Rather Quotes
10955 Rather quotes by 5999 unique authors
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The parochial snobbery of these people was partly responsible for their failure to convert the Indians. Probably they also preferred to take land from heathens…
— Arthur Miller
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The aggressive, unprovoked acts of violence against Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are revealing. It is clear they don't want peace, but rather seek the…
— John Boehner
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It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be a…
— Frank Borman
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
— Nancy Astor
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I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right…
— Janet Suzman
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Jealousy is the fire of envy that seeks to destroy another's beauty, rather than to create its own.
— Wes Fesler
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I found that stiffly saluting member, of which he was so proud, rather frightening, and to tell the truth I found his pride slightly comical.…
— Anne Desclos
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Keep me rather in this cage, and feed me sparingly, if you dare. Anything that brings me closer to illness and the edge of death…
— Anne Desclos
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In true budo there is no enemy or opponent. True budo is to become one with the universe, not train to become powerful or to…
— Morihei Ueshiba
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Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and…
— Helio Gracie
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I add my personal witness: Our missionaries are not salesmen with wares to peddle; rather, they are servants of the Most High God, with testimonies…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Our clothing, while modest and simple, should be of good quality . . . It should be chosen for durability rather than display.
— Ellen G. White
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My situation is a solemn one: life is offered to me on the condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will…
— George Bernard Shaw
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King of the animals-- as thou hast described him-- I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest--because thou doest only help…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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To the greatest extent possible, I try to make choices that involve the least amount of cruelty and environmental damage. I'm interested in sustainable agriculture,…
— Unknown Author
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Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems,…
— Benjamin Spock
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It is not consistent with truth that a man should sacrifice half of his stomach only to God-that he should be sober in drinking, but…
— Tertullian
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You're the only one who knows when you're using things to protect yourself and keep your ego together and when you're opening and letting things…
— Pema Chodron
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A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of…
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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If you are ever going to lie, you go to jail for the lie rather than the crime. So believe me, don't ever lie.
— Richard M. Nixon
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The ethics of excellence are grounded in action - what you actually do, rather than what you say you believe. Talk, as the saying goes,…
— Price Pritchett
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If you believe the noises of the world, rather than the silences of your soul, you will be lost.
— Neale Donald Walsch
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I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.
— Karl G. Maeser
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A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather by what emotional impulses he has received from Nature during…
— Albert Einstein
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