Sentence examples for prefer to fail from inspiring English sources

"I would prefer to fail with honour," says a character in Sophocles, "than win by cheating".

To quote our commenter lauerjeremy once more: in an aesthetic sense, "they prefer to fail, while thinking clearly, than to be absorbed in the blind romantic vision of life that has so benighted the lives of millions".

But maybe they are the losers precisely because they prefer to fail, while thinking clearly, than to be absorbed in the blind romantic vision of life that has so benighted the lives of millions, as it is so entrenched in their art politics.

It also explains why organisms "prefer" to die according to the Gompertz law, while technical devices usually fail according to the Weibull (power) law.

His approval ratings drifted down in early 2010, as job growth weakened and "recovery summer" — a White House phrase that Mr. Obama's aides would now prefer to forget — failed to materialize.

However, Mr Coulson added: "He would much prefer to see David fail miserably in the election and ride in on his bike to save party and country".

To this, some top officials in the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, or Unmovic, add the suspicion that Washington hard-liners might prefer them to fail, so as to clear a path to a military showdown.

"We've not yet solved the 'too big to fail' or, as I prefer to call it, the 'too important to fail' problem.

Mask-balloon ventilation is to be preferred to a failed intubation effort; prehospital endotracheal intubation of children calls for an experienced physician.

They echo the prime minister, Hun Sen, who last year said he "would prefer to see this tribunal fail instead of seeing war return to my country".

After months of defeat on Obamacare repeal, McConnell may simply prefer to vote, let it fail, and move on to other agenda items like tax reform or budget matters.