Rather Quotes

If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously, this would be a formidable journey.

As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.

It's like those high-school yearbook photos that everyone would rather not see: Oh my God, look at that mullet hair. I have those photos too, but for me, they're, like, entire movies. And they show them on cable.

People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.

In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.

In 2001, Congress passed much needed tax relief to allow Americans to keep more of their hard earned money and spend it as they see fit - rather than how the federal government sees fit.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

When I joined the band, being that I was going to take this up as a profession, I realized that there were no two finer guitar players in the world that I'd rather play with.

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

I was an observer. I liked to listen rather than openly express myself. This trait is something that I've retained over the years.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.

I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... rather than sending to Bohemia some ordinary works.

For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.

Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction.

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst.

My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.

If I hadn't of had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive.

It is important for us consciously to say, or claim, only the things we want rather than what we do not want.

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.

I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young people, mainly students. However none of these people were true models for the characters in the book, though their way of life may have been.

I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'

Having money is rather like being a blond. It is more fun but not vital.

Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.

I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right way to go about life.

He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants.