#referred

A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder. ↗

— Chester W. Nimitz

#because #costs #keep #much #paint

I did decide that you have to put your name about a bit, and so, although I would have preferred to have never done publicity or an interview or a fashion shoot for a magazine or a chat show. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#although #bit #chat #decide #did

The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided. ↗

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

#conflict #constant #could #government #issue

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information. ↗

— Man Ray

#ask #course #curious #how #i

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#ambition #appetite #assert #continue #earn

Everyone has their preferred stroller, their preferred crib, their preferred Moses basket. And they have advice on that too! ↗

— Tori Spelling

#basket #crib #everyone #moses #preferred

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

— Alexandra Paul

#food #i #preferred #side

The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth of the parent as a controlling law of society. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#child #citizen #controlling #existence #government

I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#i #know #means #myself #quiet

It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#cleveland #come #first #indians #instead