Preferred Quotes

320 Preferred quotes by 288 unique authors

The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the… — Alexander Hamilton
... he preferred his own madness, to the regular sanity. He rejoiced in his own madness, he was free. He did not want that old… — D. H. Lawrence
In most cases, preferred supplier contracts contain volume commitments that, if not met, could jeopardize the entire contract and cost the company millions in lost… — Jeff Pulver
Since I have always preferred making plans to executing them, I have gravitated towards situations and systems that, once set into operation, could create music… — Brian Eno
I did decide that you have to put your name about a bit, and so, although I would have preferred to have never done publicity… — Jeremy Northam
I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity. — Richard Roxburgh
I'd forgotten - perhaps preferred to forget - that I'd caved in to the interference of some copy-editor... somebody anonymous whose commitment to finding something… — Ramsey Campbell
Me? I was lost for long time. I didn’t make any friends for few years. You can say I made friends with two trees, two… — Rabih Alameddine
I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First… — Shimon Peres
Most people trusted in the future, assuming that their preferred version of it would unfold. Blindly planning for it, envisioning things that weren't the case.… — Jhumpa Lahiri
Value God and his love more than all the world, though there were millions of them. He valued you before the world, and therefore is… — Thomas Goodwin
Often while reading a book one feels that the author wouold heave preferred to paint rather than to wirte; one can sense the pleasure he… — Pablo Picasso
Recall the old story of the rather refined young man who preferred sex dreams to visiting brothels because he met a much nicer type of… — Vivian Mercier
Nothing is to be preferred before justice. — Socrates
It is my conviction that if any professional biologist will take adequate time to examine carefully the assumptions upon which the macro-evolution doctrine rests, and… — Dean H. Kenyon
... he preferred being stimulated to being bored. — Jane Heller
Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred. — William of Ockham
The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men.… — William Penn
Nothing is more deadly to achievement than the belief that effort will not be rewarded, that the world is a bleak and discriminatory place in… — George Gilder
Where two motives, neither of them perfectly justifiable, may be assigned, the worst has the chance of being preferred. — Edmund Burke
Survival, with honor, that outmoded and all-important word, is as difficult as ever and as all-important to a writer. Those who do not last are… — Ernest Hemingway
In short, we derive support for our preferred conclusions by listening to the words that we put in the mouths of people who have already… — Daniel Gilbert
In the end, there is no ideal condition for creativity. What works for one person is useless for another. The only criterion is this: Make… — Twyla Tharp
If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but… — Ronaldinho
I have preferred chloroform to cancer — Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Who Wrote These Preferred Quotes

288 authors contributed a total of 320 Preferred Quotes, led by these top contributors: