Rather Quotes

10955 Rather quotes by 5999 unique authors

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather… — Ezra Pound
The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction. Curiosity is the… — Samuel Johnson
People learn more on their own rather than being force fed. — Socrates
Always listen to what people need rather than what they are thinking about us. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We use NVC to evaluate ourselves in ways that engender growth rather than self-hatred. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We do not look for compromise; rather, we seek to resolve the conflict to everyone's complete satisfaction. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We want to take action out of the desire to contribute to life rather than out of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame,… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it.… — Laurell K. Hamilton
For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to… — John Bunyan
To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
'What I believe' is a process rather than a finality. Finalities are for gods and governments, not for the human intellect. — Emma Goldman
It was play rather than work which enabled man to evolve his higher faculties - everything we mean by the word 'culture'. — Herbert Read
Academic staff rather enjoy coming to conclusions, but they don't like coming to decisions at all. — Unknown Author
If the consequences are the same it is always better to assume the more limited antecedent, since in things of nature the limited, as being… — Aristotle
Seeing consists of the grasping of structural features rather than the indiscriminate recording of detail. — Rudolf Arnheim
How much of what we call 'reality' is actually out there or rather within our own head? — Philip K. Dick
What is possible and what is not possible is not objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the author and… — Philip K. Dick
The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude. — Riccardo Muti
Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition. — Riccardo Muti
All the same it is being said everywhere that I played too softly, or rather, too delicately for people used to the piano-pounding of the… — Frederic Chopin
On my fortieth birthday, rather than merely bore my friends by having anything as mundane as a midlife crisis I decided it might be more… — Alan Moore
It's somehow more comforting to imagine that one's suffering is unique, and to measure against what one doesn't know, rather than against what one does. — Chris Ware
I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them. — Harvey Pekar
I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much… — Ulysses S. Grant

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