Rather Quotes

I thought art was a verb, rather than a noun.

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.

After six or seven performances of any song, you begin to perform it rather than feel it.

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.

My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

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

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.

I am just fascinated by this reassurance from a menacing figure. It is rather frightening.

I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.

I believe in having each device secured and monitoring each device, rather than just monitoring holistically on the network, and then responding in short enough time for damage control.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Criticism is, for me, like essay writing, a wonderful way of relaxation; it doesn't require a heightened and mediated voice, like prose fiction, but rather a calm, rational, even conversational voice.

Who would not rather trust and be deceived?

I'm better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created.

Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open.

He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was thrown into it by the loss of his ears, which had been cropped pretty close to his head.

We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards.

I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.

The consideration of change over the century is about loss, though I think that social change is gain rather than loss.

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.

I've been on stage since I was 7. That's where I'd rather be than anywhere else. Just because you can do a bunch of things doesn't mean you are a bunch of things. I can act. I can sing. But I am a dancer.

Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.

This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.