I prefer to be a good human being rather than a good character on screen.
I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.
It is true I am rather taken up with dress; but as to feathers, every one wears them, and it would seem extraordinary if I did not.
One can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.
True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity.
Christlike communications are expressed in tones of love rather than loudness. They are intended to be helpful rather than hurtful. They tend to bind us together rather than to drive us apart. They tend to build rather than to belittle.
There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you’re involved in, whether it’s a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agents or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.
Jammu and Kashmir has a scenic beauty and I feel that the film industry rather than going abroad in countries like Switzerland and Australia, should visit Kashmir – which is the only Heaven on Earth for the shoots.
Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived.
The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic.
So much has been written about me, and people don’t know what’s right and what’s wrong. I’d rather let them stay confused.
There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
When money, rather than innovation or value, is your competitive advantage, that’s when things get boring and stagnant, and monopolies take root.
As always, things happen sooner rather than later on ‘Arrow.’
It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for – the whole thing – rather than just one or two stars.
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Those who incline to very strictly utilitarian views may perhaps feel that the peculiar powers of the Analytical Engine bear upon questions of abstract and speculative science rather than upon those involving everyday and ordinary human interests.
I’d just much rather see an ugly person take the trash out than see somebody really pretty taking the trash out.
That Seaman is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror rather than at the ball. You can’t keep goal with hair like that.
Being the hot girl… you wouldn’t want that. It’s overrated. Being sexy is actually really boring to me. I’d rather be… I’d rather be interesting.
A good cult delivers on its promises. A good cult nourishes the needs of its members, has transparency and integrity, and creates provisions for challenging its leadership openly. A good cult expands the freedoms and well-being of its members rather than limits them.
I’d much rather be in the world than in some ivory tower somewhere.
If I were a Negro, I’d be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I’d rather go down with my flag flying. If you’re weak or crippled, or you can’t speak out or fight back in some way, then people don’t hesitate to treat you badly.
I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
I think I’m dull. I would rather watch other people.
To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
Eartha Mae is very shy. She’s scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection. Relationships can be rather uncomfortable for her. But, as Eartha Kitt, it’s fine. I can accept and reject any time I want to. Do I ever reject? Not really. Although people think I do!
I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal.
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them.
I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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.
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God’s will.
Too many developers still treat cultural strategies as a fig leaf to get planning permission, rather than make a thoughtful, genuine commitment to the cultural life of their areas.
I’d rather be biblically correct than politically correct.
It’s a rather rude gesture, but at least it’s clear what you mean.
Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.
I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet.
It’s brilliant having loads of girls running after you. It’s also a shock when you realise just how much attention you’re getting. Eventually, you start to think, ‘I’d rather settle down and be normal.’
I would love nothing more than to become a professional ice skater, but I would rather do it privately.
The difference between science and the arts is not that they are different sides of the same coin even, or even different parts of the same continuum, but rather, they are manifestations of the same thing. The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity.
I would rather drink weedkiller than support Obamacare.
I believe what matters are facts and behaviours in our daily life rather than formal gestures.
I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
They say behind every successful man is a powerful woman. And there is no more powerful performer I would rather be in the ring with for a conversation than Stephanie McMahon.
I’d rather be respected than loved.
What I always wanna tell young people now: Pay attention. This isn’t gonna happen again. Rather than try to understand it as it’s going along, have it go along for a while and then understand it.
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
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.
Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.
With so much of music blurring the lines between ersatz and authenticity, at least the ‘Rock Band’ game is a tribute to rock rather than an affront.
I’d rather be dead than singing ‘Satisfaction’ when I’m forty-five.
I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say ‘him’ rather than ‘her.’ Maybe it’s because of my generation, but I don’t like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male.
I would rather be right than President.
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.
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.’
I’d rather be onstage with a pig – a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain’t going to happen.
At one point, I recognized that Warren Buffett, though he had every advantage in learning from Ben Graham, did not copy Ben Graham but, rather, set out on his own path and ran money his way, by his own rules… I also immediately internalized the idea that no school could teach someone how to be a great investor.
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.
It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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.
