Preferring Quotes

55 Preferring quotes by 54 unique authors

Our forefather Adam... used his freedom to turn toward what was worse and to direct his desire away from what had been permitted to what… — Maximus the Confessor
Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood. — Anthony Collins
It appears the Kochs are among the most defensive billionaires, preferring the comfy confines of their callous and intellectually dishonest world view. — Robert Greenwald
America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to… — George W. Bush
I sometimes forget that life is fragile. The fact that I have more time to dream my dreams and take my ease is no reason… — Luci Swindoll
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise. — Homer
Architects themselves tend to shy away from the word, preferring instead to talk about the manipulation of space. — Alain de Botton
Go your way. Forget Prometheus, And all the woe that he is doom'd to bear; By his own choice this vile estate preferring To ignorant… — Hartley Coleridge
As far as types preferring other types, people of the same type can understand each others' perspective very well, but also drive each other crazy… — Emily Yoffe
A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring… — Alanis Morissette
I don't think I'm unusual in preferring my laptop to be thin and light. — Linus Torvalds
If no set of moral ideas were truer or better than any other, there would be no sense in preferring civilised morality to savage morality. — C.S. Lewis
What makes us want to know the worst? Is it that we tire of preferring to know the best? Does curiosity always hurdle self-interest? Or… — Julian Barnes
I'm not really the scented envelope kid of girl, preferring instead to send yellow Jiffy-lite mailers packed with whatever song is on my mind. — Sarah Vowell
A great nation is not saved by wars, it is saved by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly;… — William James
So, preferring death to capture, I accomplished the most astonishing deeds, and which, more then once, showed me that the too great care we take… — Alexandre Dumas
A benevolent malefactor, merciful, gentle, helpful, clement, a convict, returning good for evil, giving back pardon for hatred, preferring pity to vengeance, preferring to ruin… — Victor Hugo
In seminary he had been taught that God had completely stopped any overt communication with moderns, preferring to have them only listen to and follow… — William P. Young
how wearisom Eternity so spent in worship paid To whom we hate. Let us not then pursue By force impossible, by leave obtain'd Unacceptable, though… — John Milton
We are all insane. That is what original sin means. Sin is insanity. It is preferring finite joy to infinite joy, creatures to the Creator,… — Peter Kreeft
The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies. — Holly Black
My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty. To you I am bound for life and education. My life and education both do… — William Shakespeare
Your fear remains strong. You are not ready to face your story, preferring instead to surround yourself with knots. Someday, they will strangle you. — Maria V. Snyder
Trying to run away is never the answer to being a fully human. Running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death… — Pema Chodron
The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history… — Jon Meacham

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