Refused Quotes

I refused to go into the

— Theresa Jones Mckoy

“That’s why I refused. But after the media”

— J.A. Konrath

Money refused loose its brightness.

— George Herbert

“Their minds were crying out to be set free, but they refused to unbind them.”

— Kerri Maniscalco

There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

— Anonymous

Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.

— Sylvester Stallone

There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky.

— Julie Christie

I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy Israel.

— George W. Bush

I refused to let my parents take my hat off when I went to bed.

— Ed Henry

“She refused to let common sense cloud her judgment.”

— Anne Taintor

Man counts what he has refused, not what he has given

— African Proverb

A distinguished producer called Kenith Trodd actually lived in his office for over a year - the cleaners refused to go in…

— Andrew Davies

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

“...desert time refused to structure itself. It preferred instead to flow in curlicues, vortices and tunnels,...”

— Robyn Davidson

“Till it does come, you know, we women never mean to have anybody. It is a thing of course among us, that…

— Jane Austen

I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I'm learning to say I've got other things on,…

— Paul Gascoigne

Though the day of my Destiny 's over, And the star of my Fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover…

— Lord Byron

“How could women ever have had genius when all possibility of accomplishing a work of genius - or just a work -…

— Simone de Beauvoir

Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused; or, if received, are pocketed, not read.

— Philip Massinger

In the summer of 1952, when I was 30, the Army assigned me to an infantry unit fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, though,…

— John Eisenhower

While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its…

— Gail Devers

Remember that in the early days of the feminist movement, they refused to have a leader; different women would just stand up…

— James Hillman

Some things I won't do for any amount of money. Like for instance, there's a couple of CEOs of very large corporations…

— Robert Crumb

My first agent told me to change my name or I'd only play Jewish parts or Indians. Of course I refused to…

— Malachi Throne

The lawyer refused to tell me my brother's name, and my colleagues started a betting pool. The leading candidate: John Travolta. I…

— Mona Simpson

Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact - men and…

— Billy Graham

Superstars come and go. I want to make sure I am always a producer's actor. I may be refused to be called…

— Akshay Kumar

In actor's career, I had a fair amount of denial, which I think is possibly in the genes, where I just couldn't…

— Ann Dowd

I was born to love - but none of you wanted to believe it, and that misunderstanding was crucial in forming my…

— George Sand

“How would it be," she asked them coldly as they left the classroom [Prof Binns, History subject], "if I refused to lend…

— J.K. Rowling

I've refused roles because they're too simplistic.

— Henry Czerny

She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring.

— Zelda Fitzgerald

“I wanted, but I refused to take. Now I resent, what I do not have.”

— Sarah Ann Walker

I refused [to study under Rodin] because nothing grows under large trees.

— Constantin Brancusi

...she refused to leave anything to someone else that she could do better herself.

— Michelle Moran

I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.

— Catherine Helen Spence

A big middle fingers up to the ones who used, refused, and abused me!

— Anonymous

“I am not the darkness I endured. I am the light that refused to surrender.”

— John Mark Green

It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.

— Publilius Syrus

Happiness never come to those who have refused to appreciate what they already have.

— Anonymous