#rather

If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands. ↗

— Polykarp Kusch

#brought #discredit #end #gifts #hands

In order to be able to give a girlfriend the amount of time she deserves, you would need time, and I just can't give her that. So, rather than being selfish or stupid enough to go into a relationship, it's just been easier to be single. ↗

— Ryan Kwanten

#amount #been #being #being selfish #deserves

My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#based #definition #destroy #discrimination #does

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#flexible #i #just #myself #perhaps

I'm rather inclined to liking people. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#inclined #liking #people #rather

When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#any #appear #current #day #error

People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other. ↗

— Johnny Rotten

#each #like #make #other #people

I also hang the pictures low rather than high, and particularly in the case of the largest ones, often as close to the floor as is feasible, for that is the way they are painted. ↗

— Mark Rothko

#case #close #feasible #floor #hang

Our experience is composed rather of illusions that of wisdom acquired. ↗

— Joseph Roux

#composed #experience #illusions #our #rather

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained. ↗

— Joseph Roux

#comprises #gained #illusions #lost #rather