#prefer

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. ↗

— Anatole France

#folly #i #indifference #prefer #wisdom

I feel that an understanding could be reached with Germany which would result in a lasting peace with Europe and believe that a German victory is preferable to a British and Soviet victory. ↗

— Pierre Laval

#british #could #europe #feel #german

If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer. ↗

— Joan Baez

#first #folk #folk singer #human #human being

The idea was to make a movie ourselves with everyone playing a cameo role. Preferably before we all go, 'cos poor old Charlie Wilson was murdered, and of course Buster has gone. ↗

— Ronald Biggs

#buster #cameo #charlie #cos #course

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#go #i #keep #let go #prefer

When it comes to the British monarchy, I prefer to be seduced by an image than presented with a real person. It's kind of a Warhol thing. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#comes #i #image #kind #monarchy

I don't like parties. I prefer something more intimate, just for the closest people. ↗

— Gisele Bundchen

#i #intimate #just #like #more

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

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#classic #literature #modern #newest #oldest

I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#because #going #i #know #lose

The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is written, and to stand by it with all my heart. ↗

— Salmon P. Chase

#course #does #exactly #heart #i