Rather Quotes · Page 27

I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way.

— Charles Saatchi

How different our national perspective would be had Johnson, rather than Nixon, served from 1969 to 1973.

— Robert Dallek

To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any…

— Joel Edgerton

I like to think that my finest hour is still ahead of me, so I can look forward rather than look backward.

— Jim Coleman

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not?…

— Eve

I didn't want to be president of the World Wildlife Fund. I was asked to do it. I'd much rather have stayed…

— Prince Philip

When you're a writer, if you're very lucky, you create these characters that you fall in love with, and you feel like…

— Janet Varney

If you're going to be sexy in a photo, you'd better be thinking about sex rather than about being sexy.

— Peta Wilson

I want to play women my own age, rather than artificially 'de-age' myself so that I can play women who are younger…

— Cherie Lunghi

In rating ease of description as very important, we are essentially asserting a belief in quantitative knowledge - a belief that most…

— John Tuley

I think people need something to believe in, because they don't want to have control over their own lives. They'd rather be…

— Sasha Grey

I would splurge on a great pair of high heels, because you can wear them to something fancy, but regular clothes? I'd…

— Keri Russell

It seems astonishing to be paid for indulging in pure pleasure. For me to go to Coburg is rather as if a…

— A. N. Wilson

I think he could have made most of the trips and gone to most of the fund-raisers if he would have avoided…

— Robert Teeter

Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview with Dan Rather. It happened to be…

— Floyd Abrams

I'm a big believer you should design work around a vast majority of people who want to do the right thing rather…

— Gail Kelly

For me, acting is a series of impressions rather than trying to find one line through to the end, which risks becoming…

— Ken Stott

I suppose we carry photographs now, but I think it's rather wonderful that people used to carry drawings and watercolours. I wish…

— Alison Jackson

Rather than improving the wealth of their own nation, the Mexican government encourages its poor to come to the U.S. and send…

— Timothy Murphy

A lot of people are driven by an interest by one particular issue or a small number of specific issues rather than…

— Steve Hilton

Atheism is a moral position - a rather rigid one, if you've ever read the opinions of its highest-profile espousers, Christopher Hitchens…

— Lynn Coady

I think I'm rather young and sprightly, but then you see pictures of yourself and think, 'Who is that old man?' and…

— Hugh Grant

I try to use my debit card rather than a credit card, but I will use a credit card for big purchases…

— Sean Pertwee

I'd rather have Daniel Boulud have 20 restaurants than some restauranteur. It's going to make the food in our country better.

— Michael Mina

I do get the comics online I guess but it's such a pain. I'd rather just get them in the paper and…

— Drew Carey

I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a…

— Karl Pilkington

We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.

— Thomas Piketty

I'm much more interested in writing about the things that engage and enrage me as an adult rather than in wallowing in…

— Robert J. Sawyer

In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.

— Barbara Corcoran

Good theater is not realistic, and should not be. Its purpose, rather, is to highlight, never to spell out a situation.

— Agnes Moorehead

I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I…

— Anonymous

Do I miss Harvard? Not for a second. With a few exceptions... those four years are ones I would rather forget.

— Charlie Baker

I'd rather be a good guest in someone's home than tell them I don't like their food or make fun of them.

— Andrew Zimmern

Somehow, married or single, we'd rather anesthetize ourselves with love substitutes than go for the real thing, because let's face it: The…

— Tracy McMillan

You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit…

— Pat Meehan

The most memorable engagement for me, I suppose, was an away-day to Leicester. I went without William, so I was rather apprehensive…

— Kate Middleton

What goes around comes around in business, and it's better to help people out rather than bill them every time you speak…

— Ben Elliot

I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches.

— Douglas Wood

I'm here to be an actor who wants to be remembered for her roles and her films rather than her looks.

— Alia Bhatt

The whole borrowing clothes thing is very unnatural for me. I don't feel comfortable with that. If you like something, I'd just…

— Zana Marjanovic