Rather Quotes

I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.

I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown.

Whenever you discuss politics, it is always better to use individual names rather then the term neocon.

So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice mixture of different topics and it also takes in the fact that I've had two children recently.

My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.