Saying no Quotes · Page 8

Saying “no” has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined...

— Kevin Ashton

I remember George Mitchell - I was doing the Clarence Thomas hearing, and there were 48 senators declared they were not prepared…

— Joe Biden

I have an oscillating fan at my house. It goes back and forth. It looks like the fan is saying "no." So…

— Mitch Hedberg

Oh, see then, the Simi is not in trouble. I just kill the Greek god and all’s fine. (Simi) You can’t kill…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Coffee is a girl who never tells a boy no.”

— Andrew Smith

I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to…

— Steve Jobs

I'm so thankful a significant majority of Americans are saying no to military intervention. We've got to find a solution that will…

— Desmond Tutu

In show business, never underestimate the power of saying "no".

— Doc Brown

Learning to "just say no" to emotional reactions isn't repression. Saying no means not engaging the frustration, anger, judgment, or blame. Without…

— Doc Childre

...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets…

— Criss Jami

When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no.

— Ward Cunningham

One of the things I talk a lot about in my work that I try to practice - which is really hard…

— Brené Brown

“Say no to everything, so you can say yes to the one thing.”

— Richie Norton

Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.

— Steve Jobs

There's an old saying: 'No piece of writing is ever finished, it's just abandoned.' But my own rule is: No piece of…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in…

— Anita Hill

You have a right to say no. Most of us have very weak and flaccid 'no' muscles. We feel guilty for saying…

— Iyanla Vanzant

I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in…

— Omar Epps

All roads are blocked to a philosophy which reduces everything to the word "no." To "no" there is only one answer and…

— Victor Hugo

We in Africa are always on the receiving end. We have had human slavery, political slavery, economic slavery and now religious slavery.…

— Peter Akinola

Let me tell you what's really delicious about this [Donald] Trump announcement they're not gonna prosecute. They're also saying something else. They're…

— Rush Limbaugh

“If you really want to be an effective time manager, you will have to learn to say no to other people and…

— Sunday Adelaja

“Real freedom is saying 'no' without giving a reason.”

— Amit Kalantri

A rebel is a nonconformist who is constantly saying no, and I'm not that. I'm a conformist and I believe in progress,…

— Paul Newman

Here's a vice: I say yes to too many things. I wish I had the guilty pleasure of saying no. My goal…

— Sigourney Weaver