In a matriarchy men should be encouraged to take it easy, for most women prefer live husbands to blocks of shares and seats on the board.

I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.

I prefer to sing in the shower ’cause the acoustics are really, really good, I mean, when you’re singing against the tile walls then you really hear yourself, hear your voice, you know, throwing itself back at you.

I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused

I would prefer a thousand times to receive reproofs than to give them to others..

Often, players at clubs I have been at have asked me for prayers or advice. I prefer to show them things rather than to say things; with my actions, not my words.

But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble

We now prefer the fantasy…We find comfort in the lies. I was the victim of that for so long. I imbibed everything. It led to a place where I became extremely unhappy. And now I question everything. I believe it’s a responsibility to do it.

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.

Many of us prefer to live in places abandoned by humans. Less work for us. Detroit is very popular.

I don’t like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong.

I prefer to stay alive and be criticized than be sympathized.

Right now, I’d rather eat poodle shit than put that in my mouth.

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.

For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.

I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.

Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the cost of my own.

I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.

The Conqueror is always a lover of peace: he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

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.

The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.