When I was small, I would refuse to drink when I ate fish because I thought the fish would reconstitute itself in… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Some characters are like some bodies in chemistry; very good, perhaps, in themselves, yet fly off and refuse the least conjunction with… — Sir Fulke Greville Copy Share Image
Today we haven't the heart to expel the painters and poets from society because we refuse to admit to ourselves that there… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbor hostility against us, not those against whom we cherish hostility, for Jesus… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“It takes chracter to refuse a man you love more dearly than life merely because marrying him would be the wrong thing… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
Yet I exist in the hope that these memoirs... may find their way to the minds of humanity in Some Dimension, and… — Edwin A. Abbott Copy Share Image
Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Until women themselves reject stigma and refuse to feel shame for the way others treat them, they have no hope of achieving… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
In every Christian's Heart, there is a cross and a throne, and the Christian is on the throne till he puts himself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their… — Abby Sunderland Copy Share Image
I wanted to tell her everything, maybe if I'd been able to, we could have lived differently, maybe I'd be there with… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I refuse to accept that Western civilization is like some hopeless old version of Microsoft DOS, doomed to freeze, then crash. I… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Sway’s an idiot who didn’t order them when we used up the last bunch. (Vik) Isn’t that your job? (Devyn) No. I’m… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
His divine spark lives within me, a presence that will never leave. And I am but one of many tools He has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes I walk into a situation and I know somebody is going to provoke me - not maybe, I know he will… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Virtue is the nursing-mother of all human pleasures, who, in rendering them just, renders them also pure and permanent; in moderating them,… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The illusion of design is so successful that to this day most Americans (including, significantly, many influential and rich Americans) stubbornly refuse… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when… — Alain-Rene Lesage Copy Share Image
I call on men and boys everywhere to join us. Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until all of… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
The Scripture stories do not, like Homer’s, court our favor, they do not flatter us that they may please us and enchant… — Erich Auerbach Copy Share Image
The imitator treads a beaten walk, and with all his diligence can only find a few flowers or branches untouched by his… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge. — James S. Coleman Copy Share Image
His entired life bundled into wenty refuse sacks. His and her memories bundle away in Holly's mind. Each item unearthed dust, tears,… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
If you feel something calling you to dance or write or paint or sing, please refuse to worry about whether you're good… — Glennon Melton Copy Share Image
Folks have to pin me down because, for one thing, I don't have a laptop. I don't have an iPhone, and I… — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse… — Plato Copy Share Image
No matter what your age is, you only have now. So it's always about living in the moment and being in the… — Christie Brinkley Copy Share Image
The deceit is sometimes unconscious, but not always, since some people, owing to their sectarianism, purposely overlook reality and refuse to acknowledge… — Pierre-Paul Grasse Copy Share Image
A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I would not rule out going to Israel because I disapprove of the foreign policy any more than I would refuse to… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
My varnashram refuses to bow the head before the greatest potentate on earth, but my varnashram compels me to bow down my… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Priest is a fisherman and Holy Book is a fishook. We either refuse to be a fish or we burn in the… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
Despite the repeated attacks on American citizens by illegal aliens released from our jails, DHS refuses to stop freeing violent criminals who… — Matt Salmon Copy Share Image
If congress refuses to obey its own rules. If congress refuses to pass a balanced budget. If congress refuses to read the… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
A man may doubt of God's existence when he is in good health, just as he may doubt whether his relation with… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
There comes a point at which a law can be so unjust it is necessary openly, lovingly and with a willingness to… — Robert P. George Copy Share Image
A community which refuses to welcome - whether through fear, weariness, insecurity, a desire to cling to comfort, or just because it… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
