#preferred

I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#army #before #first #first of all #i

To me, emails are a little bit frustrating. I think that the telephone is much preferred because you get the sound of the voice and the interest and everything else you can't see in an email. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#bit #else #email #emails #everything

Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have preferred to work with Stryker than with my department, which was more artistic if you wish. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#begin #came #department #i #i came

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#action #aimed #changing #courses #designs

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. ↗

— Doug Larson

#get #lifetime #listening #preferred #reward

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#built #houses #live #look #preferred

I've always preferred food be on the blander side. ↗

— Alexandra Paul

#food #i #preferred #side

I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity. ↗

— Richard Roxburgh

#except #i #preferred #really #roles

In many cases, the Treasury will get preferred or convertible preferred stock for the money it gives to banks. These shares typically don't have voting rights, possibly to give more of a hands-off appearance to the government. ↗

— Jerrry A. Webman

#banks #cases #convertible #get #give

I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium. ↗

— Mackenzie Crook

#i #lot #medium #pen #preferred