Refusal Quotes · Page 4

Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

If racism is not the whole of the Tea Party, it is in its heart, along with blind hatred, a total disinterest…

— Keith Olbermann

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We have avoided in recent years talking openly and honestly about race out of fear that it will alienate and polarize. In…

— Michelle Alexander

If we pray only because we want answers, we will become irritated and angry with God. We receive an answer every time…

— Oswald Chambers

“Faith means I chose not to know, which is different than ignorance which refuses to know.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual. When you rise to the level…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.

— Diana Vreeland

The idea that the Internet favors the oppressed rather than the oppressor is marred by what I call cyber-utopianism: a naive belief…

— Evgeny Morozov

Refusal to accept the flow of the world is the root of all misery.

— Devdutt Pattanaik

The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless…

— Jimmy Carter

You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can…

— Lauren Oliver

I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo… to give…

— Shirley Chisholm

Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that…

— PZ Myers

We gain power in our refusal to accept less than we deserve.

— Amber Hollibaugh

All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically

— Steven Weinberg

Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.

— Anonymous

I think it is less the limited amount of information than the filters that information about the Middle East must pass through…

— Richard A. Falk

A man assumes that a woman's refusal is just part of a game. Or, at any rate, a lot of men assume…

— Erica Jong

Complete civil disobedience is a state of peaceful rebellion, a refusal to obey every single state-made law.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of…

— Daisaku Ikeda

I didn’t know how much I could love until you were gone. Until your laughter no longer filled my home, your wicked…

— Lora Leigh

“Poverty is possible in every society because someone refused to speak out.”

— Sunday Adelaja

A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously.

— David Mitchell

Scepticism and refusal of authority is at the heart of scientific endeavour. Scientific knowledge dictates economic possibilities

— David Landes