Dismissed Quotes

120 Dismissed quotes by 117 unique authors

The possibility that Saddam Hussein will use his biological and chemical weapons to attack us, directly or in concert with terrorists, cannot be dismissed. — Sandy Berger
Often dismissed or underestimated by political opponents, President Reagan had the most valuable weapon in the political arsenal: a bond with the people. — Bill Jenkins
There is so much uncertainty in cricket. One day you can get a hundred, the next day you can be dismissed for a zero. It… — Mahela Jayawardene
I would look at the first chapter of any new novel as a final test of its merits. If there was a murdered man under… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
By one means or another, the swiftest method of rejection of the holy prophets has been to find a pretext, however false or absurd, to… — Spencer W. Kimball
To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own. — William Safire
My feeling about executive bonuses is that any candidate for a chief executive job who even raises the issue of bonuses should be dismissed out… — Henry Mintzberg
I'm not so sure that horror should be dismissed as something less than literature. — Whitley Strieber
I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people. In the beginning he was just dismissed out of hand,… — Anne Rice
I think there's a lot projected on beautiful women, period. At least, maybe this is just my fear, but I do sometimes feel dismissed before… — Shalom Harlow
I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you're frightened of is… — Iain Banks
Not surprisingly, some of the super-rich declined to join the Patriotic Millionaires when the Agenda Project reached out to them. At least two airily dismissed… — Joe Conason
In drawing attention to the physical characteristics of women leaders, they can be dismissed as either too pretty or too ugly. The net effect is… — Naomi Wolf
Such compositions, line and color ideas, such wonders come into my mind and have stuck! - They will this time be dismissed only by being… — Morris Graves
I hope my work isn't dismissed by the critics as illustration or photography. — E. J. Hughes
The whole concept of having something really in-your-face that you're forced to listen to is beautiful because I think music should be an event and… — Youth Lagoon
It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent.… — Criss Jami
Since declaring that she would not serve in a second Obama administration, Clinton has dismissed suggestions that she will run in 2016. — Ron Fournier
Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily. — Dorothy Day
The role of the intellectual, so it is said, is to speak truth to power. Noam Chomsky has dismissed this pious tag on two grounds.… — Terry Eagleton
Golf made me feel like a loser. So I dismissed it. — Mariska Hargitay
What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. — Christopher Hitchens
But a true diva has dismissed that drama. A true diva's heart is open, and she's ready to play by her own rules - rules… — Jenifer Lewis
Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly,… — Salman Rushdie
It took me twenty years to get Steven Parrino's work. From the time I first saw his art, in the mid-eighties, I almost always dismissed… — Jerry Saltz

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