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10955 Rather quotes by 5999 unique authors

I'd rather lose and live in Provo than win and live in Laramie — LaVell Edwards
As concerning football, I protest unto you that it may rather be called a friendly kind of fight than a play or recreation - a… — Philip Stubbs
With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail rather than in… — Peter Singer
Expert tutors often do not help very much. They hang back letting the student manage as much as possible. And when things go awry, rather… — Mark Lepper
The richest values of wilderness lie not in the days of Daniel Boone, nor even in the present, but rather in the future. — Aldo Leopold
Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs. — Felix Klein
How I like claret!...It fills one's mouth with a gushing freshness, then goes down to cool and feverless; then, you do not feel it quarrelling… — John Keats
...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in… — Seneca the Younger
Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people! — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. And let my liver rather heat with wine, than my heart cool with mortifying groans. — William Shakespeare
The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself. — Walter Scott
If you're a gay person I'd rather not be stuck in a lift with you. — Kerry King
Consequently, heretics and schismatics, separated from the unity of this Body, are able to receive the same Sacrament, but with no benefit to themselves; indeed,… — Saint Augustine
The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know. — William Ralph Inge
We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge. We should not… — Chris Hedges
Existence was given us for action, rather than indolent and aimless contemplation; our worth is determined by the good deeds we do, rather than by… — Elias Lyman Magoon
The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Saviour from Hell rather than a Saviour from sin. And… — Arthur W. Pink
It is an error to believe that Christ did not teach a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times and to all men, but… — Pope Pius X
The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to… — Bob Kane
I don't mind UFO's and ghost stories, it's just that I tend to give value to the storyteller rather than to the story itself. — Robert Stack
If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers,… — Unknown Author
Most angelic communications are felt or heard rather than seen. — Dallin H. Oaks
The path to eternal life is not on a plateau. Rather, it is an incline, ever onward and upward. Hence, ever-increasing spiritual understanding and energy… — Keith K. Hilbig
As an enlisted sailor, I don't feel that the Navy is advancing me in rank fast enough, so I'm going to change my last name… — Brad Wilkerson
All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working? — Lawrence Summers

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