#refer

When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings. ↗

— Kiri Te Kanawa

#any #attention #find #home #i

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#any #categorical #imperative #itself #necessary

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#follow #lust #morality #precede #prefers

We would much prefer to see ownership in the hands of the Maple Group, if only because we would much rather see Canadian ownership of our stock exchange. What we are first of all interested in is making sure that Montreal is able to preserve that niche or expertise. ↗

— Jean Charest

#because #canadian #exchange #expertise #first

Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks. ↗

— Edward Koch

#art form #beautifully #big #canvas #deals

I'm the old-fashioned type who prefers to meet a woman in a more normal setting. I don't like to feel that I'm being hunted down. I've always liked to do my own hunting when it comes to meeting women. ↗

— George Clooney

#being #comes #down #feel #hunted

Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood. ↗

— Anthony Collins

#falsehood #good #good and evil #judging #preferring

You could dress it up with a sequined headband,” Magnus suggested, offering his boyfriend something blue and sparkly. “Just a thought.” “Resist the urge, Alec.” Simon was sitting on the edge of a low wall with Maia beside him, though she appeared to be deep in conversation with Aline. “You’ll look like Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu.” “There are worse things,” Magnus observed. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#fashion #magnus-bane #movie-reference #simon-lewis #movies

My next project will be a Christian album, another one. I wrote the songs for the ones you're referring to, but I want to do some of my old gospel favorites. That's what my next album's going to be. ↗

— Charlie Daniels

#another #christian #favorites #going #gospel

Authority is not a quality one person "has," in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#authority #him #interpersonal #looks #person