Rather Quotes

I never had to choose a subject - my subject rather chose me.

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

It is a rather pleasant experience to be alone in a bank at night.

I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current.

Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.

If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans.

The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you have it.

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed to be Alchemists.

Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.

I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can get a laugh that way, it's too easy.

In the past the publishers I've worked with have been extremely generous. And in almost every case, have been people who believed in the work rather than the sales and marketing.

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

I've always believed the greater danger is not aiming too high, but too low, settling for a bogey rather than shooting for an eagle.

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.

I would rather do twenty TV series than go through what I went through under that Rank contract I signed a few years ago for which I blame no one but myself.

If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.

To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.

I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.

I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task is to lead my country through service.

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

I think it's cooler when girls have favorite pieces of clothing rather than an entirely new wardrobe every few months.

My particular aesthetic of light and color and design wouldn't change as a result of working with computer graphics rather than with slit scan or miniatures.

That Seaman is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror rather than at the ball. You can't keep goal with hair like that.

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.

Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more.

For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.

It was always about the story rather than the character.

I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.