#rather

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'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#been #beginning #great #i #myself

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it. ↗

— Lenny Bruce

#allow #enough #give #plus #public

I don't really like to go out to clubs or anything. It's just not my style. I'd much rather go to a dive bar or a local place. ↗

— Anna Faris

#bar #clubs #dive #go #i

The Court made an exception, however, in the case of candidates contributing to their own campaigns because of the rather reasonable presumption that a candidate is incapable of corrupting himself. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#campaigns #candidate #candidates #case #contributing

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#directory #entrust #faculty #first #government

Magneto has a whole lot of complexity to him. Emotionally, he's coming from a very damaged place. I like the ambivalence of it. I want the audience leaving the theater wondering, asking the questions themselves rather than being spoon-fed like a lot of these super-villain characters. ↗

— Michael Fassbender

#asking #audience #being #characters #coming

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