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I don't like principles. I prefer prejudices.

Oscar Wilde

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

Oscar Wilde

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

Sallust

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

Michel de Montaigne

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

Robert Louis Stevenson

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Alexander Hamilton

I don't think it's a mystery that we'd prefer to run the ball. When you've got Jesse Stephens and Eugene Lyons, you want to run the ball as much as you can.

Jack Touhey

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Cicero

Any medical entity would prefer him not to do things like this.

Pam Thompson

TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect (_Glossina morsitans_) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist (_Mendax interminabilis_).

Ambrose Bierce

It is at least doubtful that these sanctions would be sufficient to change Iranian policy. I would prefer a way to deal differently with Iran. I think we have the time to be patient.

Ruprecht Polenz

We prefer United for its service and because it covers most national routes.

David Snyder

He would prefer to wrestle than to not wrestle.

Mike Dinovo

As a chef, I prefer fish over meat.

Tyler Florence

Every one is little different. I don't think we prefer one more than another, but we have the same objective — win races.

Tim Cindric

I am very adamant about keeping my private life private. I don't prefer to talk about my family.

Luis Miguel

I get up and run early every morning, so I kind of prefer to have [more] light in the morning.

Ryan Mcelveen

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.

Ralph B. Perry

My hopes are so high, that your kiss might kill me.So won't you kill me, so I die happy.My heart is yours to fill or burst, to break or bury,Or wear as jewelery, whichever you prefer.

Dashboard Confessional

I would prefer a total stock market fund if it's going to be their only investment, but if it's the first of many funds I'd go with the S&P 500 Index Fund.

Gary Ambrose

Our press was effective, and in the second half we wore them down. It was a fast-paced game. That's the way we prefer it.

Clark Plichta

An uneven playing surface will affect us more than them. They play more of a more direct, aerial game and we prefer a passing game so we are bound to suffer if the pitch isn't in good condition.

Xabi Alonso

As market participants are not ruling out the possibility that the US GDP ...may provide dollar-supportive evidence, they prefer to wait for the outcome.

Yasuhisa Ishida

Some people prefer the patch because they feel that they might forget to take the pill every day. It's good to have alternatives.

Vladimir Oge

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

Jean Rostand

I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on.

Rita Dove

Not having Rob in those matches made me realize just how valuable he is as a hitter. I prefer using a 6-2 offense, so moving Chris to setter gives us the flexibility to have Rob exclusively as a hitter.

Frank Staffen

Shooting in a place like this can be really disturbing, and all of us deal with it differently, ... I prefer to make it a point of leaving the doors open I pass through at Joliet. Don't ask me why, but it seems to help.

Muse Watson

It's a personal thing that she did and that's the way I prefer to leave it.

Glenn Mcgrath

I prefer San Francisco to Los Angeles. I prefer New York to Philadelphia. Why? The kind of concentration that is achieved in them creates certain choices, an openness of society that is not possible in the lower-density environments.

Moshe Safdie

I would prefer to see it remain at two years. The two year term has been the law of city council.

Leigh Woodall

It's a matter of chocolate or vanilla, and I would prefer the Best Buy flavor at this point.

Scot Ciccarelli

I am showing solidarity while being different. Or if you prefer, I am being different while being in solidarity.

Nicolas Sarkozy

Do you think the other towns are going to believe an opinion issued by our attorney? Don't you think they'd prefer to seek an opinion from their own attorneys?

Stephanie Brown

I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.

Peter Cook

If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.

Gouverneur Morris

The archbishop of Canterbury and his advisers are reviewing this matter at the present moment. I prefer not to make any statement.

Robert Williams

It was three years after I'd finished the script for Gregory's Girl that I got to make it, but I prefer That Sinking Feeling as a film.

Bill Forsyth

I wouldn't be comfortable. I prefer the laid-back, California-beach style.

Oscar Lua

We'll do our best to keep the students with us and prefer arrest to giving the foreigners to police. There is no deadline for it.

Aftab Khan Sherpao

We would prefer to wait to see what kind of celebration the city of county might be planning. That would more appropriate.

Joann Jenny

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

What you have here is an equal protection issue. There is a trend in land use to prefer entities that create tax revenue and jobs.

Jared Leland

The (Bush) campaign would prefer not to have a floor fight on anything. Because the more we talk about the things we want to talk about, the better.

Charlie Black

The majority of consumers out there actually prefer all-in-one solutions; they want to get one service.

Tom Powledge

We will no longer endure these tactics in silence. It is beyond comprehension that law enforcement authorities prefer to leak information rather than interrogate the persons who they characterize as 'suspects' in this investigation.

Patrick Burke

That's the way those guys prefer to work down there.

Robert Altman

Following the acquisition, Reebok's clients have to get used to a different company, and so in the short term they may prefer to cut their orders.

Karim Bertoni

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Herbert Agar

Some customers prefer the electric drive train. This gives Caterpillar that option for them.

Mark Koznarek

I would prefer not to have three tournaments in December, but there was nothing I could do to change the schedule.

Vince Testa

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

Johannes Kepler

I would prefer they not know I'm considering selling.

Jeffrey Skilling

Much like businesses prefer to use managed services, we think consumers will look for managed services, too.

Chris Rice

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

Thomas Payne

We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has forgotten its source.

Clifton Fadiman

I prefer to stop today rather than risk my participation in the Games.

Andre Lange

They [would] much prefer to be on the inhaled insulin as opposed to not.

Robert Gabbay

I prefer not to use credit cards. So when I can use my debit card, they can take it out of my account immediately, ... That was happening.

Susan Morgan

I'm just superstitious that way. I prefer to wait.

Chuck Imbler Jr

We want users to be able to choose their own hardware and software platforms, ... If they want to use IBM, they can. If they prefer HP, they can too.

Bill Wohl

We always prefer that the money be used to build the company.

John Doerr

I do not travel. I am not much of an extrovert, and I'm not much interested in extroverted objects. I do not care for the "ideas" of novelists. Novels are wonderful, of course, but I prefer newspapers.

Will Cuppy

But for me, I prefer to play the more rugged character because it's more real. ... More people can relate to those types of characters, and I like to be able to relate to everybody.

Jaime Pressly

I'd prefer it if it was Sunday afternoon right now but never mind.

David Richards

We'd been able to beat them on that pattern most of the night. I'd prefer he would have thrown it to the other side, but the kids played their hearts out.

Pat Herron

I prefer movies. I think it's nice to go to difference characters and kinda jump around. Maybe one day I'll do a TV show again.

Ashlee Simpson

Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having.

Juvenal

I'm not a big self-promoter. I'd prefer to emphasize our club. I don't think that billboard is going to get us any wins come February.

Billy Godwin

South Carolinians would prefer we not be atop that list again.

Joe Farmer

We prefer not to get caught up in disputes over other product categories. It hasn't been on our radar screen, but it may be now.

Joe Rollo

Unlike the other two times, I was a dark horse, and I prefer being the dark horse.

Rosey Fletcher

The quality of the fish is extremely important. I'd prefer to get it directly from Japan, but we don't charge enough for us to be able to do that.

Alice Yip

We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

Genpeter Pace

We'd love to be able to make studio visits, but it's really hard to do that. We prefer it when people e-mail us images of their work.

Meghan Coward

If it doesn't win, then at least there's clarity. I would prefer that ending to an ending where I have to sit at this table and vote to dissolve this agency without any input.

Kristina Hill

We prefer new books, but we'll take gently used books if they are in good condition.

Nicole Mansell

I would prefer that they did not.

Matt Cooper

But private banking has never been big here. People prefer to manage their own assets, usually in banks.

Jason Rogers

I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing.

Brad Dourif

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.

Minna Antrim

Sometimes we get 25 people at the drop-in nights, which is great. It just happens that people prefer their mountain sports as opposed to dedicating their lives to basketball. The level is still quite high.

Laura Birks

I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nervous.

Jamie Oliver

Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring you lasting remorse.

Chilo

I'd much prefer to have a lot of allies out there, both in the Middle East and in Western Europe, ... Late Edition.

James Inhofe

Personally, we would prefer the meal cost more and for the servers, busboys, etc., to be paid a fair wage.

Carol Brown

Once you're part of this organization, part of this locker room, you can get drawn away by money, but the majority of guys, in their heart, if you ask them where they prefer to play, it's here.

Shawn Barber

I prefer open space, ... We always hoped that it would stay that way.

Diane Williams

We prefer this approach to the gain subscribers at any cost approach. DirecTV and others tried that in 2004 and it came back to haunt them the following year with higher churn numbers.

Tom Eagan

In the near-term, the market would prefer a Bush victory because he is familiar and represents lower taxation on equities.

Chip Dickson

Leonard is sad that this whole thing took place, but glad that this leg of the litigation is completed. He would prefer to spend his time on his creative endeavors.

Scott Edelman

(Metra) would prefer to let the victim be blamed.

Kevin Durkin

It's what the village residents prefer. They have the final say of who's going to be elected. I just have to get out and do my campaigning.

Andrew Ciferri

It would be hard to say no. But it's definitely not what I prefer.

Braden Looper

You always prefer to finish under green-flag conditions, but I'm not complaining.

John Lombardo

I've read in many a novel, that unless they've souls that grovel - Folks prefer in fact a hovel to your dreary marble halls.

Charles Stuart Calverley

The conditions were just right for it (Tuesday). We prefer sunny, windless days.

Jess Brown

As market participants are not ruling out the possibility that the US GDP ... may provide dollar-supportive evidence, they prefer to wait for the outcome.

Yasuhisa Ishida

Don't get me wrong: I love nuclear energy! It's just that I prefer fusion to fission. And it just so happens that there's an enormous fusion reactor safely banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could ever use in just about 8 minutes. And it's wireless!

William McDonough

I much prefer to hold real live conversations with family, friends, neighbors and colleagues. If I want to comment, I'll either call or write a letter to the editor.

Mary Myers

Mud season is also sugaring season. We really prefer a long and difficult spring. ... We're alone in that.

Patrick Hooker

From an asset allocation point of view, we continue to prefer equities over bonds and cash.

Mpho Mojalefa

They're just actors. I much prefer the real thing!

Alan Clark

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

Simone Weil

They are afraid to walk four hours on a footpath to a clinic and maybe find nobody there, or they will try to get to a regional hospital and, because of the distance, there will be a critical delay in care, ... They prefer home delivery. The risk of dying is very invisible.

Anne Foster

I'm just as sick as the others, although I prefer to do my sickness in private.

Mick Mars

We've known awhile that in many species, females prefer the most extravagant and flashy males. We've also known that when individuals choose mates that are highly related to them, it's often a bad thing, leading to offspring of poor quality.

Kevin Oh

We would prefer the Americans to come in first and not the other way around. It makes a big difference ... It would be a psychological comfort to see new faces.

Kabineh Ja'neh

I don't know who brought the bus here, but I think that it is a very clear message that we would like, or prefer not to see, these kinds of buses. And obviously we would prefer not to see these kinds of walls and fences, and that is very simple. The minute there is a cessation of terror, we won't see these things anymore.

Jonathan Peled

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

Frederick Douglass

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Thich Nhat Hanh

If it's something they recognize, they'll dance to it. There are a lot of songs that we would prefer to learn, but they're album cuts more than hits. We try to stay with the hits.

Tim Spite

Most airlines prefer to see a four-year degree on the résumé. It pays off in the end.

Jen Mcskimming

It's like the difference between running through a shower or standing in it for a while. I prefer to run through this one.

Randy Smith

The shares are probably as bad as they're going to get but don't smack as an attractive investment opportunity at these levels, either. We prefer ANA.

Michael Newman

I would prefer to try to see us end when Christmas break comes.

Harry Kinnan

It's a good idea. Most people prefer to stay at home.

Joe Heim

Do you prefer Mitch, or is Mitchell better?

Morrie Schwartz

I'm glad Dorismar agreed to cooperate, but next time I would prefer a Mexican actress.

Homero Aridjis

We want a fair competition. We want speed. We prefer if everybody can do their best jumps.

Todd Ossian

I am not a sound bite person. I prefer to run at the mouth.

Marina Sirtis

Never tell a man you can read him through and through; most people prefer to be thought enigmas.

Marchioness Townsend

I prefer the route I took, ... I took the heat and learned everything on my own. Now I understand everything better.

Bryant Mckinnie

I would prefer that it had never existed. The headache has been enormous.

Richard Rose

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

Kurt Vonnegut

We prefer not to have our traffic go through that road.

Patrick Kerney

I may be known as the girl who was sunbathing topless with a Prínce but Jordan is known as that thick girl who always falls out of clubs drunk. I know which one I prefer.

Jenny Frost

I prefer leaving things to the market as much as possible.

Dorothy Denning

I prefer a dart that's long and has a thick shaft. That's just the way I like it.

Michelle Samarel

The fat needs to be at the smoking point. You run the biggest risk for burning with clarified butter ... I prefer extra virgin olive oil.

Al Roberts

I would much prefer to see streamlined permitting... than tax incentives.

David J. O'reilly

Maybe the easiest way to get the message to them is to tell the media that Brian would sure prefer that they keep the message positive.

Brian Bilbray

I was into whatever my big brother was into, like Black Sabbath and Zeppelin. But if I look at those two forms of music now, I much prefer The Partridge Family. I never liked Zeppelin.

Danny Bonaduce

I don't know if we're going to need to take on some debt or not. The board would prefer that we not.

David Oman

We didn't sell a lot and we also got feedback from our customers saying they'd prefer that juices and sodas be complimentary.

Dave Jackson

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you -- it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

Philip Roth

In the matter of ideas the public prefer the cheap and nasty.

Charles Sanders Peirce

I would prefer if they spread it out a little more instead of $400,000 for one race.

Bill Delia

Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women have a greater sense of honor and are more willing to take a chance with their lives.

Lauren Bacall

I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk.

John Huston

No. These will be free-enterprise apartments. Students will not be required to move into them. Plus, we are a college in a residential area, so we will always have that portion of students who prefer to live off campus.

Keith Orris

Gentlemen prefer bonds.

Andrew Mellon

I would prefer not to discuss that.

Oscar Goodman

I've really enjoyed working with other artists. I prefer the focus taken off from me and put on the message.

Jenny Phillips

I would prefer a normal-sized breast, or a small breast or whatever and that it be natural, than to understand that it was just some jelly in there.

Jeff Koons

We're looking to establish a presence in the Southeast and we prefer a location close to a port because our product comes in via ocean.

Joe Roth

Cindy Sheehan has tapped into a latent but fervent feeling among some in this country who would prefer that we not engage our troops in Iraq.

Kellyanne Conway

If the Resource Center wants a dialogue for reconciliation or to find common ground, this is not the guy to do it. It's like throwing a match on gasoline. We would prefer he had never been invited because he doesn't add much to the debate.

Gil Stein

I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.

Jean Rostand

Some of the conservative activists would prefer to have a sitting judge who has taken conservative positions on all their favorite issues. I'm sure the president considered some people like that, but that was never his goal or his job description.

Charlie Black

I don't prefer much of film over stage. The only thing I prefer is the paycheck.

Marisa Tomei

Stinging rebuke of the incumbent. What it tells you is that the majority of Brooklyn prefer a change.

Hank Sheinkopf

Gentlemen prefer blondes.

Anita Loos

[On a Delphi bankruptcy:] We obviously would prefer that not happen, ... We don't control whether it happens or not.

Richard Shoemaker

With the exception a few individuals, most of the defendants prefer to remain silent when asked to enter plea of guilty or not guilty.

Adil Ahmed

I think there is definitely a possibility for a coalition. I prefer to be in the government. ... The first focus is on internal issues. People are suffering from an absence of law.

Ghazi Hamad

The government reform committee has a hearing scheduled for next week and Rep. [Henry] Waxman would prefer to offer the measure in the committee.

Laura Nichols

I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.

Frederick Wiseman

If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops.

John Buford

Definitely, it's a good idea. I'd prefer to see it two weeks before districts instead of eight days before districts.

Bill Reed

These investors, who comprise over 60 percent of the equity market, prefer companies to convert business assets into income trusts since they can avoid paying corporate taxes at a 35 percent rate.

Jack Mintz

We tend to prefer focused businesses and then have a selection of them, creating our own conglomerate, if you like. Within a conglomerate, it's always a bit hard to be on top of everything.

Hugh Young

I don't think this is really his trip as he would probably prefer six furlongs but he was given a great ride by Adrian -- if he'd gone round them then he wouldn't have won.

David Nicholls

I prefer live dealers, ... but the machines treated me all right today.

Brad Stone

So investors prefer to trim their exposure to equities a bit and wait and see.

Alex Tang

We have, over the years, found that the family members prefer to have a private remembrance on the anniversary date.

Bob Easton

People should always have something which they prefer to life.

Johann G. Seume

We prefer to let the market dictate how we do our business.

Tony Boen

My heart is yours to Fill or Burst.. To Break or Bury.. Or wear as Jewelry.. Whichever you prefer.

Dashboard Confessional

We were the first ones here and were here three hours by ourselves. I love the fact that we are first in line to get these tickets. I'd definitely prefer waiting in line all night than buying tickets online. The atmosphere here is incredible.

Joseph West

I told him that I'd prefer to play tennis with him.

Claudia Hirt

It's hard to choose. But I guess I would prefer to welcome the Slovaks.

Karel Poborsky

France would prefer a multi polar world where U.S. power is slightly restrained.

Adam Segal

I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling you're always in control, you're like God.

Spalding Gray

Simply put, we prefer that shock absorbers are used for shock absorbers ... not to be a spring assist or a jack or anything else.

John Darby

I'm glad we're in the middle. I would prefer to be at the lower end, of course. You cannot just look at the numbers. You have to look at the services and I believe in Pitt County we render good services, above and beyond.

Jimmy Garris

Our defense, pretty consistently, has been right there. We've got good balance. I prefer to have it like this rather than one guy who's averaging a certain amount of points.

Bobby Bowman

If we see a technology that would take us two to three years to develop, we prefer to acquire it.

George Samenuk

We have other partnerships (with Viacom), ... we prefer to be the buyer.

Frank Biondi

I much prefer to write everything by myself. It's kind of difficult. It's like getting undressed in a really bright light.

Leslie Feist

I think dollar/yen (will stay) in a range before tomorrow's BOJ policy meeting ... but I prefer to buy on dips.

Tadahiko Nashimoto

This is America. We have no control to tell people they can't run for office. It shouldn't be that way anyway, ... frankly, we'd prefer that he participate in our process.

Stephen Minarik

Have you ever heard players saying I prefer 4-4-2 or 3-5-2? The decision is always made by the coach, so the players can't decide. Of course the players have to play how the coach tells them to. If you can't play that way then go back home.

Hidetoshi Nakata

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.

Juvenal

Most people would prefer there are no known human carcinogens in what they drink. This is a case where industry agreed to get it out of the products, and all the evidence says they didn't.

Jane Houlihan

Some of us would prefer to run in the afternoon, actually. But we won't get into that here, will we darling?

Joe Marshall

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

Jeremy Taylor

EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends.

Ambrose Bierce

Terrorists still prefer car bombs, you know. A car bomb still has a lot impact than a cyber-attack. But there is always the possibility that somebody could make some kind of dramatic statement by bringing down some aspect of the infrastructure.

Richard Power

We would all prefer for this to be resolved sooner rather than later.

Peter Doust

It just demonstrates that we have an absentee head of state, someone who comes every couple of years for a couple of days. And obviously we would prefer to have an Australian head of state who lives in Australia full time.

Alison Henry

My mother's very proud of the name she gave me. She thought it sounded rhythmically better. It doesn't really make a difference to me what people call me, but since my mother calls me Holly Marie when she's angry, I prefer just my first name.

Holly Marie Combs

We're getting a lot of hits early. We're getting contributions up and down the lineup. I prefer that instead of relying on two or three guys to deliver the long ball.

Rich Carroll

I would prefer obviously that they hadn't gotten injured, but we're a pretty deep team, and the others will just have to step up.

Leo Weil

The department's stance is still that we would prefer to finance it through conventional means.

Matt Vanover

We fear a circumstance in which broadband network operators, among whom consumers have no real choice, are permitted to prefer certain content and thereby limit consumer access to other content.

Paul Misener

Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.

Stanislaw Lem

I'd much prefer that they not be displayed, just because of all of the headaches.

Johan Reinhard

I prefer to do it all myself. I've been making these trips for a while and no one knows the area like I do.

Joe Polizzi

There's the old cliché that we should take it a game at a time, but I prefer to be ultra positive and believe that if we beat Middlesex, Nottinghamshire and Sussex we will bring the championship back to Canterbury.

David Fulton