Rather Quotes

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.

In short, it is not that evolutionary naturalists have been less brazen than the scientific creationists in holding science hostage, but rather that they have been infinitely more effective in getting away with it.

I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles.

I'd rather be in a tent than in a house.

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays.

I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.

I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.

You probably have to have redundant levee systems with canals in between them, like the Dutch have, to make sure that incoming water is channeled off to areas where you deal with it rather than have it drown you.

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.

I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.

But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.

I feel I have had a very interesting life, but I am rather hoping there is still more to come. I still haven't captained the England cricket team, or sung at Carnegie Hall!

I rarely do masks because, if I have any extra time, I'd rather spend it with my friends than on myself.

I've heard what people are saying, and it's a very weird thing. They're going into a realm where it's somethign that's almost ugly, rather than something that can be so beautiful.

Kelly has a rather bad habit of interrupting.

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

It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble.

I would rather exercise than read a newspaper.

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.

It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.

When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.

Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions.

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world.

I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

I try to get closer to reality, to get close to the contradictions. The cinema world can be a real world rather than a dream world.

Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.

I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.

Part of getting older is realizing that you can integrate all these different areas of your life, rather than the adolescent mindset, which for me lasted a long time, which says, 'It's all or nothing.'