Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible.Jimmy Connors
So I'd rather have a defense that's successful where everyone's comfortable in their positions. Michael Strahan
Social media is called social media for a reason. It lends itself to sharing rather than horn-tooting. Margaret Atwood
Some guys travel with expensive Louis Vuitton luggage but it gets all scratched up under the plane. I'd rather not spend too much money on something that's just going to get messed up. James Harden
Sometimes I try to concentrate on the story I would like to write, and I realize that what interests me is something else entirely, or, rather, not anything precise but everything that does not fit in what I ought to write. Italo Calvino
Sometimes I try to concentrate on the story I would like to write, and I realize that what interests me is something else entirely, or, rather, not anything precise but everything that does not fit in what I ought to write. Italo Calvino
The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a greater humanity than the European, which even among its beggars has an all too professional air. Mary McCarthy
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted. Mother Teresa
The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.plato
The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science. Bill Toomey
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. Aristotle
The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.Lord Chesterfield
The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.Neil Armstrong
The only security for the American people today, or for any people, is to be found through the control of force rather than the use of force. Norman Cousins
The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three days Whitey Herzog
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. Mark Twain
The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that you'd take on vacation and rather than going out, you'd read in your hotel room because you had to find out what happened. Hopefully that's what readers are responding to. Harlan Coben