#rather

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

#captain #else #fights #had #i

Each kid has a different level of expertise and some of them are very raw and inexperienced and some are incredibly mature and experienced. So you just have to go with what they are rather than have some abstract technique that you're going to try to apply to them. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#apply #different #different level #each #experienced

It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd rather spend my energy smiling. ↗

— Eric Davis

#i #lot #negative #painless #rather

We'd rather see a picture that we liked then dump on one we didn't. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#liked #picture #rather #see #then

Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil engineering which makes Britain tick - the bridges, tunnels, power and water networks, which bind us together. ↗

— Evan Davis

#bridges #britain #civil #deadly #engineering

Historically, the British have always been rather wary of grand engineering projects - perhaps understandably, given that many of them have been delivered late and over budget. ↗

— Evan Davis

#been #british #budget #delivered #engineering

It doesn't annoy me but I think of myself as a presenter who is gay, rather than a gay presenter. It's a subtle distinction, but that's how I view it. ↗

— Evan Davis

#distinction #gay #how #i #i think

I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run. ↗

— Bill Dickey

#great #hit #home #home run #i

I think, with the gay liberation movement has had need for heroes and heroines, and it would be rather nice to have Abraham Lincoln as your poster boy, wouldn't it? ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#abraham lincoln #boy #gay #had #heroes

It takes time and energy, and if I'm working, then I'd rather flop in front of the telly than put on a tiny dress and work out how to get myself to God knows where. I mean, lazy some would call it. ↗

— Daisy Donovan

#dress #energy #flop #front #get