#sooner

There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I not on the stage - they'd sooner slug me as they walked by me on the sidewalk. And I realized that I was way beyond the choir. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#beyond #choir #i #looked #me

We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be. ↗

— John Astin

#believe #better #better off #change #damaged

Live every day as if it is your last, and you'll be correct sooner than you otherwise would be. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#day #every #every day #last #live

In modelling, there is no point in trying to prove you have a brain, so why even bother? I'd sooner save the energy for something more meaningful. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#brain #energy #even #i #meaningful

Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian. ↗

— David Remnick

#complex #constant #enough #everything #happy

Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct action. The sooner people understand that, the sooner we'll begin to change things. ↗

— Arthur Scargill

#associations #begin #change #change things #demonstrations

Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning. ↗

— Roger Ascham

#attain #beating #children #driven #good

I would have answered your letter sooner, but you didn't send one. ↗

— Goodman Ace

#i #letter #send #sooner #would

In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I'd like to have finished my second album too, maybe even my third. I'd like a sound that sticks around that other people are inspired by and that people know is me. ↗

— Adele

#around #definitely #down #even #family

Every argument on lynching in the South gets back sooner or later to the question of rape. ↗

— Ray Stannard Baker

#back #every #gets #later #lynching