Rather Quotes
10955 quotes by 6380 authors
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Often there are players who have only football as a way of expressing themselves and never develop other interests. And when they no longer play…
— Eric Cantona
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I do get the comics online I guess but it's such a pain. I'd rather just get them in the paper and read them.
— Drew Carey
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I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.
— Mariah Carey
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If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very…
— George Carlin
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I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own…
— Thomas Carlyle
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I would rather clean than beg.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away…
— John le Carre
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Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.
— John le Carre
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'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more…
— Lewis Carroll
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I don't want my kids to grow up with no father like I did. I came to the conclusion a while ago that you can…
— Benjamin Carson
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I think the movie business is in trouble. It's all movies that you've seen before. Everything's a remake; they want things that are familiar rather…
— Graydon Carter
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Somewhere along the way, New York became all about money. Or rather, it was always about money, but it wasn't all about money, if you…
— Graydon Carter
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It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each…
— Fred Allen
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On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I…
— Jimmy Carter
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An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready…
— Nick Cave
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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
— Raymond Chandler
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The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave…
— Lord Chesterfield
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