Ezra Taft Benson
Governments, whether right or left, have become commissioners-in-chief, nudging and cajoling networks into preferred business models without the slightest sensitivity or awareness of what the… — Armando Iannucci
I much preferred Latin to Greek. I loved the language being such a pattern that you could not shift a word without the whole sentence… — Alice Oswald
Simplification of the tax code would not only unlock dormant economic potential, but, in the process, it would blunt the preferred weapon of social engineers,… — David Harsanyi
Even as a child, when kids my age would watch cartoons, I preferred watching horror flicks. I had watched some Hollywood horror flicks and even… — Emraan Hashmi
My predecessor, P. W. Botha, had an inner circle, and I did not like it. I preferred decisions to evolve out of cabinet discussions. That… — F. W. de Klerk

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