Rather Quotes

10955 Rather quotes by 5999 unique authors

Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities. — Stephen Covey
There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas… — Peter Weir
Have more than one idea on the go at any one time. If it's a choice between writing a book and doing nothing I will… — Geoff Dyer
I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything… — Bobby Knight
It is not important to be successful at what you undertake, but rather to undertake what you'd like to succeed at. — Unknown Author
Why (he wondered rhetorically) do people who have a position that's being attacked constantly state that they have a right to say it, as if… — Peter David
Today, rather than looking for the worst in people, I encourage you to look for what's best within them. — Robin Sharma
If then, said I, the question is put to me would I rather have a miserable ape for a grandfather or a man highly endowed… — Thomas Huxley
They say that if the Swiss had designed these mountains they'd be rather flatter. — Paul Theroux
I continued with whatever 'qualified climbers' I could con into this rather unpromising venture. — Warren G. Harding
Personally, I would rather climb in the high mountains. I have always abhorred the tremendous heat, the dirt-filled cracks, the ant-covered foul-smelling trees and bushes… — Yvon Chouinard
Ladies, we must remind ourselves that the weapon of the vote will be for us, just as it is for man, the only means of… — Unknown Author
I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your… — Florence Welch
There is no true Latter-day Saint who would not rather bury a son or a daughter than to have him or her lose his or… — Heber J. Grant
I'd rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part. — Ron White
Rather than hearing from the city council president, you'd hear from sources all across the country. — Jack Kelley
Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled,… — Sue Grafton
We are in the process of making the English language gender-neutral, and manliness, the quality of one gender, or rather, of one sex, seems to… — Harvey Mansfield
The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then undermined… — Michael Parenti
The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of the destruction multiplied… — Edward Gibbon
Being the owner of Dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor. Every sentence is a riot. Some day,… — Elwyn Brooks White
The Post-Dispatch will serve no party but the people; be no organ of Republicanism, but the organ of truth; will follow no causes bit its… — Joseph Pulitzer
Every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty to say something courageous and true; to rise above the mediocre and conventional; to… — Joseph Pulitzer
I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than learning to understand the material, — Eric Mazur
I have just been condemned, not to a shameful death, which can only apply to felons, but rather to finding your brother again...I seek forgiveness… — Marie Antoinette

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