Sentence examples for i would rather stand from inspiring English sources

I would rather stand three times in the battle line than give birth once".

Black Hole features their track Trouble at the Cup, on which the portly Black Randy proudly yowls about life as a rent boy: "Schools and factories make me sick / I'd rather stand here and sell my dick!" It's a long way from the standard, Ramones-influenced chug.

I'd rather stand in a soup line.

I'd rather stand up and fight than live on my knees".

He might have said I'd rather stand my ground than lose an election.

Maybe I'm dull, but I'd rather stand around shivering than get crowned with a nightstick.

"But if you care about other people's opinion you become boring, so I'd rather stand out and be different".

I'd rather stand next to someone singing the wrong notes than think they are too intimidated to sing at all.

"Honestly," he said in that 2015 video, "I'd rather stand there and talk to you for five minutes and not take any photos, and us to be able to have that moment, rather than just chaos.

Safe in the knowledge that it can withstand very low oil prices for the best part of a decade, it would rather stand back and, as Philip Whittaker at Boston Consulting Group says, "let economics do the work".

What is happening is that a minority, rather than take part in what they see as a sin of commission (if I can pinch the jargon), would rather stand aside.