Rather Quotes · Page 39

I don't feel that I belong anywhere. Or rather, if there's a place I belong, I don't feel I'm there.

— Tom Stoppard

The chemist, whose science is immediately concerned with the combinations of atoms, has rarely found it necessary to discuss their shapes, and…

— William Henry Bragg

I'd rather not pinpoint my mistakes.

— Ally Sheedy

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at all and where the law was clear…

— Floyd Abrams

I want to be part of movies that have important and interesting subjects but are not depressing and are rather satirical and…

— Terence Lewis

Unlike the general public, I rather like most politicians.

— Andrew Marr

I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they…

— Bob Graham

I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you…

— Linus Torvalds

Women are choosing to stay single rather than marry men who can't step up and provide.

— Hanna Rosin

Long practise in driving a racing car at a hundred miles an hour or so gives first-class training in control and judging…

— Eddie Rickenbacker

I think, in some ways, I like it when people tell me what they're thinking. I would rather have it that way…

— Brian Lamb

Physical elegance, which is what I am talking about here, comes from the body. This is no superficial matter, but rather the…

— Paulo Coelho

I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty.

— Kevin Huerter

I was given the opportunity to write the kind of book that I wanted to write, rather than one that catalogues where…

— Jessye Norman

I'd rather take the mick out of myself before anyone else does. I know they'll do it, so I'd rather get in…

— Michael Ball

When it got to the point of sanity or money, I thought I'd rather have sanity.

— Randy Meisner

Working out for me is something I do when I feel like it. But it's really about feeling good and taking care…

— Lea Michele

I've been trained how to act, but it's the most stressful thing in the world to me. I would rather get arrested.

— Chappell Roan

Obama's foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the…

— Elliott Abrams

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

— Satish Kaushik

I expressed myself through hyperactivity and disruption. I wanted to play rather than study.

— Ashraf Barhom

We sit down with the kids every single night, not that I want to every night - sometimes I'd rather be out…

— Debi Mazar

Too many politicians are shifting the critical themes of our national conversations from a 'big ideas' American Brand Platform to narrowly focused,…

— Alan Siegel

Whereas in the past optimism had been regarded as rather shallow - because 'oh well, it's just your temperament, you happen to…

— Colin Wilson

I think by and large, humans prefer to think of themselves as minds from the neck up. We don't really like to…

— Mary Roach