#rather

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#door #him #imprisoned #inwards #long

I like to believe that rather than destroy icons, I make new ones. ↗

— Andres Serrano

#destroy #i #icons #like #make

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

#could #i #life #live #mind

Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard. ↗

— Mahmoud Abbas

#aim #aimed #apartheid #believe #cause

Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#climbing #done #floating #grand #grand canyon

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at all and where the law was clear on that, I think CBS and Mary Mapes and Dan Rather and all of us had a very good chance of winning. So this is an ongoing battle about an issue of principle. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#battle #cbs #chance #clear #dan

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. ↗

— Samuel Adams

#freedom #irate #keen #majority #men

I don't really have an issue with showing certain parts of my body. I'd rather not, but it's not a big deal. Growing up in Sweden, it's natural over there. ↗

— Malin Akerman

#big deal #body #certain #deal #growing

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#blunder #committed #dear #debarred #his

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#communicate #concealed #critic #discover #dwell