Some people started to call me "the King of No" because with Daft Punk we were saying "no" to everything. — Pedro Winter Copy Share Image
Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things. — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
I have enjoyed life a lot more by saying "yes" than by sayings "no". — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Part of the skill of saying no is to shut up afterward and not babble on, offering material for an argument. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I've always been afraid of saying no to people because I don't want them to be disappointed and dislike me. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that really matter. — Scott Belsky Copy Share Image
I think every job that you do gives you the opportunity to learn something new. As hokey as that sounds, that's why… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in… — Omar Epps Copy Share Image
I remember saying to someone when I got one of those 'don't do it' comments - I just remember hearing my voice… — T. R. Knight Copy Share Image
I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but,… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The most popular cartoon of mine is a guy on the phone looking at his appointment book and saying "No, Thursday's out.… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
“I’m officially giving myself permission to ask; What are Mr. Garcia’s intentions? Maybe I’m late to the game on this question. The… — Michael Benzehabe Copy Share Image
I know you have 1000 great ideas for things that iTunes could do. And we have 1000 more. But innovation is not… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I needed to do a lot of saying no. I had a lot of [interest] from people who I just didn't think… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
We in Africa are always on the receiving end. We have had human slavery, political slavery, economic slavery and now religious slavery.… — Peter Akinola Copy Share Image
We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no… — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
In a language as idiomatically stressed as English, opportunities for misreadings are bound to arise. By a mere backward movement of stress,… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
By my monastic life and vows I am saying no to all the concentration camps, the aerial bombardments, the staged political trials,… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
[The Man] was a case where it was a funny role teamed up with another actor. It's a great teaming. And the… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I think that the best approach would be if the American people ever insist that we cut down on the massive amounts… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Many of us, utterly overcome by Tamas, the dark and heavy demon of inertia, are saying nowadays that it is impossible, that… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
We have compassion because of the incredible pain and suffering which we as unenlightened beings cause to ourselves and all others through… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The biblical authors wrote of God's sovereignty over His world, and of man's experiences within that world, using such modes of speech… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
When I said that something was going to cost a certain amount of money, I actually knew what I was talking about.… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
“Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. My favorite line of… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
For hours she danced and sang and flirted and did this thing that's-she did Marilyn Monroe. And then there was the inevitable… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I remember George Mitchell - I was doing the Clarence Thomas hearing, and there were 48 senators declared they were not prepared… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
You're scaring me," Jack's voice finally cut through, and I opened my eyes, barely able to see him. "okay, good, yes, breathe.… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
![“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 saying, "No, we're gonna help [Hillary Clinton] heal."” quote by Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/rush-limbaugh-28_announcements_let-me-tell-you-what-s-really-delicious_2781512.jpg)
![“I needed to do a lot of saying no. I had a lot of [interest] from people who I just didn't think were quite right for it. And I didn't want a bad film to be made of the book, either a sentimental one or a creepy one, so I did a lot of, "No thank you." Then when the right filmmaker came along, yes…” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/emma-donoghue-1499_book_i-needed-to-do-a-lot-of-saying-no-i-had_1728911.png)
![“[The Man] was a case where it was a funny role teamed up with another actor. It's a great teaming. And the role was a bigger role. It wasn't so much that it was a co-starring role. This is not a new direction. I'm not saying, 'No. I'm only now co-starring.' It just happens it's a co-starring role.” quote by Samuel L. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/samuel-l-jackson-3595_actors_the-man-was-a-case-where-it-was-a-funny_3191363.jpg)
![“When I said that something was going to cost a certain amount of money, I actually knew what I was talking about. The biggest problem that we were having on the financing front was people with lots of money saying "you need more money to make this film [Moon]," and us saying "no this is the first…” quote by Duncan Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/077/duncan-jones-12555_amount_when-i-said-that-something-was-going-to_969169.jpg)
![“Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. My favorite line of the day was when people kept raising their hand saying, "Does it do [x]?", "Do you plan to add [y]?". Finally Jobs said, "Wait wait — put your hands down. Listen…” quote by Derek Sivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/derek-sivers-9939_add_steve-jobs-gave-a-small-private-presenta_1859604.jpg)
