But I'd rather not predict. I'd rather affect.
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
Individuals with significant care needs increasingly receive services in their homes rather than in institutional settings. And correspondingly, residential care increasingly is provided by professionals employed by third-party agencies rather than by workers hired directly by care recipients and their families.
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.
I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.
I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure.
Now I find seriousness to be rather ridiculous.
I would rather be without a state than without a voice.
We are staunch and true and in rather a champagne mood.
With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in.
Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.
Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
Intellectually, Stephen was a towering giant. Bodily, he was as helpless as a newborn. The functions I fulfilled were all maternal rather than marital.
I'd rather be voted 'the sexiest man in Denmark' than 'the ugliest man in Denmark'.
Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous.
I'd rather have a house that's nice but usable.
I'd rather be a victor than a victim.