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I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by a dryrot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in a magnificient glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

– Jack London, Personal CredoRate it:

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

– Thomas Jefferson, to Archibald Stuart, 1791Rate it:

I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.

– Julius CaesarRate it:

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

– Alexander SmithRate it:

I would rather be right and die than be wrong and kill.

– Holly LisleRate it:

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

– John KerryRate it:

I would rather be the hammer than the anvil.

– Marshal rommelRate it:

I would rather cherish nightmares than dreams in life for at least the former has the power to wake me up from my sleep.

– Shayan DasRate it:

I would rather climb for you since FALLING usually is out of control and sometimes causes us to get hurt. However, climbing for someone is at our own pace and gets us to a higher place quicker than falling, which obviously brings us down.

– Jay AbionaRate it:

I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.

– Allah NazarRate it:

I would rather discover one scientific fact than become King of Persia.

– DemocritusRate it:

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

– John D. RockefellerRate it:

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.

– Woodrow WilsonRate it:

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail.

– Woodrow WilsonRate it:

I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue.

– Dolly Payne Todd MadisonRate it:

I would rather get shot in the face with a canon on my birthday.

– Sally LangstonRate it:

I would rather have a grave in Colombia than a jail cell in the U.S.

– Pablo EscobarRate it:

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

– Gerry SpenceRate it:

I would rather have accuracy and clarity than dwell in self-delusion.

– Jeff DavidsonRate it:

I would rather have an inferiority complex and be pleasantly surprised than have a superiority complex and be rudely awakened.

– Vanna BontaRate it:

I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.

– Richard FeynmanRate it:

I would rather live 10 years doing what I Love, than drag through Life 50 years, hating everyday I Live.

– RVMRate it:

I would rather live 10 years doing what I Love, than drag through Life 50 years, hating everyday I Live.-RVM

– RVMRate it:

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

– Alexander The GreatRate it:

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