Declined Quotes

55 quotes by 54 authors

I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin (his wife). When we got to the gorilla cage… — Mike Tyson
Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in… — Bill Walton
One tragic example of the loss of forests and then water is found in Ethiopia. The amount of its forested land has decreased from 40… — Al Gore
Very gratefully, with grateful appreciation, with sincere appreciative gratitude, in appreciatively grateful sincerity of regret, he declined. — James Joyce
In the eyes of history, religious toleration is the highest evidence of culture in a people. It was not until the Western nations broke away… — Marmaduke Pickthall
But friends invited me to a private screening of Emmanuelle and said I'd learn a few things. But I know all the swear words. I… — Irene Dunne
The need for civility in society has never been more important. The foundation of kindness and civility begins in our homes. It is not surprising… — Quentin L. Cook
I quickly said that because of my loyalty to Star Trek, and also just being a fan, I wouldnâ€™t even want to be involved in… — J. J. Abrams
The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball. — John Thorn
I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth. — Edward Abbey
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute of Arts and… — Sinclair Lewis
I've declined every congressional benefit I could decline, federal health insurance, the retirement program, the 403(b) program, which I think is overly generous. I've got… — Scott Rigell
In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is what it is; because a… — James Schuyler
Heretics have been hated from the beginning of recorded time; they have been ostracized, exiled, tortured, maimed, and butchered; but it has generally proved impossible… — Learned Hand
For some reason that only a sociologist might be able to accurately explain, the Brazilian Press was extremely unkind to me, reporting only selective derogatory… — Astrud Gilberto
The author tells a story wherein a missionary friend of his was invited by unbelievers on a train ride to play cards. The friend declined,… — Watchman Nee
One other fact is significant: the domestic feasts and sacrifices of single families, which in David's time must still have been general, gradually declined and… — Julius Wellhausen
I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath. — Jack Steinberger
If there is a Creator-God, it has used methods of creation that are indistinguishable from nature, it has declined to make itself known for all… — David G. McAfee
We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to… — Shane Leslie

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54 authors contributed a total of 55 Declined Quotes, led by these top contributors: