Alternative Quotes

736 quotes by 620 authors

They did not submit to the obvious alternative, which was simply to close the eyes and fall. So easy, really. Go limp and tumble to… — Tim O'Brien
Faith is the commitment of one's consciousness to beliefs for which one has no sensory evidence or rational proof. When man rejects reason as his… — Nathaniel Branden
Because the alternative sucks! — Rachel Vincent
We paid for this instead of a generation of health insurance, or an alternative energy grid, or a brand-new system of roads and highways. With… — Matt Taibbi
Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative." "Which is?" "Not even trying." Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's short, you know? — Sarah Dessen
Nobody wants to fall into a safety net, because it means the structure in which they've been living is in a state of collapse and… — Daniel Handler
Whenever you make a big decision in life, at least any decision where you have a viable alternative, there is an inevitable uneasy aftermath. Anxiety… — Emily Giffin
You know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? - Medicine. — Tim Minchin
I know that if you don't look for an alternative, Sophos, you certainly won't find one. — Megan Whalen Turner
...Don't rupture another's illusion unless you're positive the alternative you offer is more worthwhile than that from which you're wrenching them. Interrogate your solipsism: Does… — Jonathan Lethem
If we donâ€™t want to define ourselves by things as superficial as our appearances, weâ€™re stuck with the revolting alternative of being judged by our… — Ellen DeGeneres
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. — Winston Churchill
There will be consequences for this, he thought. You can't alter time and not be affected. But whatever the consequences are, I will bear them,… — Eoin Colfer
Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found. — Winston Churchill
I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
Compassionate action starts with seeing yourself when you start to make yourself right and when you start to make yourself wrong. At that point you… — Pema Chodron
We have to joke about it because the alternative is to be scared — Suzanne Collins
Why would a man not argue his own shameful culpability, why would he not crave responsibility for disaster, when the alternative was to feel himself… — Julie Orringer
This was what happiness felt like - this wondrous, miraculous alternative to dread. — Meg Rosoff
Mary frowned. A vampire doctor. Talk about exploring your alternative therapies. — J R Ward

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