A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a theft. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I'm terrified of being poor, I always have been. It's growing up as a Methodist. I'll spend that bit of extra money… — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
One of the things I really want is for people to feel the civic responsibility, and not just refuse to vote out… — Trent Lott Copy Share Image
As more people of color raise our consciousness and refuse to be pitted against one another, the forces of neo-colonial white supremacist… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Politicians refuse to modernize schools, they cut out midnight basketball, but build all these new jails. First class jails, second class schools.… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Some people simply bury their heads in the sand and refuse to think about the sorrow of the world, but this is… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I am a woman with a foot in both worlds; and I refuse the split. I feel the necessity for dialogue. Sometimes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would absolutely refuse any direct or indirect war service and would try to persuade my friends to do the same, regardless… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The Iraqi prime minister is an anti-Semite. We don't need to spend $200 and $300 and $500 billion dollars bringing democracy to… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with my dad, and my dad would refuse to go to church with us on Sundays because football was… — Charissa Thompson Copy Share Image
It is often to be observed, that as in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthly rubbish has first to… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Many men who do creditable things refuse to let it be known. This is a mistake. While we all admire modesty, nevertheless… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
I do object to the assumption that anything that might be outside of nature is ruled out of the conversation. That's an… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I love to see heroes who fuel some kind of moral furnace inside them, who are driven to take on the evils… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
Suppose that I see a hungry child in the street, and I am able to offer the child some food. Am I… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One who aspires to greatness should read and study, pursuing the True Way with such a firm resolve that he is perfectly… — Yoshida Shoin Copy Share Image
Choosing a spouse and a choosing career: the two great decisions for which society refuses to set up institutional guidance. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
The ability of dandelions to tell the time is somewhat exaggerated, owing to the fact that there is always one seed that… — Miles Kington Copy Share Image
True love is not a potion one person can swallow and another refuse to drink. It happens only when the souls of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest… — Rita Zahara Copy Share Image
Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. That's what change looks like. — Kathleen Sebelius Copy Share Image
Prophets are those who take life as it is and expand it. They refuse to shrink a vision of tomorrow to the… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our… — Thomas F. Wilson Copy Share Image
My words like eyes that flinch from light, refuse And shut upon obscurity; my acts Cast to their opposites by impatient violence… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and… — Confucius Copy Share Image
It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“What I have tried to do in my own life is refuse the language and categories that would reduce me to less… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
We cannot anticipate the moral circumstances under which we will live. And therefore [I refuse] to say that I will not live… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
If you refuse to change your job (if you don't like it), the only sensible thing you can do is practice loving… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
From this moment forward…I stop the blame game and excuses. I am responsible for my life and for where I am today.… — Lance Wubbels Copy Share Image
If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a man refuses to take money from those who give money to politicians, you don't pay the piper and sit back… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is high time that the American people should remember a few home truths, and that we should refuse to become partners… — Elisabeth Marbury Copy Share Image
It is not pride when the beech-tree refuses to copy the oak. He knows his limitations. The only chance of any healthy… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
I must refuse to believe that the Germans contemplate with equanimity the evacuation of cities like London for fear of destruction to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Even without the mushroom cloud still I would have hated Listen I would have done the same things even if there were… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
They [Fairy Tales] are talking about real emotions, telling true stories, through the medium of metaphor. People used to understand metaphor better… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
God refuses only the person who does not admit his own weakness; He sends away only the unhappy proud person. You must… — Raphael Kalinowski Copy Share Image
We have a Conservative leader that believes in green taxes, that won't bring back grammar schools, that believes in continuing with total… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
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