All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.
We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books.
I've had my heart broken, and it's not fun. But I'd rather have my heart broken than break someone else's heart.
My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for.
They say if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road. I say I’d rather be part of the road than the seat on the steamroller.
I’d rather count to one billion, than waste my time thinking I could count on you.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?
I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician.
I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage something that may be rather nice.
If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.
I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way.
That Seaman is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror rather than at the ball. You can't keep goal with hair like that.
For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.
I once said that CGI makes you less inventive. At the time I was bemoaning the loss of the practical stunt. If a stunt can be done practically and safely, I'd rather do it old-style.
Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time.
I don't want to spend all my time working as an activist. I don't get satisfaction out of it. I'd rather be doing something else. I'm a musician.
We are quite a way off before people travel around the world without cash in their pockets. The growth of plastic and electronic transactions have tended to impact traveller's cheques rather than cash.
John McClane: But, all things being equal, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.
King George VI: Waiting for me to... commence a conversation, one can wait rather a long wait.
Arnie Metzger: Stay out of things. Helena Ayala: That is going to be rather difficult when all the evidence is against us.
