Favor Quotes

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose supporters have never threatened to bolt.

Unfortunately, when someone asks me for a favor, I can't say no. Because of my upbringing - my Catholic guilt - if I don't do it, it plagues me.

I might be in favor of national healthcare if it required all Democrats to get their heads examined.

Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them.

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.

I am in favor of community policing because it builds better working relationships with the communities.

We are in favor of greater free markets.

I do not favor the gag order.

What a rush it was to plunge into the bin of official decision and cast a ballot in favor of FUN.

I'm very strongly in favor of the auteur theory.

If you have a little extra parking, I err on the side of getting rid of it in favor of having some more greenery.

I do favor guest workers, H1B visas and student visas.

It's hard not to be in favor of taking down monsters.

Of course. I favor passive investing for most investors, because markets are amazingly successful devices for incorporating information into stock prices.

I always tend to favor the newer idea.

I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

In China, export lobbies have fought for policies that favor their interests and limit foreign competition.

I don't sing. I do everybody a favor and I don't sing.

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.

So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our favor.

Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.

Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened. At the same time, a response to a response doesn't really solve anything. It just creates a perpetual-motion machine.

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.

Even if severe wounds are given, the Indian has many chances in his favor, for his organization is somewhat different from that of white men, and he recovers easily from wounds that would kill any European outright.

I favor the extension of the middle-class tax cuts because in a recession they're stimulative and they help with demand.

Many slaves on this continent are oppressed, and their cries have reached the ears of the Most High. Such are the purity and certainty of his judgments, that he cannot be partial in our favor.