#prefer

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

— Amy Lowell

#classics #literature #modern #newest #oldest

We ought to be doing that with decent standard housing but if we have people who are absolutely on the streets in this case, I think it makes sense that tent cities are preferred to not having tent cities. ↗

— Mike Lowry

#case #cities #decent #decent standard #doing

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages. ↗

— Edward V. Lucas

#country #languages #learn #own #people

I prefer to conduct my life based on how I treat people. ↗

— John Malkovich

#conduct #how #i #life #my life

I started out in summer stock, and that's really what I prefer. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#out #prefer #really #started #stock

If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#aids #hearing #hearing aids #i #implant

The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history as a sure and steady march toward greatness. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#forget #golden #greatness #history #march

Gentlemen prefer bonds. ↗

— Andrew Mellon

#gentlemen #prefer

First of all, I don't like to speak about austerity. I'd prefer to speak of fiscal discipline. Fiscal discipline, in the end, amounts to austerity if it is not accompanied by other policies. ↗

— Mario Monti

#accompanied #austerity #discipline #end #first

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#advantage #appearance #appears #because #chances