#rather

Vices are often habits rather than passions. ↗

— Antoine Rivarol

#often #passions #rather #than #vices

I'd rather call myself a mischief-maker, an imp, rather than a satirist. Satirist sounds so self important. Plus no one is calling himself an imp right now. It makes me feel special. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#calling #feel #himself #i #important

When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#comes #coverage #dying #event #focus

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#corporate #giving #much #nature #philanthropic

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#accepted #new #out #paths #rather

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#efforts #i #my own #off #own

And our size: The company this year is going to be close to $50 billion, so if that's the case and you can continue to grow that fast, I would rather put my energies to solving customer problems and growing our business than worrying about integrating and laying people off. ↗

— Kevin Rollins

#billion #business #case #close #company

Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#become #decisions #intelligence #made #many

This seems to be the law of progress in everything we do; it moves along a spiral rather than a perpendicular; we seem to be actually going out of the way, and yet it turns out that we were really moving upward all the time. ↗

— Frances E. Willard

#along #everything #going #law #moves

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them. ↗

— Lyman Abbott

#am #buy #cultivate #dirt #flowers