There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.
In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
The prestige of the international financial institutions rates less than zero.
In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education.
Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed to be Alchemists.
I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.
Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting.
I wanted to be a serious actress rather than a pretty face.
Prevention is better than cure.
My principles are more important than the money or my title.
TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.
Climate change poses a far greater threat to the outdoor industry than even the privatization of the public lands.
Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.
When I'm in the U.K. - and I'm here more than people would think - I tend to keep a very low profile.
The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.
Magazine clips with more than 10 rounds should be prohibited from civilian use.
I'd rather proliferate funny little rumors than not.
So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
A nation's economy is more than its markets, tastes, technologies and property rights.
Understanding that yes, we are committing more resources than we thought we might be in protecting our homeland and prosecuting a war and so it's understandable that we would be going through a period of deficits.
