Sentence examples for rather than heed from inspiring English sources

Rather than heed the advice of Christina Romer, the former head of his Council of Economic Advisers, that the economy needed additional support, he pivoted toward deficit reduction.

Playing a reckless game of chicken with Mother Nature, they prefer to deny, squabble and procrastinate rather than heed the words of those who know best.

Rather than heed the request, he appears to have somehow convinced the board to issue a statement supporting without qualification his continued position as chairman.

(Gender parity has been the law in France since 2000, but parties often choose to pay fines rather than heed it).

It's what Abraham Lincoln understood when, days after taking office, he sought to take charge of events at Fort Sumter, rather than heed the advice of those who thought he should simply let them play out.

But rather than heed the warnings that the trench was unstable, prosecutors said, Mr. Lattarulo directed Mr. Ortega to keep digging, causing part of the wall from the home to collapse and spill rubble on Mr. Ortega, killing him.

I also know that rather than heeding cautions to slow down on the fiscal road we are on — which leads inexorably to Athens — President Obama has stepped on the gas.

Greif's primary resentment seems directed against those who dare to spend their time trying to create the next great American novel, song, movie, painting, play, performance, or even style — or trying to help their friends who are trying to do so, or even taking an interest, as their spectators and enthusiasts — rather than heeding Greif's narrow, doctrinaire call to self-abnegation.

Rather than heeding the lessons of dozens of previous explorers, they had regressed.

As more land is exposed under melting glaciers, nations are competing for territory rather than heeding the warning it represents.

The obvious conclusion: Obama should have taken Emanuel's advice, based on pure political calculation, rather than heeding the foolhardy, deeply-held ethical, legal and moral arguments made by his top legal advisers.