Refusal Quotes

245 quotes by 220 authors

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. — Annie Besant
What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation. — Albert Camus
The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep. — Lois Capps
Elegance is refusal. — Coco Chanel
The hatred of the youth culture for adult society is not a disinterested judgement but a terror-ridden refusal to be hooked into the, if you… — Midge Decter
Suppose you feel you cannot accept some fact about yourself. Then own your refusal to accept. Own the block. Embrace it fully. And watch it… — Nathaniel Branden
The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our… — George C. Marshall
She was fabulously wrong when she said it the first time, and stunningly arrogant in her refusal to express any regret for lying to our… — Trey Gowdy
On his refusal to deal with Keith Primeau: We refuse to pay a prima donna, a petulant, pouting player who had 30 goals last year… — Peter Karmanos, Jr.
I feel that the recent ruling of the United States Army and Navy regarding the refusal of colored blood donors is an indefensible one from… — Charles R. Drew
So far from science being irreligious, as many think, it is the neglect of science that is irreligious-it is the refusal to study the surrounding… — Herbert Spencer
There is only one blasphemy, and that is the refusal to experience joy. — Paul Rudnick
South Africa does not have a poverty problem. Poverty is a result of denialism of the way corruption taxes poor people, the inefficiencies that undermine… — Mamphela Ramphele
The mastery of the true self, and the refusal to permit others to dominate us, is the ultimate in living and self-expression in athletics. — Percy Cerutty
Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride, or laziness of… — Karl Popper
Faith is the refusal to panic. — David Lloyd-Jones
For the essence of science, I would suggest, is simply the refusal to believe on the basis of hope. — Barrington Moore, Jr.
It is the mind that tells you that the mind is there. Don't be deceived. All the endless arguments about the mind are produced by… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
In most modern instances, interpretation amounts to the philistine refusal to leave the work of art alone. Real art has the capacity to make us… — Susan Sontag

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