#rather

Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is. ↗

— Daniel Boone

#breasts #companion #content #enjoyment #external

A diplomat had been kidnapped, a cabinet minister had been kidnapped, they were under threats of murder. The police forces were rather tired. After a whole week, we were unable to find those that had effected the kidnappings. ↗

— Robert Bourassa

#been #cabinet #diplomat #effected #find

I really like acting but, just now, the more I read a script I find myself thinking I'd like to direct rather than act. ↗

— Billy Boyd

#acting #direct #find #i #just

Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition. ↗

— Karel Capek

#cognition #creating #even #fighting #method

I'd rather be dead than dying. ↗

— Stephen Evans

#dying #i #rather #than

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid. ↗

— Richard Branson

#avoid #lightning #rather #something #which

I would find myself backing away from all of the "isms," all of the communities. I have always been able to be misused by every community But that is OK. I would rather be misused than neglected. ↗

— Anthony Braxton

#always #away #backing #been #communities

I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#comrades #crawl #did #front #i

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait. ↗

— Salvador Dali

#grow #his #i #i do #like

Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than to rest content with the fictions we manufacture out of each other. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#cannot #content #desire #each #fictions