Rather Quotes

10955 quotes by 5999 authors

We like to invent new disciplines or look at new problems, and invent bandwagons rather than jump on them. — Unknown Author
To worry about differences in earned incomes simply because some persons earn more than other persons is to wallow in envy. And envy is, and… — Donald J. Boudreaux
With a nonviolent movement we are still inviting a strong reaction from the government or ruling authorities. We are inviting a powerful reaction against ourselves.… — Tim DeChristopher
Today it is not a matter of â€˜conservingâ€™ the present or returning to a recent past that has failed, but rather of regaining possession of… — Guillaume Faye
So the Buddha is presenting awakening not as a single mystical experience that may come upon us at some meditation, some private moment of transcendence,… — Stephen Batchelor
I reject karma and rebirth not only because I find them unintelligible, but because I believe they obscure and distort what the Buddha was trying… — Stephen Batchelor
We can be consicous of how we tend to ignore or escape anguish rather than understand and accept it. We can be aware that even… — Stephen Batchelor
Yet Gotama's Dhamma is more than just a series of axioms. It is to be lived rather than simply adopted and believed in. It entails… — Stephen Batchelor
Agnosticism is no excuse for indecision. If anything, it is a catalyst for action; for in shifting concern away from a future life and back… — Stephen Batchelor
In anthropology, which historically exists to 'give voice' to others, there is no greater taboo than self-revelation. The impetus of our discipline, with its roots… — Ruth Behar
I think fiction allows us to sit for a while with people we would rather not meet. — Unknown Author
On closer inspection, the hero status accorded to Abraham, Moses and David in the Old Testament (and echoed in the New Testament) is rooted not… — Paul Copan
Iâ€™d rather protect a living, breathing person I can touch than some shogun above the clouds Iâ€™ll never see. — Unknown Author
But the world is out there, and it understands that the illusion of knowledge and freedom is not the same as the real thing. Eventually… — Aimee Carter
Indeed, the term body (jism), organs ('arad), extent (mutahayyiz) and their like are all newly-invented terminologies. We have mentioned many a time before that the… — Ibn Taymiyyah
I'd rather people love me or hate me than have no opinion of me. Indifference is scary. — Lady Gaga
Iâ€™d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who canâ€™t play. — Charles Barkley
Iâ€™m trying to make other people recognize something of themselves rather than me. — Cindy Sherman
Frankly, I was extremely jealous of his scenes with Zoe Saldana and I think it's totally unfair that I never got to do that. I… — Leonard Nimoy
Iâ€™d rather look chubby on screen and like a person in real life. — Jennifer Lawrence

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