All Quotes

I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.
‐‐ Davy Crockett

I would rather be called a character actor than a star.
‐‐ Louis Jourdan

I would rather be erring on the side of common-sense pragmatism and doing everything possible so that I felt that no stone was left unturned in terms of trying to protect school children.
‐‐ John Larson

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
‐‐ Thomas Jefferson

I would rather be having a burger and beers with my mates but I can't do that when I know I've got to dance.
‐‐ Michael Flatley

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
‐‐ Aeschylus

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.
‐‐ Aneurin Bevan

I would rather be known as 'Jim Kolbe, the trade expert in Congress who happens to be gay,' rather than 'Jim Kolbe, gay congressman from Arizona.'
‐‐ Jim Kolbe

I would rather be loved by somebody who respected me.
‐‐ Jennifer Tilly

I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff.
‐‐ Richard Gere

I would rather be lying in a bed than changing one.
‐‐ Usain Bolt

I would rather be nuts than unattractive.
‐‐ Russell Smith

I would rather be on stage playing to 25 people with a band I love and the music I love than learning dance moves I don't want to do for 25,000 people.
‐‐ Drake Bell

I would rather be on the set than doing anything.
‐‐ Orson Welles

I would rather be part of something that is entertaining than realistic.
‐‐ Justin Kirk

I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.
‐‐ Davy Crockett

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
‐‐ Thomas Babington Macaulay

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.
‐‐ Alexander Smith

I would rather be respected than elected.
‐‐ Charles Edison

I would rather be right than President.
‐‐ Henry Clay

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.
‐‐ John F. Kerry

I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
‐‐ Daddy Yankee

I would rather be tough on myself than have other people be tough on me.
‐‐ Nicole Kidman

I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.
‐‐ Jesse Ventura

I would rather be with my kids than anybody else.
‐‐ Louis C. K.

I would rather be without a state than without a voice.
‐‐ Edward Snowden

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.
‐‐ Bob Feller

I would rather buy Indian equities than the S&P 500.
‐‐ Marc Faber

I would rather clean than beg.
‐‐ Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
‐‐ Corazon Aquino

I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; Him I love who rose again because of us.
‐‐ Ignatius of Antioch

I would rather die early than enter Malacanang.
‐‐ Rodrigo Duterte

I would rather die in freedom on my way back home than starve to death here.
‐‐ Morning Star

I would rather die than be a serious artist, or a fake artist.
‐‐ David LaChapelle

I would rather die than do a play - 10 years in solitary instead.
‐‐ Alan Arkin

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.
‐‐ Joan of Arc

I would rather die than see my face in a car advertisement.
‐‐ Azzedine Alaia

I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
‐‐ Democritus

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.
‐‐ Charles Durning

I would rather do a project that I've invested so much time to, rather than try to get a part on another show.
‐‐ Emily Kinney

I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.
‐‐ Miranda Richardson

I would rather do movies because I'm very lazy and the hours are much easier.
‐‐ Michael Vartan

I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'
‐‐ Guillaume Canet

I would rather do surrogacy before adopting. If I can't do it, I'd rather find someone who would do it for me.
‐‐ Tasha Smith

I would rather do three or four small parts every year as opposed to some of the lower-hanging fruit that might get my name above the title.
‐‐ Jason Bateman

I would rather do twenty TV series than go through what I went through under that Rank contract I signed a few years ago for which I blame no one but myself.
‐‐ Patrick McGoohan

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

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.
‐‐ Harriet Ann Jacobs

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
‐‐ John D. Rockefeller

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
‐‐ Plutarch