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

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media but I would have preferred to work in peace.

Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.

I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts 'cause they were cooler they had better taste in music for one thing I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!

Republicans would have preferred the court overturn the health care bill an act that would have underscored Obama's biggest liability - the perception among voters including those who like and trust him that he has been ineffective.

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.

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

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

It's one of the worst-kept secrets of family life that all parents have a preferred son or daughter and the rules for acknowledging it are the same everywhere: The favored kids recognize their status and keep quiet about it - the better to preserve the good thing they've got going and to keep their siblings off their back.

I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now.