Rather Quotes

I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves.

I don't want to rust out, I'd rather wear out.

I would rather have gotten married than have a Hollywood contract.

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing rather than what I want to be doing.

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.

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.

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.

I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.

It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if we were producing at capacity rather than falling so far short of it.

I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature.

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

I'm not lonely, and I think that has a lot to do with what's on my bedside table rather than what's in my bed.

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.

In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science.

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.

So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.

Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science.

I've never been one for doing remixes. Then I've gotta decide which version am I gonna be tonight: country Carrie or pop Carrie? I'd rather just make country music that anybody can get into no matter what they listen to.

Insurgents throughout Iraq continue to threaten our efforts and pose a danger to stability in the region. They fight not for their country, but rather against ours.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.

I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known.

A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood.

I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready, I think I would have rather been watching.

The one image that's been causing a lot of discussion is one image that I shot of a man falling head-first from the building, before the buildings fell down. He was trapped in the fire, and decided to jump and take his own life, rather than being burned.

Often there are players who have only football as a way of expressing themselves and never develop other interests. And when they no longer play football, they no longer do anything; they no longer exist, or rather they have the sensation of no longer existing.