Favor Quotes

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party. (Dag Hammarskjöld)
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. ... These two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death. View quote
George Carlin
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. View quote
Robert Frost
I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other. View quote
William Howard Taft
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor. View quote
William Hazlitt
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature. View quote
Montesquieu
Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer. View quote
Montesquieu
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them. View quote
Livy
I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor? View quote
Bill Watterson
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. (Jane Austen)
Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems. View quote
Desmond Tutu
I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning. View quote
Mitt Romney
I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal. View quote
Milton Friedman
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. View quote
Thomas Edison
I am not in favor of imposing happiness on people. Everyone has a right to his bad wine, to his stupidity, and to his dirty fingernails. View quote
Milan Kundera
I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. View quote
Ronald Reagan
Look with favor upon a bold beginning. View quote
Virgil
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious. View quote
Brendan Gill
Gallantry to women the sure road to their favor is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it. View quote
William Hazlitt
Capitulation, sycophancy, and cowardice will only undermine us... Sometimes, you have to courageously follow your own path and not try to curry favor with anyone. (Robert Aumann)
Of course. I favor passive investing for most investors, because markets are amazingly successful devices for incorporating information into stock prices. View quote
Merton Miller
Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be. View quote
Marshall McLuhan
I am 100 percent in favor of the intelligent use of drugs, and 1,000 percent against the thoughtless use of them, whether caffeine or LSD. And drugs are not central to my life. View quote
Timothy Leary
All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men. View quote
Sam Houston