Never quit. My book, Chicken Soup for the Soul, was turned down by 33 publishers. It's since sold millions of copies. — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
I have turned down playing the most despicable people on Earth. I turn it down all the time. — Steven Bauer Copy Share Image
I can't think of anything that I turned down that became big and successful. — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste. — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
I know that I will always regret it later in life if I had turned down the chance to play at another… — David Beckham Copy Share Image
I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough. — Joel McCrea Copy Share Image
Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn't remember the lines. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find… — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
I turned down a scholarship to Yale. The problem with college is that there's a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
I've turned down good directors before because I knew the part didn't speak to me and I've worked with less talented directors… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
The cult phenomenon is definitely journalistically 'in'. But if we were to apply for a financial aid grant as a cult, I'm… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
And I believe in the 13 years Judge Roberts was there, he never turned down a request to give some assistance on… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share Image
Sunshine of late afternoon-- On the glass tray a glass pitcher, the tumbler turned down, by which a key is lying--And the… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
In a perfect world, my tennis game gets better. I have kids and a beautiful wife and live on some hill somewhere… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
There's a ripple effect in being underpaid for women. Ten thousand women are turned down every day for domestic abuse shelters. Part… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
There are certain things that cut right to the bone, but as an actor you have to because you get turned down… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
I wanted to play roles which offered new ways of viewing black women and black people in general- and I have done… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
Those who say that Serena isn't serious about tennis; she wants to go Hollywood. That's true, about Hollywood. I would love to… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
I've turned down a lot of trades where I might have gotten a better player, but I wasn't totally sure of the… — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
...if we all turned down the thermostat in our house by just one degree, we would save over £650 million worth of… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
Although I'm not Christian, I was raised Christian. I'm an atheist, with a slight Buddhist leaning. I've got a very strong sense… — Rachel Griffiths Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a golf movie. I turned down Don Johnson's role in 'Tin Cup.' I regret that. — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
I don't regret anything that I've turned down, and I don't regret anything that I've done, really. — Nick Frost Copy Share Image
Because - oh shut up laughing, you two - because they've just been turned down by girls they asked to the ball! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I lost agents and managers because I turned down big movies that were smutty. — Morgan Brittany Copy Share Image
I turned down a lot of reality shows in the past, but MTV, back in the day, was just the coolest with… — Tyga Copy Share Image
I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director. — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
I have turned down so many major advertising bids because I think either the time isn't right or I'm not. — Linda Evangelista Copy Share Image
Personally, I have already turned down the Downing St thermostat by 1 degree — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I never turned down a movie because they wouldn't give me enough money. — Jason Patric Copy Share Image
I turned down Short Circuit 2 too and I now wish I hadn't. Sequels are a lot of fun and you get… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
... you just turned down the woman who put a marshmallow duck in your hot chocolate. I hope you feel like a… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
It's odd to think we might have been Sun, moon and stars unto each other; Only I turned down one little street… — Fannie Heaslip Lea Copy Share Image
