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• Sir, I would rather have my problem than yours.
• I would rather see starlight than streetlights.
• I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
  I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet....
• I would rather live in a world where life is surrounded by mystery, than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
• I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
• I rather lose my CARRIER than my mind!
• Come close to me Klingon, let me die with my hands at your throat.
  There is a substance within my cells which you need to survive....
• I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
  -- Harry Emerson Fosdick...
• I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have got so much more of it.
  -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)...