#rather

In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while. ↗

— George Grosz

#discharged #few #free #free man #given

I'm not trying to say that it never hurt or that I never felt its sting, but I can honestly say that I never blamed anybody for racism. I have considered it more of a manifestation of humanity's problem rather than my personal problem. ↗

— Robert Guillaume

#blamed #considered #felt #honestly #humanity

I am now seventy, rather glad, really, that I won't live to see the horrors to come in the 21st century. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#am #century #come #glad #horrors

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#clear #intelligence #rather #requires #than

Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science. ↗

— James Inhofe

#fear #global #global warming #much #over

Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument? ↗

— Adolph Zukor

#because #here #instrument #lose #our

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#function #god #influence #nature #prayer

How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. ↗

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#about #angry #circumstance #does #feel

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#balanced #budgets #cover #ever #goal

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#because #friendship #good #good marriage #love