Quotes about preferring (16 Quotes)



    If someone doesn't want to go along with the proven method, preferring to use their own resources, they wouldn't be a good franchise candidate. I want to make sure that if it has the Gulliver's name, it has to reflect our vision.

    Every individual... generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.

    We have a negative outlook on the telecom-services sector, preferring smaller, rural providers and one in Canada that, in our view, have stable margins and are paying out dividends and buying back stock.

    A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.


    Investors want to understand what a company does, ... Tech companies seem incapable of explaining their products in layman's terms, preferring to keep it a deep secret what they do.

    Oil market profits are being diverted into gold in some instances as oil traders look to bank profits in this area, preferring gold as a potentially more stable alternative investment.



    The government of Israel, with its important security concerns, is loath to relinquish control, almost acting as though there has been no withdrawal, delaying making difficult decisions and preferring to take difficult matters back into slow-moving subcommittees,

    We have failed to present lower taxes in a broader economic context, preferring to make an ideological argument about the size of the state, instead of an economic argument about Britain's ability to compete in the world.


    Living in this world created by the Almighty-the creator of all, and preferring solitude to the hustle and bustle of the world, one should work according to ones capabilities and limitations to attain the 'supreme-bliss'.


    It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.

    Among their attributes renouncing both worlds from their hearts, and preferring their brethren among God's creatures to what they possess relying upon God Most High in all their affairs being content with everything that happens to them which the ego detests and bearing patiently sufferings and separation from one's homeland. They dissociate themselves from creatures without believing that there is evil in them, but rather out of preference for the Creator over creatures. They sever relationships, surmount obstacles, and strive in fulfilling the needs of people after emptying themselves for whosoever strives to do that before emptying himself is actually seeking leadership and a good reputation.



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