#rather

I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#aside #astronaut #astronauts #could #done

I'm not really into gourmet food; I'm the kind of guy who just stops by a place that looks good rather than heading for the restaurant of the moment. ↗

— Lee Child

#good #gourmet #guy #heading #i

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#apt #change #circumstances #dwells #especially

The reality is that we are hated not because of our democracy, freedoms, and generous social security system; rather, we are hated because of our involvement in foreign conflicts and quarrels that were never our concern. ↗

— Amir Butler

#concern #conflicts #democracy #foreign #freedoms

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#condemns #good #half #loudly #moderate

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor. ↗

— Lord Byron

#emperor #i #nod #rather #than

I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own. ↗

— Jon Favreau

#because #call #chance #fail #figure

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#had #i #rather #rome #second

If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

#feel #him #laugh #legs #man

My musical knowledge is so bad it's embarrassing. When composers discuss music with someone as primitive as myself, they have to talk about it in terms of senses and emotion, rather than keys and tempo. ↗

— Jane Campion

#bad #composers #discuss #embarrassing #emotion