He Refused Quotes

19 quotes by 19 authors

The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless;… — Josef Pieper
I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to… — Fritz Sauckel
It is told of Faraday that he refused to be called a physicist; he very much disliked the new name as being too special and… — Lionel Trilling
As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system-the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges-would take care of… — Scott Turow
Diminished circumstances had no effect on his sense of what was honorable: after The Spectator sent him a check for a piece it had accepted… — Louis Menand
The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to repeat himself. So to think that he'd be making the… — Leonard Maltin
She knew that she belonged to this man, body and soul. Every trace of shame departed; it was burnt out by the fire that consumed… — Aleister Crowley
Still everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what they were talking about. He'd… — Sue Monk Kidd
He refused categorically all ideas of fidelity or serious commitments. He explained that they were arbitrary and sterile. From anyone else such views would have… — Francoise Sagan
His wings were failing, but he refused to fall without a struggle. — Vladimir Nabokov
...he shrunk more and more from the realities of life and above all from the society of his day which he regarded with an ever… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
You are such a chicken. Bock. Bock. Bock." He refused to allow her very bad chicken impression to ruffle his feathers. He was above petty… — Christine Feehan
It was a nice bit of blackmail that kept him off my back, but he refused to take the message that I wasnâ€™t going to… — Kim Harrison
Like all real heroes, Charley had a fatal flaw. He refused to believe that he had gonorrhea, whereas the truth was that he did. — Kurt Vonnegut
In Ghazalia, Mr. Hussein showed his contempt for the majority Shiites in ways large and small. He refused to allow them even one mosque, while… — Alex Berenson
Poor Andy Nave was killed. He refused to surrender and was shot by Dick Fields. I felt sorry as he used to be quite friendly… — Stand Watie
The Ancient mosque is located within the walls of the old city of Tebessa, is the oldest mosques in the state, built by the Ottomans… — Zakaria Eldjazair
I was negotiating a contract to accept Jesus as my personal savior, but he refused to recognize my free sex clause — Al Medwin
In 2000, I pushed Ricky Martin very hard to admit if he was gay or not, and the way he refused to do it made… — Barbara Walters

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