Alternative Quotes

736 quotes by 620 authors

Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of 'medicine.' That's something you might remind your New Age friends who've gone… — Anthony Bourdain
Everything ends, and Everything matters. Everything matters not in spite of the end of you and all that you love, but because of it. Everything… — Ron Currie Jr.
Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time, but facts are… — Dean Koontz
When less than everything has been said about a subject, you can still think on further. The alternative is for the audience to be presented… — Andrei Tarkovsky
Thank God for books as an alternative to conversation. — Wystan Hugh Auden
There is always a choice." "You mean I could choose certain death?" "A choice nevertheless, or perhaps an alternative. You see I believe in freedom.… — Terry Pratchett
As much as life can suck, it always beats the alternative. — John Green
Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. Warâ€™s very… — Douglas MacArthur
Writing is not a job or activity. Nor do I sit at a desk writing for inspiration to strike. Writing is like a different kind… — John Marsden
To be a DJ was to be God. To be a DJ at an alternative public radio station ? That was being God with a… — Carrie Vaughn
If you don't know there's an alternative, you can't miss it — Jodi Picoult
Same old boring boring story America canâ€™t stop telling itself. What is this sicko fascination? Every book and movie practically has to have a little,… — Francesca Lia Block
I have been only the humblest jugglers-with-facts; and that, in a country where the truth is what it is instructed to be, reality quite literally… — Salman Rushdie
The key isn't winning -- or losing, it's making the attempt. I may never be what I ought to be, want to be -- but… — Chris Claremont
As incisively pointed out in the documentary Food Inc.," an overwhelmingly large percentage of "new," healthy," and "organic" alternative food products are actually owned by… — Anthony Bourdain
The numbing mind-ream of knowing you're alone not because people won't accept you but because you find so little worth accepting. An imposed solitude is… — Jhonen Vasquez
And knowing that the only alternative to your grief is the nothingness thatâ€™s fast approaching, you try to embrace your own sorrow, to be open… — Ron Currie Jr.
We need to let our children grow up to face the world armed with knowledge, with much more knowledge than we ourselves had at their… — Daniel Dennett
When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative. — Harold S. Kushner
What hope is there for individual reality or authenticity when the forces of violence and orthodoxy, the earthly powers of guns and bombs and manipulated… — Ben Okri

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