Sentence examples for rather be happy from inspiring English sources

I'd just rather be happy".

I now recognise and, more importantly, really live by the adage that I would rather be happy.

And if Barney Frank has decided he'd now rather be happy translating rational policy into reality as a practical public intellectual, away from Capitol Hill — well, he's entitled.

He went on, "There's also a Course of Miracles saying — and this is such a wise piece of wisdom — would you rather be right or would you rather be happy?

Delights included EM Forster declaring sadly that "I was never as good a writer as I wanted to be"; Jean Rhys saying "I'd rather be happy than write"; Evelyn Waugh dismissing Woolf as "gibberish" – pronouncing the word with a hard g – and dismissing anyone who praised or criticised him as "an arse..

Would you rather be happy?

He said the controversy had been caused "by a very small core group of school parents who were used to getting their way," and he added, "They will do anything to destroy, rather than be happy with what they have and let the parish move along".

Rather, they'll be happy that the new powertrain is actually cleaner than that of the current Prius, emitting 30% fewer pollutants (and nearly 90% fewer pollutants than a typical internal-combustion-engine car).

We'd rather be virtually happy than really truly happy.

"Rather be a happy lieutenant," he tells RoseEllen, his wife of 21 years.

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