Rather Quotes · Page 30

I'd rather people talked about the 1,000 most successful French Internet companies instead of the 5 or 10 faces we already know - including mine.

— Xavier Niel

A literate, skilled workforce is essential for low-income countries to attract investment and fill jobs with local rather than imported labour.

— Julia Gillard

I'm the type who'd rather not work than work on something I'm not into. I've done that a couple of times, and…

— Winona Ryder

I'm rather cynical about the way the honours system is used, frankly. A whole lot of the honours system is used for…

— Peter Higgs

Doing these parts is not fun. It's challenging, but no fun. It's creepy. I would rather play the guy that throws the…

— Alec Baldwin

Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction.

— Bret Stephens

Winning the treble was confirmation for me that joining Bayern rather than moving abroad was the right decision.

— Manuel Neuer

Writing laws based on an abstract theory, rather than reality, is a dangerous undertaking.

— Elizabeth Warren

Because we men have been physically stronger and more arrogant, we've influenced much of the cool stuff of the world, like basing…

— Clyde Edgerton

Just six years into the 21st century, one can say this is not shaping up to be anything like an American century.…

— Martin Jacques

I'm happier not pretending I know anything about El Cid in Spain. He's a Spanish national hero. I'd rather invent a character…

— Guy Gavriel Kay

Will Rogers wasn't helpful to me at all. He was just concerned with his way of doing things. He didn't like me…

— Maureen O'Sullivan

I've always thought of the project as a sort of sexually driven digestive system, that it was a consumer and a producer…

— Matthew Barney

Meaningful health reform needs to provide incentives for physicians and other health professionals to teach their patients healthy ways of living rather…

— Dean Ornish

The one image that's been causing a lot of discussion is one image that I shot of a man falling head-first from…

— Richard Drew

I don't care whether a role is 10 minutes long or two hours. And I don't care whether my name is up…

— Ernest Borgnine

Rather than a horror film, a ghost story is different because a ghost is what you can't quite see.

— James Watkins

We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.

— Francis of Assisi

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.

— Florence King

“God doesn’t promise us escape from suffering or pain. Rather, He promises to miraculously use even bad situations for your ultimate good.”

— Jim George

Personally, I believe that government, rather than money, tends to be the primary factor limiting the development of new technologies.

— Charles Platt

Today audiences are not just watching films for stars but are rather looking at stories.

— Satish Kaushik

I'm really sensible with my money. So I would like to own my own house rather than rent.

— Scarlett Moffatt

I don't like playing to guitar players, actually. I'd rather just play to ordinary people.

— Allan Holdsworth

I'd rather try and cram in another two gags than leave a pause to say, 'Hey, wasn't that bit funny?'

— Edgar Wright

We should be pointing out people's accomplishments rather than their looks, but if it can promote our band, why not?

— Alissa White-Gluz

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients.

— Herbert A. Simon

I did WeightWatchers for a while with my then girlfriend. It worked a bit, but it's all about losing weight rather than…

— Richard Herring

Very bad things follow when we kid ourselves that we're naturally rational, rather than the more humbling truth: naturally emotional.

— Robert Webb

I'd rather be very well prepared before I move to heavyweight or light heavyweight. That's according to my own schedule - no…

— Israel Adesanya

I had always thought of Egypt as a rather secular country. And I think it is, but people are quite observant of…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The day you don't mess with somebody, that would be exclusive rather than inclusive. I strive to be inclusive.

— Ralphie May

I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me because…

— David Bowie

Travelling for me is more about the people I'm with, rather than the particular place I'm going to.

— David Coulthard

Cooking and film are completely different - but I'd rather stay in the kitchen than be in movies.

— Nobu Matsuhisa

It is about winning a trophy. It doesn't make any difference to me who lifts it; I would just rather win.

— Jordan Henderson

It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering…

— Frederick the Great

Leftists always want to... circle around subjects... rather than addressing any subject directly.

— Dave Sim

They probably realized our interview would do more damage to their pro-'gay' piece - rather than help it.

— Stephen Bennett

I'd rather form my own party than ever join Ukip. We could call it the Widdy Mob. I'm joking.

— Ann Widdecombe