Rather Quotes · Page 7

I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.

— Daniel Dae Kim

If anything, I want to be seen as a singer-songwriter rather than a pop artist.

— Lykke Li

Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions you'd rather not know the answers to.

— Kevin Spacey

If I'm going to spend money, I'd rather it be on a fabulous location or food, not gambling.

— Karren Brady

I would much rather be a bad Luise Rainer than a second someone else.

— Luise Rainer

Success isn't something you achieve by accident, but rather by design.

— David H. Murdock

Whenever I travel, I always make it a point to try out local delicacies rather than have fivestar food.

— Sanjeeda Sheikh

I'd rather go to a place and spend a couple of months, get to know it, get to know the people.

— Joe Sacco

Health Counselors have a holistic approach that focuses on creating a supportive environment for the individual, rather than diets and counting calories.

— Joshua Rosenthal

The most important thing you need to know about the Pentagon is that it is not in charge of today's wars but…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

Digital books and other texts are increasingly coming under the control of distributors and other gatekeepers rather than readers and libraries.

— Jonathan Zittrain

Rather than allow themselves to be separated from the love of Christ, they submitted cheerfully to every privation, to contumely and disgrace,…

— John Strachan

For too long, our nation has relied on low interest rates rather than undertaking the necessary long term necessary economic reforms.

— Priti Patel

Lion's mane mushrooms are not your classic-looking cap-and-stem variety. These globular-shaped mushrooms sport cascading teeth-like spines rather than the more common gills.

— Paul Stamets

I have no doubt that I'd be a marvelous father. Maybe not when they're tiny, but when they're a little bit older,…

— Hugh Grant

I'd rather be creative and be artistic and be able to play intricate music that moves and really takes you on a…

— Jim Root

I used to play works in progress to people, but now I wait 'til it's finished, because you make excuses all the…

— Chris Lowe

Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary…

— Vikram Seth

Essentially, I spent most of my childhood with my mother and my older sister, and I suppose I had rather a romantic…

— Claire Tomalin

Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing…

— Gary Numan

Blair worshipped Thatcherism, could see little or no wrong in it, believed that that was what the country needed, thought that there…

— Martin Jacques

I like causing trouble. It's the teddy boy in me. I used to be a teddy boy. Feeling slightly inferior and wanting…

— Michael Gambon

The two have to go hand in hand - the atmosphere and the music. I actually get rather worried if I can't…

— Alison Goldfrapp

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

There is no other person on the face of this planet that I would rather sit and talk to than my wife.

— Willie Aames

I'm watching The Singing Detective.' I'm rather taken by it.

— Jonathan Bailey

I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe.

— Maxine Peake

Chris Gayle has always been known to be a rather irreverent person.

— Mandira Bedi

I'd rather win a World Series than have my number retired.

— Nolan Arenado

I've always tried to grow people rather than cricketers.

— Mickey Arthur

I see no point in holding grudges. I'd rather not have any negativity within me.

— Zeenat Aman

I would rather be stupid than pretend to be intelligent.

— Mahesh Bhatt

I've worked with Ed Bradley, Dan Rather and lots of different local news anchors.

— Mika Brzezinski

Soon, I knew that I would become a chemist, rather than a composer.

— Richard Ernst

I feel the ticking clock. And at times, I've said if I don't dance, I'd rather die.

— Wendy Whelan

Rather than just sit there, I would prefer to get out and play football. Brighton have let me do that.

— Glenn Murray

I'd wish for my work to be remembered rather than myself.

— Claire Messud

I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.

— Ian Mckellen

If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.

— Walter Becker

I'd rather wear black than bright florals like most fat ladies do.

— Louise Wilson