#prefer

These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs. These premisses or beliefs are embodied in a tradition, the tradition of science. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#beliefs #call #constitute #embodied #i

I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing. ↗

— Brad Dourif

#better #film #i #i always #like

Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill. ↗

— Leo Durocher

#come #coming #goes #guys #i

If it's a slow race you have to be on your guard. You have to be patient, but I prefer that. ↗

— Michael East

#guard #i #patient #prefer #race

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#i #laughing #might #more #occasion

I think it's fine for girls to ask boys out. I actually prefer it. ↗

— Zac Efron

#ask #fine #i #i think #out

I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics. ↗

— Erik Larson

#i #jazz #kinds #like #music

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#get #knowledge #observer #preferably #provides

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#authority #brings #consoling #economy #effort

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#atoms #belief #contingent #forces #heart