#rather

For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor. ↗

— Quintilian

#better #born #destruction #dumb #employ

I definitely think that females have a harder time. It's a lot harder to be a girl because you're always in your head. I've heard my brother go and take it out on the football as he says. Whereas girls would rather sit down and over think things. ↗

— Nikki Reed

#because #brother #definitely #down #females

I'd rather have people really be able to step back and get their money's worth and look at me as a true artist than somebody who is just regurgitating other material. ↗

— Haley Reinhart

#artist #back #get #i #just

I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting. ↗

— Miranda Richardson

#blockbuster #film #had #i #made

Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#compliment #compliments #love #mean #men

Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#go #had #having #husband #loss

Women are like dogs really. They love like dogs, a little insistently. And they like to fetch and carry and come back wistfully after hard words, and learn rather easily to carry a basket. ↗

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

#back #basket #carry #come #dogs

I'd rather not have a moment when I'm known for my looks; being funny and interesting lasts longer. ↗

— Kelly Ripa

#being funny #funny #i #interesting #known

At the same time, much of it seems to have to do with recreating things we or others had already done; it seems rather derivative intellectually; is there a dearth of really new ideas? ↗

— Dennis Ritchie

#dearth #derivative #done #had #ideas

I feel that I'm leaving Williamstown too early, but I'd rather leave too early than too late. ↗

— Michael Ritchie

#feel #i #i feel #late #leave