#rather

Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a few thousand years of human culture rather than the fifteen billion years of the history of the universe. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#beings #billion #course #culture #deny

The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#issues #journalists #leadership #pay #pay attention

I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#career #college #going #i #movie

Rather than dividing the world between good and evil, the Left divided the world in terms of economics. Economic classes, not moral values, explained human behavior. Therefore, to cite a common example, poverty, not one's moral value system, or lack of it, caused crime. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#between #caused #cite #classes #common

It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren't doing. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#much #rather #someone #something #unless

I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#choose #die #fatal #help #i

I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#alzheimer #any #atrophy #best #could

Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference. ↗

— Hugh Prather

#difference #feedback #hate #hates #i

We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax breaks for the wealthy than for police officers who are protecting our communities. ↗

— David E. Price

#bills #breaks #comes #communities #country

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body. ↗

— Pythagoras

#body #choose #rather #soul #strong