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As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor
A moral choice in its basic terms appears to be a choice that favors survival: a choice made in favor of life.
The desperation was coming off you in waves. You were all but begging to dance with me. I am doing you a favor.
I'm starting to like muggers more than congressmen. At least the muggers don't claim they're doing you a favor.
In the country, without any interference from the law, the agricultural life favors the permanence of families.
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.
The possession of wealth is not a mark of Heavenly favor and their absence is not evidence of Heavenly disfavor.
In the future, fortune could well favor those who didn't sell their good domain names too cheaply, or too boldly
Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing the hands of ladies. After all one must start somewhere.
Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered.
The more people doubt their own beliefs the more, paradoxically, they are inclined to proselytize in favor of them.
Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones who can empathize with their problems.
Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.
Girls, do yourself a favor, don't ever bring us anywhere to pick anything out - ever, ever. You don't need us there.
The real cause of personal existence is not the favor of the Almighty, but the sexual love of one's earthly parents.
In the bureaucratic machine of socialism the way toward promotion is not achievement but the favor of the superiors.
I always tell my clients to be tough, to be strong. Never weaken yourself. I believe God favors only strong persons.
Do me a favor, okay? Tell my parents that I fought well today. And tell them that I... that I... that I fought hard.
I'm a fan of animation and so, the more stuff that doesn't look like the other stuff that's out there, I'm in favor.
I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage.
He makes those just who are unjust, forgives those who deserve to be punished, and favors those who deserve no favor.
I will say yes to every favor, request, suggestion and invitation. I will swear to say yes where once I would say no.
A great love is a credit opened in favor of a power so consuming that the moment of bankruptcy must inevitably occur.
I thank God I've never burned no bridges with nobody, and when it's time for me to call in my favors, they're coming.
Prosperity cannot be a proof of God's favor, since it is what the devil promises to those who worship him. (Matt. 4:9)
Chance favors the well prepared. The more stuff you throw in, the more chances you have of looking like, 'I did that.'
The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
If you're going to kill yourself just do me one favor: say it was because of my act. Can you do that? I need the press.
Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.
Fate is an obligation I don't understand--the reasons that random beast passed over her deserving soul in favor of mine.
What you really are isn’t loyal to your self. It won’t favor your self. It will turn your self into what you really are.
I favor the extension of the middle-class tax cuts because in a recession they're stimulative and they help with demand.
All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.
I like people who are fit. I figure if I work out, you can at least return the favor. Would I go out with a meathead? No.
Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
When woman has a newspaper which fear and favor cannot touch, then it will be that she can freely write her own thoughts.
The gods favor the bold.
Fortune favors the prepared mind.
Audaces fortuna iuvat (latin)- Fortune favors the bold.
Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call; She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .
The friendship of a great man is a favor of the gods.
God looks with favor at pure, not full, hands.
To have divine favor on your life means you'll attract extraordinary opposition
We absolve a friend from gratitude when we remind him of a favor.
Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.
It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.
I've been in favor of getting rid of carried interest for years, starting when I was a senator from New York.
Do not offer a compliment and ask a favor at the same time. A compliment that is charged for is not valuable.
I'm in favor of everything with regards to ending institutional racism.