Rather Quotes

10955 Rather quotes by 5999 unique authors

We must be trying to learn who we really are rather than trying to tell ourselves who we should be. — John Powell
I am not sexually attracted to women. I would rather sleep with an ugly man than with a woman. — Susan Ward
I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards. — Carter Burwell
Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from… — Unknown Author
It doesn't annoy me but I think of myself as a presenter who is gay, rather than a gay presenter. It's a subtle distinction, but… — Evan Davis
Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing.… — Hugh Prather
I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be… — Bobby Knight
Solitude in the city is about the lack of other people or rather their distance beyond a door or wall, but in remote places it… — Rebecca Solnit
Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance. We may hate a person because he… — Sydney J. Harris
Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one's hunches about somebody one has… — William Saroyan
I never thought very many people in the world were very much like John Laroche, but I realized more and more that he was only… — Susan Orlean
I kept imagining these people, just living their daily lives, and then having them suddenly ended in unjust tragedy. When we watch the news, we… — Donald Miller
I would rather be hated every damn day of my life for being real than loved for being something I'm not. — Aubrey O'Day
The happiness that may emerge from taking a second look is central to Proust's therapeutic conception. It reveals the extent to which our dissatisfactions may… — Alain de Botton
You fill yourself with the sharp pain of love, rather than its fulfillment. — Unknown Author
I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth. — Nelson Goodman
The most common mistake students of literature make is to go straight for what the poem or novel says, setting aside the way that it… — Terry Eagleton
I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays — Beth Henley
Rather than converting people from one organised religion to another organised religion, we should try to convert people from misery to happiness, from bondage to… — S. N. Goenka
The goal of inner work is to help clients unblock their bottlenecks and learn how to live in partnership with the unconscious rather than at… — Robert Johnson
What distinguishes [Afropolitans] is a willingness to complicate Africa – namely, to engage with, critique, and celebrate the parts of Africa that mean most to… — Taiye Selasi
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.… — Isoroku Yamamoto
Every family has a story, and I love that those stories are etched in sand rather than granite. That way we can change them. We… — Diane Chamberlain
I am a much happier 27-year-old than I was at 20 years old. I am so fortunate because I have an amazing family, amazing friends… — Meryl Davis
If the first casualty of war is innocence, then perhaps with each bullet fired, bomb detonated, leader overthrown, wall built, economy destroyed and family member… — Michael Franti

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