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

Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

On the same line of reasoning if Australians were to be Australians or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land there would be no jealousy between them on England's account.

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.

It's part of a writer's profession as it's part of a spy's profession to prey on the community to which he's attached to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely.

Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.

My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

I always believe it's better to have 30 imaginations working on a project rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do.

I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given the mind rests satisfied and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings.

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first rather than the heart it being much more sensitive.

He has such a patronizing tone and manner and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No I think he came pretty much off the page.

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

I think they'd rather us follow our hearts and I hope that's what some people will understand.

Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.

I would hope they would be our fellow artists rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.

I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me.

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

Every time I took a long leave from home I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather take possession of what is my birthright my inheritance.

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.