Rather Quotes

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.

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.

Mr. Darwin contributes some striking and ingenious instances of the way in which the principle partially affects the chain, or rather network of life, even to the total obliteration of certain meshes.

Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody.

I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.

Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.

I work fitfully, in hope rather than in expectation, invent methods which last a week, and fill notebooks with tiny, illegible writing which often defies my own attempts to decipher it.

I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.

Even in real life, I'd rather hang out with guys.

The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is much more to be said-, a comparison would tend rather to bring out the differences.

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.

I had a briefcase at one point, but it was a kind of 1980s New Wave briefcase. It was made of some kind of cardboard and it had metal hinges. It was kind of faux industrial looking, and I used to carry my books in it rather than a backpack. I didn't want to have normal student accoutrements.