Quotes about Preference

That some Forms of Government are preferable to others, cannot be doubted; yet neither our Saviour, nor his Apostles have decided where that Preference is due. Votes: 4

Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth. Votes: 3

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man. Votes: 3

Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure. Votes: 3

We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now. Votes: 3

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds. Votes: 3

When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm. Votes: 2

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest. Votes: 2

I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another. Votes: 2

I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference. Votes: 2

Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with. Votes: 2

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing. Votes: 2

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning. Votes: 2

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. Votes: 2

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others. Votes: 2

I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom. Votes: 2

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value. Votes: 2

That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati. Votes: 2

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. Votes: 2

I will, proudly and by preference, do at least one picture a year for King Brothers, and I will try to make it the best picture that I have it in me to do Votes: 2

In my address last year, I spoke on the issue of gaming. My preference then is my preference now: to keep gaming within its existing contours, but to explore a better deal for all Minnesotans. Votes: 2

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre. Votes: 2

If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In that case right and wrong would be a matter of cultural preference, or political power, and the power already available to modernists ideologies would be overwhelming. Votes: 2

The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true. Votes: 2

We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at the prompting of books, -- it is our custom to think in the open air, walking, leaping, climbing, or dancing on lonesome mountains by preference, or close to the sea, where even the paths become thoughtful. Votes: 2

I don't have a preference for bad people, no. I have an interest in playing a broad range of characters. Obviously, I'm mostly identified with a character who is very responsible, very solid and very intelligent, but there are plenty of questionable characters in my past career. I'm interested in exploring theatricality and characters with some dimension. Votes: 2

I have a strong preference for being alive. Votes: 1

Democrats hate stay-at-home spouses, no matter what gender or gender preference. Votes: 1

Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want. Votes: 1

I miss everything that makes up Panama. I don't have a preference. I love my country. Votes: 1

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. Votes: 1

If we as a society are willing to have a preference for organic food, the farmer can pass on the savings. Votes: 1

Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order. Votes: 1

Feminism is for all women and girls, not a privileged few or one ethnicity, religion, age, sexual preference, ability, region or hemisphere. Votes: 1

President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship. Votes: 1

My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a pool. Votes: 1

My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire - perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain my grip on the world. Votes: 1

While we can work hard at improving our health, size is no more in our control than the color of our skin, our ethnicity, or our sexual preference. Votes: 1

I used to be homophobic, but as I got older, I realized that wasn't the way to do things. I don't discriminate against anybody for their sexual preference, for their skin color... that's immature. Votes: 1

When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand. Votes: 1

I will, proudly and by preference, do at least one picture a year for King Brothers, and I will try to make it the best picture that I have it in me to do. Votes: 1

While stores continue to be a very important part of our business, there is no mistaking the fact that the customers' shopping preference, measured by both traffic and sales, continues to move to a virtual experience. Votes: 1

My own personal preference is that the consumer, the individual person should be protected because individual people and the difference between individual people and the diversity we have between people on the planet is so important. Votes: 1

The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by our preference, to a kind of good work for which we are particularly fitted. Votes: 1

It becomes dangerous for somebody who doesn't want their boss to know their sexual preference to use online networks to push for laws supporting gay marriage or same-sex partner rights if they can't do so with a pseudonym. Votes: 1

We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society. Votes: 1

We are neurologically hardwired to seek out people like ourselves. We start forming cliques as soon as we're old enough to know what acceptance feels like. We bond together based on anything that we can - music preference, race, gender, the block that we grew up on. Votes: 1

Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting. Votes: 1

My preference is 3,000, maybe 5,000-seat venues. Votes: 0

Desperate is not a sexual preference. Votes: 0

I'm an American before any party preference. Votes: 0

Somebody's sexual preference is, like, who cares? Votes: 0

Art is the expression of an enormous preference. Votes: 0

Teamwork is not a preference, it is a requirement. Votes: 0

Gender preference does not define you. Your spirit defines you. Votes: 0

The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles. Votes: 0

Coolidge's preference for experience over ideas was a deeply rooted trait. Votes: 0

Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine time Votes: 0

Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars. Votes: 0

Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans. Votes: 0

The love of novels is the preference of sentiment to the senses. Votes: 0

I express preference for a chronological sequence of events which precludes a violence. Votes: 0

I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Votes: 0

What sexual preference do you hope she has?” "Happiness."snt that cool? Votes: 0

With no fact as a referent, what is normative is purely a matter of preference. Votes: 0

As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference. Votes: 0

I usually go for the ethnic ladies. That's kinda my preference, but I don't discriminate. Votes: 0

I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference. Votes: 0

Google gives preference to its own products, so having a Google+ account influences your search rankings. Votes: 0

Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference. Votes: 0

So, what's your style preference? (Grace) For what I have in mind, nudity works best. (Julian) Votes: 0

My preference is for prose with more silence in it, language that contains more pockets of strangeness. Votes: 0

Gourmandise is an impassioned, rational and habitual preference for all objects that flatter the sense of taste. Votes: 0

Upgrade your addictions to the status of preferences. Here's the distinction between an addiction and a preference: Votes: 0

With preference came point of view; with point of view, personality; with personality, uniqueness; with uniqueness, grief. Votes: 0

There will come a time when very few will care about other people's sexual preference - or preferences. Votes: 0

Catch-and-release fishing is an ecological necessity, not my preference. The practice smacks of bad faith, an inauthentic act. Votes: 0

Any religious organization should be allowed to hire based on their religious preference- but not with federal dollars. Votes: 0

When some drunken fool asked if she was a lesbian, she would say, 'In everything but sexual preference. Votes: 0

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. Votes: 0

I, unfortunately, take the subway a lot. It's not my preference, but it is my lot in life. Votes: 0

Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural, nor unjust, nor impolite. Votes: 0

Journalists generally have no bias toward one cosmological theory or another, but many have a natural preference for excitement. Votes: 0

Consuming less is the fastest way to eco-fashion redemption - particularly if your preference is for leather, not hemp. Votes: 0

Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president. Votes: 0

If Zen has any preference it is for glass that is plain, has no color, and is "just glass." Votes: 0

Men do not fail commonly for want of knowledge, but for want of prudence to give wisdom the preference. Votes: 0

My only preference is to have a lot of variety and diversity in the material that I work on. Votes: 0

PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another. Votes: 0

Happiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference. Votes: 0

Flattery is no more than what raises in a man's mind an idea of a preference which he has not. Votes: 0

To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage. Votes: 0

I believe that whatever your religious preference, there has to be a commitment to family because everything really does start there. Votes: 0

It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate. Votes: 0

I was brought up to believe that Scotch whisky would need a tax preference to survive in competition with Kentucky bourbon. Votes: 0

I would say there is no Prada woman. I'm interested in women in general. I don't have any kind of preference. Votes: 0

A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything. Votes: 0

Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all. Votes: 0

Everyone has a subconscious and automatic preference of this over that. Once you're aware of that, you can take steps to change. Votes: 0

Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe. Votes: 0

Luck, if there is such a thing, is either going to favor everyone equally or going to exhibit a preference for the prepared. Votes: 0

My preference is live performance, because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that. Votes: 0

The whole idea that someone should not be able to marry who they love based on their gender and their preference is ridiculous. Votes: 0

I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it. Votes: 0

... the smaller the domain where choices among alternatives are made collectively, the smaller will be the probability that any individual's preference gets overruled. Votes: 0

A conservative vision to tech issues assumes the imperfection of mankind and a preference for markets - not politics - to drive outcomes. Votes: 0

Reading requires a loner's temperament, a high tolerance for silence, and an unhealthy preference for the company of people who are imaginary or dead. Votes: 0

The graphic emphasis placed on those first lines is rather hard to square with the proposition that the monument expresses no particular religious preference. Votes: 0

My mother preferred trees to certain kinds of people. Increasingly, as I get older I have to admit that I occasionally understand her preference. Votes: 0

I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style. Votes: 0

I am a Christian in the only sense in which He wished anyone to be: sincerely attached to His doctrines in preference to all others. Votes: 0

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why. Votes: 0

When a couple has a strong preference for a baby boy or girl, who is injured by allowing them to choose? Certainly not the child. Votes: 0

Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud. Votes: 0

A Lesbian who consents to guilt for her sexual preference is her own worst oppressor. She accepts and internalizes prejudices and uses them against herself. Votes: 0

The young Obama's lack of playing time on the high school basketball team was due more to his ability than the coach's preference for white players. Votes: 0

I like rock music. I also like classical, if you ask me. I'm very adaptable, they say that. But I have certain preference too, be honest. Votes: 0

Old ideas give way slowly; for they are more than abstract logical forms and categories. They are habits, predispositions, deeply ingrained attitudes of aversion and preference. Votes: 0

I'll say American for now. I really have no preference, though. Nationality is nothing. It's all about the girl - but she has to be curvy! Votes: 0

My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one. Votes: 0

A liberal is a man who wants to use his own ideas on things in preference to generations who he knows know more than he does. Votes: 0

So great was the preference given to sacred over profane learning that Christianity had been in existence fifteen hundred years, and had not produced a single astronomer. Votes: 0

No right of preference exists in favor of person, property, or business. Personal claims and ambitions must yield in favor of whatever best serves the general welfare. Votes: 0

Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not. Votes: 0

The suspicion and antagonism of academics, clerics and intellectuals towards the market... go hand in hand with their disdain for the preference and habits of ordinary people. Votes: 0

The best of men choose one thing in preference to all else, immortal glory in preference to mortal good; whereas the masses simply glut themselves like cattle. Votes: 0

Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference. Votes: 0

Being deceived into thinking the perks of slavery are a good thing, we can easily aquire a preference for chains and a taste for the slaves rations. Votes: 0

Sometimes it helps to begin our prayers by confessing we don't feel like praying-and ask God to help us with our preference to be doing something else. Votes: 0

There are three classes of friendship and enmity, since men are so disposed to one another either by preference or by need or by pleasure and pain. Votes: 0

In terms of my religious preference, if a year goes by and I don't have a Seder or I don't light the menorah, I feel a loss. Votes: 0

My own preference is for mixed (beds) where there are ...groups of larger shrubs on corners and elsewhere to give shape to the views and to create surprises. Votes: 0

She is not being preferenced - she's not on our preference card because Pauline Hanson's view of Australia is basically a very - it's a very old view. Votes: 0

Race and sexual preferences are two different things. One is a behavior-related and preference-related and one is something inherently - skin color, something obvious, that kind of stuff. Votes: 0

My preference is that employees pay their union dues, but what I also get is that I'd rather someone be in the union than not in the union. Votes: 0

We can all begin freely"”a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement. Votes: 0

Give me the judgment of balanced minds in preference to laws every time. Codes and manuals create patterned behavior. All patterned behavior tends to go unquestioned, gathering destructive momentum. Votes: 0

The destruction of the inducement to invest by an excessive liquidity-preference was the outstanding evil, the prime impediment to the growth of wealth, in the ancient and medieval worlds. Votes: 0

The superiority of chocolate (hot chocolate), both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which it has in Spain. Votes: 0

Once again, when you upgrade sensations from an addiction to a preference, you can enjoy things such as gourmet food and music, without having your happiness depend on them. Votes: 0

You can't discriminate against someone because of their race, color, or religion, but you can discriminate against someone because of their sexual preference, I find it to be abhorrent. Votes: 0

There was interest from clubs in Italy and England, I believe. But I've never been attracted by the way they play in Italy. Staying in Spain was always my preference. Votes: 0

It seems very unfortunate that in order to secure political preference, people are made Vice President who are never intended, neither by party nor by the Lord, to be Presidents. Votes: 0

Anyone who prefers owning part of your company to being paid in cash reveals a preference for the long term and a commitment to increasing your company's value in the future. Votes: 0

Once I appealed to distinguish words "gay" and "homosexual" (...). "Gayship" is a political homosexualism, a sort of left-wing ideology based on a bias against traditional lifestyle (...). Homosexualism is a sexual preference. Votes: 0

That's always been Guillermo's preference, is to have as much there practically as is humanly possible, and that digital graphic images are more a punctuation mark than they are a replacement. Votes: 0

One may prefer spring and summer to autumn and winter, but preference is hardly to the point. The earth turns, and we live in the grain of nature, turning with it. Votes: 0

My preference would be to remain in the Senate, ... But you can't say I would refuse to serve in one of those (Cabinet) capacities. It's not the same as vice president. Votes: 0

Motherhood is the second oldest profession in the world. It never questions age, height, religious preference, health, political affiliation, citizenship, morality, ethnic background, marital status, economic level, convenience, or previous experience. Votes: 0

It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living. Votes: 0

Disrespecting one's ethnicity or their religious preference, on and on and on, if they have a disability, is not anything that has to do with when we talk about democracy. Equality. Votes: 0

I don't have anything against colour. It is just not my first preference. I have always found black and white photographs to be quieter and more mysterious than those made in colour. Votes: 0

I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite? Votes: 0

Introverts prefer introversion; we tend to gain energy by reflecting and expend energy when interacting. Extroverts have the opposite preference; they tend to gain energy by interacting and expend energy while reflecting. Votes: 0

Natural selection does not give any preference at all to anything that, in the long run, could be advantageous for the species but blindly rewards everything that, momentarily, affords greater procreative success. Votes: 0

I'm not a fan - this is a personal preference - I'm not a fan of tour-de-force writing. I admire it, but it's not where my inclination is. I want to hide. Votes: 0

My preference is for the Federal Reserve to be the systemic risk regulator, because the responsibility for identifying and limiting potential problems is a natural complement to its role in monetary policy. Votes: 0

History has shown that a government's redistribution of shrinking wealth, in preference to a private sector's creation of new sources of it, can prove more destructive than even the most deadly enemy. Votes: 0

The power of declaring war being with the Legislature, the Executive should do nothing necessarily committing them to decide for war in preference of non-intercourse, which will be preferred by a great many. Votes: 0

No matter what your race, creed or sexual preference, there is a word that people use to describe you that is very nasty. It's what we all have in common. That, and masturbation. Votes: 0

The human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference, are exercised only in making a choice. He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice. Votes: 0

The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely inspiring intellectually, but I enjoyed a small circle of interesting friends despite my ineptitude at team sports and my preference for reading. Votes: 0

I don't have a preference between theatre and film; I like to do both. But I will say that there's something about theatre that is more nourishing and sustaining than film ever can be. Votes: 0

Human rights transcend local or ethnocentric values, conferring equal dignity and value on all humanity regardless of sex, ethnicity, sexual preference, or religion. It is in the West that human rights are most respected. Votes: 0

A number of Guru's feel that there is something wrong or sick about being gay. I think it really doesn't matter what your sexual preference is; what matters is the quality of your love. Votes: 0

When it comes to politics and elections, far too many Christians spend more time appealing to family, history and tradition, culture, racial expediency, and personal preference than they do to what the Bible teaches. Votes: 0

The only way you can raise the debt ceiling is to change the trajectory of spending - that's my personal preference. But I want the Ways and Means Committee to offer up a solution. Votes: 0

Honestly I feel comfortable starting and relieving. I've done both a lot. I really don't have a preference except which one gets me to the big leagues and allows me to excel the most. Votes: 0

Importance, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder and that there is nothing inherently "logical" about the preference of users in looking for one component rather than another of a compound heading. Votes: 0

Everybody has their opinion on what's 'real,' and what's they choose to listen to and their personal preference. Whether they're 2 years old or 200 years old. And people can listen to whatever they want. Votes: 0

By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but also the belief that such love and preference are good and useful. Votes: 0

I enjoy all aspects of it, I don't have a preference for any medium. I think each of them has its attractions and I would hope they each inform the other in some way. Votes: 0

To a person growing up in the power of demography, it was clear that history had to do not with the powerful actions of certain men but with the processes of choice and preference. Votes: 0

In [The New Poetry] I had attacked the British poets' nervous preference for gentility above all else, and their avoidance of the uncomfortable, destructive truths both of the inner life and of the present time. Votes: 0

Not one person would admit that they didn't want me to wear a bikini because of their aesthetic preference - a preference that is shaped by our cultural perceptions of what is and isn't beautiful. Votes: 0

We love everything on our own account; we even follow our own taste and inclination when we prefer our friends to ourselves; and yet it is this preference alone that constitutes true and perfect friendship. Votes: 0

Diet is a matter of personal preference, but if you're interested in the advanced states of meditation, eating mammals should be avoided. They have a more evolved consciousness and can affect your attention field greatly. Votes: 0

Leaders who forbid their followers to use effective contraceptive methods ... express a preference for "natural" methods of population limitation, and a natural method is exactly what they are going to get. It is called starvation. Votes: 0

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or unduly firm opinion. Nonetheless, there must be a speech: Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum. Votes: 0