Preferred Quotations

God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.

It was not my wish to come into politics. I was not a public person; I preferred to spend my birthdays with family and friends. But the 2008 elections were fraudulent, so I decided to finance the opposition to make them stronger.

I preferred to use mathematics in some practical fashion and thought that meteorology sounded promising.

President Lyndon Johnson was very, very unpredictable. We never knew for sure what he is going to do next, and he preferred to have it that way; if he could do something as a complete surprise, that was his preference.

Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.

When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to Fred Astaire, just because he was more athletic, like skateboarding.

From my own personal standpoint, I've always preferred my hair shorter because it's just easier.

I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.

I preferred MTV as it used to be when it was about the music - I don't like it that now they just have reality shows. Reality TV rots people's brains.

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.

I like to call it the scalar boson because this reflects an essential component of the theory - it means that the field the boson travels through has no preferred direction, unlike the way a magnetic field does.

Spotting a rare bird is never worth the bite of a cur. Once bitten by a German shepherd, I knew that I preferred cats, even if they are bird-killers. Life is long enough for more than one chance at a rare bird.

Two decades after communism and the alleged end of the Cold War, Russia is still a cash economy. The preferred currency is dollars, though euros are also acceptable.

I put on 'Starstruck' for my kids, and they started getting bored. I was so upset, I took it off. They preferred 'Home Alone.'

Since Sunrun introduced solar as a service in 2007, it has become the preferred way for consumers to go solar in the nation's top solar markets. Sunrun has deployed more than $2 billion in solar systems and has raised more than $300 million in equity capital.

Constant, gentle pressure is my preferred technique for leadership, guidance, and coaching.

Strangely enough, I wasn't into fast guitarists. I preferred Peter Green's subtle touch. I saw him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers at the Marquee Club in London and was very impressed. He was the only guitarist I've ever seen to turn the volume control on his guitar down during a solo.

It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their audience as we were.

Like the firm handshake and looking people straight in the eye, the blazer had originally been a symbol of trust. Because of this, it had been purloined by the less-than-trustworthy and became their preferred disguise.

Simplification of the tax code would not only unlock dormant economic potential, but, in the process, it would blunt the preferred weapon of social engineers, who reward favored industries, punish success and distort economic incentives.

I have always preferred the reflect of the life to life itself.

I much preferred Latin to Greek. I loved the language being such a pattern that you could not shift a word without the whole sentence falling to pieces.

I always preferred my father's pasta the next day, when he'd put it in a hot oven with heaps of extra cheese. It would emerge slightly burned and very crisp on top.

I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!

I love listening to songs that are from the heart and that touch the heart. So, love is the preferred theme for most of the songs that I sing.

There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over.

New York has arguably become the quintessential 1 percent city, a city that has been so given over to the rich that you now have to be rich to live here. Or not live here: New York's also a preferred destination for foreign money spent on vast, lifeless apartments in the sky that are occupied a couple of weeks a year at most.

India is still considered a preferred destination for many multinationals to manufacture cost-competitive high-technology products for domestic consumption as well as for global demand.

I used to think that guys preferred tall women. But plenty of them like short girls.

It's always a problem, getting the curtain in at the end of the first act; having enough of a resolve so that you can bring the curtain in and then opening the show a second time is a little bizarre as a tradition. I've always preferred to go straight through.

When you are an actor, you have to stay inside this world, but when you are with the crew, on the outside, you are in the dirt, working through all the issues. It's just a different way of working, and I think I preferred it.

If I needed to know about a security exploit, I preferred to get the information by accessing the companies' security teams' files, rather than poring over lines of code to find it on my own. It's just more efficient.

Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

Only that person is preferred as a leader, who adheres by laws and rules.

On one occasion in the second half when (Alessandro) Del Piero was completely free, he ignored the better option and preferred to shoot. He made several mistakes and we will discuss it.

I was terrible at interviews, lost in my own loss of identity and struggling at home as a wife and mother. It was a household that preferred me working, which threw me off completely.

No agreement is preferred to a bad agreement,

I would have preferred a little bigger field, obviously, and a little more speed. We were in a position of having to be the presser. Other than that, I thought he ran very well. Brother Derek is exceptional.

I would have preferred it if the government of Turkey had not felt it necessary to issue its declaration... by doing so the process has frankly been made more difficult,

I would have preferred someone explaining information about each area and what possibly was going to be planned.

I would have preferred that he had gotten some live snaps and some live butterflies (last week), but that's not the case. As soon as he gets hit by one of those white helmets, he'll be ready to go.

I would have preferred that the panel decision stand, but I am happy to argue before the en banc court.

I would have preferred the ground to be riding very fast, but I don't think it will be too much of an inconvenience if there is any more rain. I go there hopeful he can get into the places.

I would have preferred to have finished and have a half hour extra in bed in the morning. I played very well, very solid tee to green and was quite good on the greens as well.

I would have preferred to have finished this afternoon and have half an hour extra in bed in the morning, that is the best half an hour always.

I would have preferred to have known sooner. I want to know as soon as anyone else in my administration knows,

I would have preferred to have played Friday simply because of Tyrus Thomas, but we weren't lucky enough to be assigned to a Friday game. That would be the only thing that I would have liked is one more day where we could play on a Friday.

I would have preferred to keep both brands. But in the way (that) it developed, I am very satisfied.

I would have preferred to meet the governor under more favorable circumstances, not this.

I would have preferred to settle this case a long time ago, and it wouldn't have come to this. I hate to see anyone lose their job. I didn't want this.

I would have preferred to sign another impact bat to add to this team somewhere. Sometimes we're forced to be creative in the way we look at things.

I would point to the core PCE deflator, which gave a modest upside surprise, ... This is the Fed's preferred measure of inflation ... and might have markets pricing in a more aggressive Fed.

I would point to the core PCE deflator, which gave a modest upside surprise. This is the Fed's preferred measure of inflation ... and might have markets pricing in a more aggressive Fed.

Obviously we would have preferred a better outcome for our team, but ultimately, it was a great experience for our team.

Obviously we would have preferred it if the judge had awarded zero dollars in restitution. We really have to see what's going to happen with determining the interest and any offsets from settlements by other parties to know whether it makes sense to appeal this.

Obviously, we would have preferred that it wouldn't have been taken to this stage.

Obviously we would have preferred the escape not to have occurred,

Obviously, I would've preferred them to say you're general manager, but I'm hoping that's what I'll get.

Phil was asked if he preferred grass to Astroturf. He replied that he had never smoked Astroturf.

I didn't want to bring him back going a mile and one-eighth in the Hal's Hope because there are some hotshots in there who might make him overextend himself, and I didn't want to knock him out. He's really not a six-furlong horse. I would really have preferred to start him at seven furlongs or a mile, but I wanted to get a competitive race under his belt, and whether he wins or loses, it shouldn't exhaust him.

The pitch was typical first day wicket, but little two-paced on one end and skidding on at the other end. I would have preferred a nice unbeaten 60 at the end of the day.

When this report is issued and the debate then begins ... the National Association of Home Builders is going to do its damnedest to protect the preferred treatment of housing in the tax code.

We're seeing the kind of hearing loss in younger people typically found in aging adults. Unfortunately, the ear buds preferred by music listeners are even more likely to cause hearing loss than the muff-type earphones that were associated with the older devices.

Milan Hejduk must be wondering what else he needed to do to impress the selection committee for the 2003 All-Star Game. Would they have preferred if he tossed in a triple Lutz?

Since we upgraded our backcourt situation the way we have, he didn't think he had an opportunity here. He preferred being in another situation.

Since we upgraded our backcourt situation the way we have, he didn't think he has an opportunity here. He preferred being in another situation.

Mother also loved Asian art, but she preferred the ceramics and sculpture of earlier Chinese and Korean dynasties, as well as Buddhist art.

She may well also like a bit of cut in the ground. Her sire Medicean preferred it on the fast side, although he did win the Lockinge on soft.

Shelf space is diamond-encrusted gold. It's exposure to the consumer and everyone wants exposure to the consumer. They each had a lot of economic power before, but with the marriage they'll have a lot more power, power to get shelf space, preferred positions, all of that.

Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement.

Sea lions have the potential to severely deplete mature female sturgeon, which are their preferred prey. Those sturgeon represent the future of the species.

The only person I never made a hat for was my mother because my mother didn't really - she preferred to make her own hats. I mean, she was intrigued by everything, but she didn't want one of my hats. She made her own.

I found myself alone, so I preferred to attack. Ultimately I wasted a lot of energy and paid dearly for it in the end.

From the standpoint of the Cincinnati Reds, the preferred resolution is a settlement, but that may not be possible. At this point, we're going to continue to negotiate, but on a parallel track, we've got to prepare for an arbitration hearing.

I don't think it will further the process to respond to comments like those from Jeremy Jacobs suggesting the available deal only gets worse with the passage of time. Obviously the owners' decision to cancel the season will have negative impact on everyone associated with our industry and unfortunately this has been the preferred route to take by owners like Jeremy Jacobs.

Certainly Jana was extremely disappointed for the England girls and would have preferred to have won the gold medal fair and square.

Basically the preferred alternative will reflect elements of a few alternatives. When you really get into the concepts, they are hard to agree on.

I have always preferred to keep things to myself rather than sharing them with anyone, but I am learning that if you let it go, you feel better for it. Don't keep it all bottled up inside; don't take it all on alone.

We're pleased that Unreal is the preferred engine choice for leading publishers and developers in the industry. Combined with our growing partnerships with Sony and Microsoft on their next-generation consoles, the Unreal Engine is going to see some truly exciting times ahead. This Lead Engine Programmer position is the opportunity of a lifetime, to play a crucial role in shaping the technology that the games industry has come to recognize as the very best.

He was impressive on the tape, and he was impressive tonight, ... and that's what good players do. But most of his plays were underneath plays. There were some plays that I would have preferred that we could have gotten him on the ground faster, but in the long run, they weren't overly harmful to us.

What most employees do not realize is that corporate rebates and incentives are enacted when the employee population reaches thresholds outlined in their vendor contracts. Meaning, while an employee thinks the actual cost of his or her airline ticket is $500, the actual cost may be much less. And in most cases preferred supplier contracts contain volume commitments that, if not met, could jeopardize an entire contract and cost the company millions in lost discounts based on non-performance. This is precisely why compliance with preferred vendors and contracted rates is critical.

My parents would have preferred me to become a surgeon or a physician but were most understanding of the ambitions of their son.

My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I find something that works.

Look at almost any Hitchcock film and there is generally some rear projection, even in later films like Vertigo and Rear Window. He just preferred it to location work.

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My mother was an enthusiastic chef but wildly disorganized, and often preferred purchasing yet another jar of mace or chili powder rather than having to hunt down its last incarnation.

Johnny and I spoke a few times over the last week and I strongly encouraged him to sign with the Yankees. It is good to know that our lineup next year will include a natural leadoff hitter whose presence allows Jeter and A-Rod to return to their preferred places in the batting order. Johnny is a good friend and a great guy to have in the clubhouse. I am very excited about having him as a teammate again.

It did not remain confidential though I would have preferred it to have remained so. What else can I say at this stage?

I think they need to abandon this plan. The ISPs' view that they can auction off preferred access to my e-mail box is really wrong.... It's not the ISPs' to sell.

I went to drama school. I'm classically trained; I studied Shakespeare, blah blah blah. But I always preferred to do Oscar Wilde, or Shakespeare's comedies over his dramas.

I think anyone who sat through this game for three-and-a-half hours figured it would end in that kind of way. To Matt?s credit, he hit the ball hard. I would have preferred it on the ground, but if you keep it down things like that happen sometimes.

I think both of us would have preferred to be able to play the whole summer and see then what would have happened but both of us have hardly played, ... It's funny how that works out.

Our preferred alternative will be somewhat of a blend or a combination of those.

Our preferred course here is to re-engage with Europe and find a negotiable solution.

Our preliminary research indicates that hybrid owners tend to fall into the preferred insured category, and at Travelers, lower risk drivers are rewarded with lower premiums. Additionally, hybrid vehicle sales have at least doubled every year since the first car was offered in the U.S. in 1999. This trend shows no signs of slowing, and Travelers intends to serve this growing market with innovative products to meet the changing needs of our customers.

Our teams have played on dozens of fields and the all-rubber surface is by far preferred by our coaches and players, anyway. The fact that all-rubber is also safer is an added bonus.

Our success in countries such as China and Germany shows the Dell direct business model is preferred by customers in all regions and provides us with a unique advantage and opportunity for continued growth.

I would've preferred if ours was the last shot. But we had a good look, and we had the guy shooting that we wanted to.

I would've preferred to have the open date more toward the middle of the schedule. But it just wouldn't work.

It is also important that we offer as good of value in our services as is practical. That is the underlying reason for an evaluation such as this, to look for possible ways to improve our ability to offer a preferred service.