Rather Quotes · Page 35

I don't want to talk too much about the nitty-gritty of writing. It's rather like a pressure cooker with a certain amount…

— Vikram Seth

To say something nice about yourself, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They'd rather take their…

— Nancy Friday

Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking.…

— Saint Ambrose

Certainly Afghans in general and women in particular want a country in which security is a daily reality rather than a campaign…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

I think of the bog as a feminine goddess-ridden ground, rather like the territory of Ireland itself.

— Seamus Heaney

I would rather make a bad film which does well at the box office than a good film which does badly.

— Sajid Khan

To be a poet is as serious, long-term and natural as the effort to be the best human you can be. To…

— Alice Oswald

I'm not looking for anything more than any other guy. I like a good smile. Pretty eyes. She has to be active,…

— Mitchel Musso

I'd rather say no and have said no and do say no often. I walk away from projects if it doesn't feel…

— Blair Underwood

I did think I might be perimenopausal rather than pregnant.

— Denise Lewis

I'm not very much of a foodie; I like small amounts of delicious things, but I've never overeaten - I'd much rather…

— Felicity Kendal

I admire any woman who does stand-up, but frankly I'd rather pull out my own eyelids.

— Katherine Parkinson

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

— Florence King

Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one.

— Christopher Hitchens

There's a lot of freedom in having nothing. You don't have responsibility. You have nobody to answer to. But I'd rather deal…

— Ron Cooper

I go into meetings with some film-makers and they literally have nothing to say, they're almost bored by their own material. I'd…

— Jamie Bell

In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather…

— Martin Freeman

If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as…

— Mo Ibrahim

I personally want my games to be described as satisfying rather than difficult.

— Hidetaka Miyazaki

Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In my family, we were all rather plump as teenagers.

— Sophie Dahl

I'd much rather be in the world than in some ivory tower somewhere.

— Andrew Garfield

I'd rather be someone that's underrated than overrated.

— Clint Dempsey

I know there are certain powers who would rather have the champions be Eastern European because there's more money in it.

— Shannon Briggs

I do like musicals, but I'm not so well-versed in them. I would rather tell stories that just so happen to have…

— Betty Gabriel