John Heywood (1497–1580) English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs
Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“I don't like the looks of it,' said the King: 'however, it may kis my hand, if it likes.'
'I'd rather not,' the Cat remarked.”
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
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Eddie Van Halen (1955) Dutch-American rock musician
Source: Talking with Kurt Loder on MTV's Famous Last Words show circa 1991.
“I'd rather live in the gutter embracing reality than live like a king embracing unreality.”
Dave Sim (1956) Canadian cartoonist, creator of Cerebus
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from documentary Traceroute
“I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat.”
T.S. Eliot book Four Quartets
Letter to his godson, Thomas Erle Faber (January 1931) as quoted in "T.S. Eliot's Private Letters To Faber Publishing Family To Be Sold" at World Collector's Net http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/news/newstories/news736.html (12 August 2005) <br class="br">Source: Four Quartets <br class="br">Context: I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat. My Cat is a Lilliecat Hubvously. What a lilliecat it is. There never was such a Lilliecat. Its Name is JELLYORUM and its one Idea is to be Usefull!!
“I'd rather be like myself, bad as I am.”
Anne Brontë book The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLII : A Reformation; Ralph to Helen