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The marvelous maturity of London! I would rather be dead in this town than preening my feathers in heaven.


Nicholas Monsarrat

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CHARLES EVERS I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.
DAVY CROCKETT I would rather go to heaven alone than go to hell in company.
R. A. TORREY I would rather go to heaven alone than go to hell in company.
R.A. TORREY People are so ungrateful they would rather sleep in their bed of nails rather than in my bed of flow...
ANDONI GARCIA I would rather be dead, than go back to being silent and suffocated.
TAHEREH MAFI I would rather live with the woman I love in a world full of trouble, than to live in heaven with no...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark would burn out in a brilliant blaze ...
JACK LONDON I would kiss you in the middle of the ocean during a lightning storm cuz I'd rather be left for d...
ANDREA GIBSON Is not this house [the Tower of London] as nigh heaven as my own?
THOMAS MORE My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
SADIE FROST I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze...
JACK LONDON I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze...
JACK LONDON Even those who want to go to heaven would rather kill than be killed.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA When your maturity is derived from circumstantial factors other than faith, your level of maturity w...
T. B. JOSHUA She’d rather be anonymous in a big city than infamous in a small town.
LORELEI JAMES But unlike Mama, I would not go to heaven. My secrets padlocked the gates. I'd be a torn kite stuck ...
RUTA SEPETYS I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze...
JACK LONDON I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificen...
JACK LONDON 'London' is a gallery of sensation of impressions. It is a history of London in a thematic r...
PETER ACKROYD I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant ...
JACK LONDON Rather be dead than cool.
KURT COBAIN Rather be dead than cool
KURT COBAIN I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
AESCHYLUS I would rather write a book without a title if my true friend chooses to live in a million dollar ho...
DUOP CHAK WUOL I, the soul called Wanderer, love you, human Ian. And that will never change, no matter what I might...
STEPHENIE MEYER If I were a Roman Catholic, I should turn a heretic, in sheer desperation, because I would rather go...
CHARLES SPURGEON I never cared but for one thing, and that is, simply to know that I am right before my Father in Hea...
BRIGHAM YOUNG I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
HARRY S TRUMAN For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I'd rather be dead than cool.
KURT COBAIN I'd rather be dead than red
AMERICAN PROVERB I would rather be in minority and be right, than in the majority and wrong.
JODI PICOULT I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nat...
JESSE VENTURA I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and posse...
PLUTARCH I would rather die than see my face in a car advertisement.
AZZEDINE ALAIA I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.
PATRICE LECONTE If I hadn't of had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive.
JAMES HETFIELD I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45.
MICK JAGGER I might have made more money if I had outsourced to India, and I knew I'd find it easier to hire...
JOHN CAUDWELL I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only about 350 people. I lived there unti...
WARREN CHRISTOPHER I would rather be damned by my honesty, than caged by my lies.
OMEGA MAVERICK People are so stubborn they would rather sleep in their bed of nails rather than in my bed of flower...
ANDONI GARCIA I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm.
WILLIAM KIDD In my life outdoors, I've observed that animals of almost any variety will stand in a windy plac...
TIM CAHILL I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than set in the seat of the mighty.
ALBEN WILLIAM BARKLEY Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.
JANE AUSTEN She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl...
IN THE MAKING I'd rather be dead than think about death
BRENDAN BEHAN The principles now planted in thy bosom will grow, and one day reach maturity; and in that maturity ...
DAVID THOMAS I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
PHAEDRUS I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
PHAEDRUS We would rather be ruined than changed, We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the...
W. H. AUDEN I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.
JULIUS CAESAR I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.
ALBEN W. BARKLEY When I graduated from high school, I made the decision to pursue my dance training in London, Englan...
CATHERINE MARY STEWART You have doubtless heard, my dear mother, the misfortune of Madame de Chartres, whose child is born ...
MARIE ANTOINETTE Rather than let this collection gather dust in my basement … I thought this would be the perfect wa...
BARBARA PARKER Cute. I think I would prefer to be stabbed in the eye rather than be called cute.
ILONA ANDREWS I'm devastated, just devastated. Never in my wildest dreams did I think anyone in the town of Garner...
JANICE STEPHENSON I love you now for what we've already shared, and I love you now in anticipation of all that's to co...
NICHOLAS SPARKS There isn't an hour of my life without you in it. I mend the boats, test them and all the while the ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
ZAC BROWN I am primarily a lawyer. I would rather play in the game than be the umpire.
LEWIS F. POWELL, JR. For I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.
ALBEN W. BARKLEY My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I...
DANIEL RADCLIFFE People would rather sleep In their bed of nails rather than in my bed of flowers simply because a fe...
ANDONI GARCIA I wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in...
EDWARD RUSCHA I would rather be first in a small village in Gaul than second in command in Rome
JULIUS CAESAR I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county than in the han...
ROBERT MORGENTHAU There's sand in the porridge and sand in the bed, / And if this is pleasure we'd rather be dead.
NOEL COWARD I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus, I will refrain from pointing out that we're n...
, IN THE NEW REPUBLIC To me heaven would be a big bull ring with me holding two barrera seats and a trout stream outside t...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY May you be fourty years in heaven before the devil knows your dead.
IRISH BLESSINGS It is a marvelous planet on which we ride. It is a great privilege to live thereon, to partake in th...
LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY In this war - as in others - I am less interested in honoring the dead than in preventing the dead.
BUTLER SHAFFER I would rather die in freedom on my way back home than starve to death here.
DULL KNIFE I would rather die in freedom on my way back home than starve to death here.
MORNING STAR I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
AESCHYLUS Rather than teach,"be good so as to make heaven", teach be good for this is what makes you better & ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) From 15 to 18 is an age at which one is very sensitive to the sins of others, as I know from recolle...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the de...
LORD CHESTERFIELD i wonder what would happen if I started to believe it could be a possibility rather than blocking my...
NIKKI ROWE At the same time, I would rather be playing than sitting home. This is our last chance to show the p...
ANTHONY TOLLIVER I imagined the Augustus Waters analysis of that comment: If I am playing basketball in heaven, does ...
JOHN GREEN I would rather have Steven available for the next month rather than just 80 minutes of this match.
RAFAEL BENITEZ I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck
STANLEY BALDWIN I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck.
STANLEY BALDWIN I will live by the standard of reason, and if thinking in accordance with reason takes me to perditi...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.
LUDWIG FEUERBACH I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.
JOHN F. KERRY I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.
JOHN KERRY For this, i give a remembrance to the baby that did not make it to this world. For although i am who...
GARY F EVANS... I'd rather be dead than singing Satisfaction when I'm forty-five.
MICK JAGGER I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five.
MICK JAGGER Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stell...
MARIE WINDSOR I would far rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils
AESCHYLUS I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth.
STEVE MCQUEEN I would like for Nicholas to have spent more time here, but he lives in England.
HARVEY GALLOWAY

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-...
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I might be bad at it.
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Wit...
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NICHOLAS SPARKS Wait. Let me guess. You’re giving me the cold shoulder, right?”
With that, she sighed. “S...
NICHOLAS SPARKS At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it...
NICHOLAS SPARKS Change not only was inevitable, but usually brought its own rewards.
NICHOLAS SPARKS When I was seventeen, I don't think I even knew what love was. But when it's right, it's right, and ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there a...
NICHOLAS SPARKS God, he suddenly understood, was love in its purest form, and in these last months with his children...
NICHOLAS SPARKS People didn't change. they liked what they liked even if they didn't understand why.
NICHOLAS SPARKS As far as I can tell, dumping soda on people is the equivalent of ‘Hi, it’s nice to meet you’ ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS Love is fragile. And we're not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we...
NICHOLAS SPARKS A story about family, first loves, second chances, and the moments in life that leads you back home
NICHOLAS SPARKS I call it God Light, because it reminds me of heaven. Every time the light shines through the window...
NICHOLAS SPARKS Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening i...
NICHOLAS SPARKS I’m stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium vol...
NICHOLAS SPARKS In a lifetime of mistakes, you two are the greatest things that have ever happened to me.
NICHOLAS SPARKS She was a stranger now, but she'd been a friend once, and that was enough for him.
NICHOLAS SPARKS The pieces all fit together. Yet everything was falling apart.
NICHOLAS SPARKS Emotions come and go and can't be controlled so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the e...
NICHOLAS SPARKS He liked her; it was as simple as that.
NICHOLAS SPARKS He was ordinary in a world that loved the extraordinary.
NICHOLAS SPARKS He stared at her, knowing with certainty that he was falling in love. He pulled her close and kissed...
NICHOLAS SPARKS you have to love something before you can hate it.
NICHOLAS SPARKS Truth only means something when it's hard to admit.
NICHOLAS SPARKS Mom says it's because she has PMS.
Do you even know what that means?
"I'm not a little kid...
NICHOLAS SPARKS Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. S...
NICHOLAS SPARKS I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse.
NICHOLAS BRETON The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
NICHOLAS CHAMFORT Speak to me of love, said St Francis to the almond tree, and the tree blossomed.
NICHOLAS KAZANTZAKIS An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautiful...
NICHOLAS CHAMFORT Inevitably it follows that anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes a...
NICHOLAS THARCHER People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.
NICHOLAS CHAMFORT His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.
NICHOLAS CHAMFORT It's hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can't understand. Teaches the...
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