Alternatives Quotes · Page 13

Science does not deny religion, it just offers a simpler alternative.

— Stephen Hawking

Did it ever occur to you that there might be more than one alternative?

— Richard Dormer

The real alternative to power of the rich is not power of the poor. It's just plain power.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute.

— Shirley Manson

I have quite a robust relationship with regret. You simply don't know what the alternative would have been.

— Juliet Stevenson

We must look at alternatives objectively, and not try to fit the future into our present social mould.

— Jacque Fresco

There is no alternative to the peaceful coexistence of cultures.

— Salman Rushdie

The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action.

— Zadie Smith

There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had…

— William H. Seward

The United States abd usually be reiled on to do the right thing, but only after they have tried all the other…

— Winston Churchill

We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of…

— Gamal Abdel Nasser

Ideas cannot be fought except by means of better ideas. The battle consists, not of opposing, but of exposing; not of denouncing,…

— Ayn Rand

There remains, however, the hope, at least in Russia, that, as sometimes happens in history, the memory of lost alternatives will one…

— Stephen Cohen

Some women think that if the look this season is minis, they have to wear minis. If you don't have great legs,…

— Ralph Lauren

Make a point to continually search for a better way of doing things, even when things are going well, to ensure that…

— John C. Maxwell

The diary will really try and tell people who you are and what you were. The alternative is writing nothing, or creating…

— John Fowles

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an…

— Studs Terkel

I spend so much of my day at work. I would like to have the workplace be part of a healthier strategy.…

— Harvey V. Fineberg

And knowing that the only alternative to your grief is the nothingness that’s fast approaching, you try to embrace your own sorrow,…

— Ron Currie Jr

All scientists who've looked at it know we have to phase away from burning fossil fuels. That means we've got to put…

— Paul R. Ehrlich

Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt rock band…

— Jay McInerney

Instead of thinking in terms of chords, I think of voice-leading; that is, melody line and bass line, and where the bass…

— Paul Simon

I get to be the mayor of the capital city of the most polluting state of the most polluting country on the…

— Will Wynn

With all the divisive forces tearing at our country, we need the glue of language to help hold us together. If we…

— Bob Dole

For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when…

— Nelson Goodman

What has to be done today is (1) large-scale conversion (weatherizing , etc.), (2) sharp change in transportation to greater efficiency, like…

— Noam Chomsky

I abhor unjust war. I abhor injustice and bullying by the strong at the expense of the weak, whether among nations or…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I sort of do what I say and say what I do which I'm happy with because it makes my life real…

— Lana Del Rey

The world of strict naturalism in which clever mathematical laws all by themselves bring the universe and life into existence, is pure…

— John Lennox

Given any rule, however "fundamental" or "necessary" for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the…

— Paul Feyerabend

It is irrational to charge high prices for socially valuable innovations as this guarantees that they will be underutilized. It is much…

— Thomas Pogge

The nature of the economic system should be a matter for public choice, and free market capitalism should not be accepted without…

— Tony Benn

[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative.

— Margaret Thatcher

A lot of wealthy people, they don't realize they have the alternatives of spending the money for good.

— Chuck Feeney

What is the alternative to peace? A catastrophe for both peoples [Palestine and Israel].

— Uri Avnery

I hope you like Guiness, Sir. I find it a refreshing alternative to food.

— Richard Dean Anderson

It's not the cheating. It's the hunger for an alternative. The refusal to accept unhappiness.

— Tom Perrotta

Popular support for alternative energy has been very high for years. But it harms corporate profits.

— Noam Chomsky

There is no need for fur - since there are compassionate alternatives.

— Joaquin Phoenix

If you grew up in a house where you weren't loved, you didn't know there was an alternative.

— Jeffrey Eugenides