If I were a worm, I would rather be the long-lived mutant than the normal worm, that's for sure. — Cynthia Kenyon Copy Share Image
That's what I look for in music anyway: I want someone to confuse me to the point where I look inwards rather… — Aldous Harding Copy Share Image
I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
I despise formal restaurants. I find all of that formality to be very base and vile. I would much rather eat potato… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
I'd like to break some new ground, maybe in TV presenting, rather than just be an actress. — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
What does the future look like if the heads of society ask our young people to risk their lives for questionable causes?… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I am the world's worst reporter. I am apt to try too hard to help rather than just document my subjects. — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I'd rather have a guy that I carry to a fight and have to pull him back than a guy that I… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
Every child is different. I think it's important that we don't have maybe just one or two books that we're recommending to… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
As a romance novelist, I have a rather skewed view of babies. You see, they don't typically fit into the classic structure… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
Some stories or passages are more difficult and demand more fussing with than others, but, in general, I'm a two-draft writer rather… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I'm not the new Cameron Diaz. I'm not the new Keira Knightley, either. I don't know where these ideas come from. I'd… — Laura Haddock Copy Share Image
Life flies by, and it's easy to get lost in the blur. In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Sometimes I like to list the strongest arguments I can find to support a point of view I think is wrong. When… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Politics is dirty. Politics is exciting. Politics is often very, very difficult and disappointing. And I really would rather the world would… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
There's nothing sexy about doing a nude scene. It's rather uncomfortable. I like dressing up rather than dressing down. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
On climate change, Russia's interests are aligned with the West rather than the South. — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
I'd rather lose all my stuff than lose myself, because I've done that before, and that feels way worse. — Constance Wu Copy Share Image
I have been offered films as well, but it's better to do good television shows rather than a small role in a… — Shaheer Sheikh Copy Share Image
If women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
When you are losing it is frustrating for every player so it is good for them to get it off their chest… — Wayne Bridge Copy Share Image
It's true to say that I'm a budding young actor. But I'd rather get my name out there because of my acting… — Josh Bowman Copy Share Image
Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You can’t afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.” — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
I know it sounds crazy, but you've got to let what you're going to do find you, rather than you pursuing it. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I prefer to have one gigantic laugh preceded by several smaller laughs rather than a bunch of medium laughs all along. — Ron Shock Copy Share Image
The United States should have stepped up and destroyed ISIS at its origins rather than wait until ISIS grew their capabilities and… — Ryan Zinke Copy Share Image
When I look back at football, I've always said to myself, 'I'd rather leave the game and have something in my tank… — Richard Seymour Copy Share Image
Don't try to 'fix' the child's boredom - rather, let the child find his or her inner resources. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I have a platform and I want to use it wisely rather than just being like 'this is the hot topic' and… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather than an urban one. — Sxip Shirey Copy Share Image
Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
Afghanistan's borders are arbitrary, drawn to meet 19th-century political needs rather than to respect ethnic or religious patterns. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I'm more of a realist when it comes to life, and I'd much rather my mother be in a spiritual place in… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
I'd rather do spontaneous and silly work like ThunderAnt than have somebody's film on my shoulders. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image