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title: "Best Saying no Quotes"
description: "Browse 225 Saying no quotes by 192 authors. Discover the best Saying no sayings and thoughts."
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> [I have been accused of never saying no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shatner/i-have-been-accused-of-never-saying-no/)

[William Shatner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shatner/)

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> [Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/focus-does-not-mean-saying-yes-it-means-saying-no/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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> [No one ever went broke by saying no too often.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-mackay/no-one-ever-went-broke-by-saying-no-too-often/)

[Harvey Mackay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-mackay/)

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> [Innovation means saying 'no' to a thousand things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/innovation-means-saying-no-to-a-thousand-things/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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> ['No' puts distance between you and the wrong influence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/no-puts-distance-between-you-and-the-wrong-influence/)

[Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/)

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> [Focusing is about saying No.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/focusing-is-about-saying-no/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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> [“Tone is the hardest part of saying no.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-price/tone-is-the-hardest-part-of-saying-no/)

[Jonathan Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-price/)

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> [“Real freedom is saying 'no' without giving a reason.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/real-freedom-is-saying-no-without-giving-a-reason/)

[Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/)

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> [There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/there-can-t-be-art-without-risk-it-s-like-saying-no-sex-and-then/)

[Francis Ford Coppola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-ford-coppola/)

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> [Saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/saying-no-does-not-always-show-a-lack-of-generosity-and-that-saying/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rose/the-key-to-making-money-in-angel-investing-is-saying-no-you-meet-with/)

[Kevin Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rose/)

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> [Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/saying-no-to-loud-people-gives-you-the-resources-to-say-yes-to/)

[Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/)

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> [Kaeleigh, queen of passive, all the time saying no, but not strong enough to mean it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/kaeleigh-queen-of-passive-all-the-time-saying-no-but-not-strong/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

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> [When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-cunningham/when-a-manager-asks-for-hard-data-that-s-usually-just-his-way-of/)

[Ward Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-cunningham/)

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> [Just saying yes because you can't bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/just-saying-yes-because-you-can-t-bear-the-short-term-pain-of-saying/)

[Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/)

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> [If you believe that saying no will get you shot, well, what a fine way to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/if-you-believe-that-saying-no-will-get-you-shot-well-what-a-fine-way/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

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> [Of course they were saying: No doping! But as a rider, it's difficult to believe that things can really change from one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrik-sinkewitz/of-course-they-were-saying-no-doping-but-as-a-rider-it-s-difficult-to/)

[Patrik Sinkewitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrik-sinkewitz/)

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> [We conservatives don't have a corner on saying 'no'. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/we-conservatives-don-t-have-a-corner-on-saying-no-we-re-just-the-ones/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [During the time I was on The Hardy Boys, I was also watching other people's careers. I thought the next step was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-stevenson/during-the-time-i-was-on-the-hardy-boys-i-was-also-watching-other/)

[Parker Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-stevenson/)

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> [I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelley-armstrong/i-had-to-take-responsibility-even-if-it-meant-saying-no-to-an/)

[Kelley Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelley-armstrong/)

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> [“It takes valor to identify your breaking points and refuse to allow people/circumstances use them to force you say/do things you don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/assegid-habtewold/it-takes-valor-to-identify-your-breaking-points-and-refuse-to-allow/)

[Assegid Habtewold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/assegid-habtewold/)

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> [In the immortal words of Roberto Duran, we are saying, 'No mas!' We will educate students and then promote them, not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-klein/in-the-immortal-words-of-roberto-duran-we-are-saying-no-mas-we-will/)

[Joel Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-klein/)

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> [“If you really want to be an effective time manager, you will have to learn to say no to other people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/if-you-really-want-to-be-an-effective-time-manager-you-will-have-to/)

[Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/)

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> [That's really just the worst part of life really, you get bracketed somewhere and the next thing you know people are saying,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-freeman/that-s-really-just-the-worst-part-of-life-really-you-get-bracketed/)

[Morgan Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-freeman/)

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> [The traditional view of purpose says it comes from on high, from God, from the Creator. Darwin's idea of natural selection makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/the-traditional-view-of-purpose-says-it-comes-from-on-high-from-god/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

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> [Saying no isn't easy, but it's a required skill if you wish to have any degree of focus in your life. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-pavlina/saying-no-isn-t-easy-but-it-s-a-required-skill-if-you-wish-to-have/)

[Steve Pavlina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-pavlina/)

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> [I tend to not speak up as much, so saying no is rather difficult for me. The biggest step of being an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selena-gomez/i-tend-to-not-speak-up-as-much-so-saying-no-is-rather-difficult-for/)

[Selena Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selena-gomez/)

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> [Oh, see then, the Simi is not in trouble. I just kill the Greek god and all’s fine. (Simi) You can’t kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/oh-see-then-the-simi-is-not-in-trouble-i-just-kill-the-greek-god-and/)

[Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/)

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> [I try to combine my work with my family, that's what I aspire to. I don't say that's the only thing. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-nielsen/i-try-to-combine-my-work-with-my-family-that-s-what-i-aspire-to-i-don/)

[Connie Nielsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-nielsen/)

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> [For us, not cooperating in the monopoly regimes of intellectual property rights and patents and biodiversity - saying "no" to patents on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/for-us-not-cooperating-in-the-monopoly-regimes-of-intellectual/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

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> [In saying no to progress, it is not the future which they condemn, but themselves. They give themselves a melancholy disease; they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/in-saying-no-to-progress-it-is-not-the-future-which-they-condemn-but/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [Most remarks made by children consist of correct ideas very badly expressed. A good teacher will be very wary of saying 'No,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-w-sawyer/most-remarks-made-by-children-consist-of-correct-ideas-very-badly/)

[W. W. Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-w-sawyer/)

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> [It only takes one mistake,' the Dan Banyan guy says, 'and nothing else you ever do will matter.' With his empty hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/it-only-takes-one-mistake-the-dan-banyan-guy-says-and-nothing-else/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [We have to build movements in the face of trade retaliation on the basis of people's democratic rights, on the basis of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/we-have-to-build-movements-in-the-face-of-trade-retaliation-on-the/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

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> [“No is a complete sentence and so often we forget that. When we don't want to do something we can simply smile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-gregg/no-is-a-complete-sentence-and-so-often-we-forget-that-when-we-don-t/)

[Susan Gregg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-gregg/)

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> [So the big question is, "Well, do I just dump all those unwanted things and try to start fresh?" And we say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-hicks/so-the-big-question-is-well-do-i-just-dump-all-those-unwanted-things/)

[Esther Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-hicks/)

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> [The saying "no self, no problem" probably comes from Zen. In their cultures, where Buddhism is kind of taken for granted, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/the-saying-no-self-no-problem-probably-comes-from-zen-in-their/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

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> [There is nothing everyone is so afraid of as being told how vastly much he is capable of. You are capable of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-is-nothing-everyone-is-so-afraid-of-as-being-told-how-vastly/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Nevertheless, hateful as saying 'No' always is to an imaginative person, and certain as the offence may be that it will cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/nevertheless-hateful-as-saying-no-always-is-to-an-imaginative-person/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

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> [I shared a bed with my sister, Grace, until I was seventeen years old. She was afraid to sleep alone and would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-shared-a-bed-with-my-sister-grace-until-i-was-seventeen-years-old/)

[Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/)

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                        "text": "The traditional view of purpose says it comes from on high, from God, from the Creator. Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition. Whereas people used to think of meaning coming from on high and being ordained from the top down, now we have Darwin saying, \"No, all of this design can happen, all of this purpose can emerge from the bottom up without any direction at all.\"",
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                        "text": "Oh, see then, the Simi is not in trouble. I just kill the Greek god and all’s fine. (Simi) You can’t kill a Greek god, Simi. It’s not allowed. (Acheron) There you go again, akri, saying no to the Simi. Don’t eat that, Simi. Don’t kill that, Simi. Stay here, Simi. Go to Katoteros, Simi, and wait for me to call you. I don’t like being told no, akri. (Simi)",
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                        "text": "For us, not cooperating in the monopoly regimes of intellectual property rights and patents and biodiversity - saying \"no\" to patents on life, and developing intellectual ideas of resistance - is very much a continuation of Gandhian satyagraha. It is, for me, keeping life free in its diversity.",
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                        "text": "We have to build movements in the face of trade retaliation on the basis of people's democratic rights, on the basis of an ancient heritage of collective innovation. We work from the grassroots all the way to the national government and the World Trade Organization. It basically means being very multidimensional in our campaigns. And that is where part of the fun is. It involves both resistance and creativity. It involves constructive action, while at the same time saying \"no.\"",
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                        "text": "“No is a complete sentence and so often we forget that. When we don't want to do something we can simply smile and say no. We don't have to explain ourselves, we can just say \"No\". Early on my journey I found developing the ability to say no expanded my ability to say yes and really mean it. My early attempts at saying no were often far from graceful but with practice even my no came from a place of love. Love yourself enough to be able to say yes or no.”",
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                        "text": "There is nothing everyone is so afraid of as being told how vastly much he is capable of. You are capable of - do you want to know? - you are capable of living in poverty; you are capable of standing almost any kind of maltreatment, abuse, etc. But you do not wish to know about it, isn't that so? You would be furious with him who told you so, and only call that person your friend who bolsters you in saying: 'No, this I cannot bear, this is beyond my strength, etc.",
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