Rather Quotes

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

I'm not ashamed of any of my papers at all and I'm rather sick of snobs that tell us that they're bad papers, snobs who only read papers that no one else wants. I doubt if they read many papers at all.

I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural detective story, or paranormal police procedural.

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

The tricky thing becomes: Do you know yourself well enough to then portray that on screen? And for me, I find that really hard. I'd rather hide behind accents and funny walks.

I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.

Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.

Before I was a year old I walked and talked and I was even potty trained. When I started going to school I think I got on everyone's nerves because I used to ask adult questions rather than settle for the stuff usually fed to kids.

The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge.

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.

I've got little ankles and a bit of a belly, so it makes me look rather an egg on legs.

I was always really into the music rather than the scene.

You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.

Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy.

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars.

I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I'm not too psyched about.

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while.

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.

I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm.

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.

A conductor should guide rather than command.

Sometimes it is hard to sing and dance at the same time, but I would rather be off and be real and genuine about it to my fans.

This means keeping many trails open at once, inevitably requiring a fairly 'parallel' plot. This plot should be discovered rather than announced, so show, don't tell.

Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities - that's training or instruction - but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed.

CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. When asked what it was like to talk to a crazy man, Saddam said, 'It's not so bad.'

So I'd rather have a defense that's successful where everyone's comfortable in their positions.

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.