Preferable Quotations

The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.

Simple logic dictates that if you cannot even conceive the possibility of leaving a negotiation, then it is preferable never to enter one.

Childhood doesn't have to be perfect, and children don't have to be beautiful. From a bit of grit may grow a pearl, and if pearl production doesn't materialise, the outcome will still be preferable to the shallowness of vanity.

Upon the principles of reason, the good of many is preferable to the good of a few or of one; a lasting good is to be preferred before a temporary, the public before the private.

It's never been a point of reference to look to a man. It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence.

Agreeing to share prosperity, rather than let it divide us, is infinitely preferable to the alternative.

A president and a party that can provide insurance for 31 million more Americans is far preferable to most voters than a party that only says, 'No.'

No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health

Obviously it would be preferable for parents to make an active choice rather than waiting for allocation and some still have enough time to do so.

meets the U.N. inspection demands, okay. A diplomatic settlement is always preferable to a military air strike, even though Saddam Hussein has carried us to the brink of war, inflicted a lot of psychological damage and a lot of money costs. If the fine print measures up, we'll take a close look at it.

Shimon Peres is far preferable to Sharon and Netanyahu.

Given that there is the control order system in existence, it would be preferable for that system to be used against the persons concerned until suitable memoranda have been achieved.

The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment

We're probably going to have to play it by ear. That's not necessarily the preferable way to go. But it's not something where we have a choice.

You'll never find anyone at AOL Time Warner to admit it, but in the best of all possible worlds, having had one out this summer and one this winter would be preferable to both coming out at year's end,

What we'd like to encourage companies to do is allow the building to warm up a couple of degrees, and have people wear short sleeves. That's preferable than paying too much to cool a building down.

This negotiated resolution with the governor is far preferable for our company and our employees and for our customers than is going into bankruptcy.

Ultimately, we believe one standard is far preferable to multiple standards. Consumers will delay their purchase if there's confusion, and that results in a market stagnation for everyone.

It would have been preferable to carry it out in the country itself, inside America. He was in agreement.

While it's preferable for us to solve our problems, if this goes ahead, I said I would support it, and I will,

We have decided that a new building is preferable to renovation. The State Police presented their case that the cafeteria would take an extensive amount of renovation and the amount of money would be close to building a new structure.

While it is certainly a step in the right direction, it would be preferable to extend company policy to include partners and officers

We at Southern California Edison continue to believe that working out a comprehensive solution to our current crisis is a preferable course to take,

If Perth Glory were to sign a marquee player. It would be preferable he be an Australia international returning home. Someone the local fans can relate to.

In our view, it would be preferable for Dell to reduce margins, and even near-term growth, rather than destroy 20 years of brand equity.

Instead, it relies on skewed descriptions of the results of the Commission's 2000 Survey and studies showing consumer concern about privacy as the basis for a remarkably broad legislative recommendation. It does not consider whether legislation will address consumer confidence problems and why legislation is preferable to alternative approaches that rely on market forces, industry efforts, and enforcement of existing laws,

It's preferable to invite Cuba than to exclude it,

It will change the way we make our rosters, but everybody is well aware of that. That's preferable over the alternative, and that's getting a bad deal.

George W. Bush and his father, President Bush, play what they call polo golf, cart golf, electric golf -- there are lots of different names for it, but basically it's blindingly fast play, ... They don't wait or dawdle between shots. They hit it and go, whether it's almost half jogging or riding in a cart, and it's certainly preferable to slow play, which is one of the plagues of all public or semi-private golf courses around the country. Golfers will know what I mean when I say that.

Human beings were not well served by permanence or stasis. Obviously, if individuals were progressing, they were undergoing a series of presumably desirable alterations, but in a universe where flux is fundamental, it can be argued that even change for the worse is preferable to no change at all. Isn't fixity the hallmark of the living dead?

And sooner is preferable to later, ... by fall, depending on the issues, it can almost be too late sometimes.

E-books are preferable to paper; they can be delivered instantly. In many cases, they're cheaper; you can buy them with the press of a button.

It sends a very mixed message. It's a worry. A preferable way would have been to try to tie together the virtues of the O'Keefe approach with what Dr. Griffin wanted to do so you have a seamless transition.

It's been a focus. All things being equal, in our ballpark it would be preferable to have a left-hander.

If honesty is the best policy, surely Michigan's accurately described, fully disclosed college affirmative action program is preferable to achieving similar numbers through winks, nods and disguises.