Refusal Quotes

245 quotes by 216 authors

Optimism is a matter optics, of seeing what you want to see and not seeing what you don't want to see. Hope, on the other… — Richard John Neuhaus
I am your Prince and you will marry me," Humperdinck said. Buttercup whispered, "I am your servant and I refuse." "I am you Prince and… — William Goldman
God never witholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. God's refusals are always merciful -- "severe mercies" at times but… — Elisabeth Elliot
I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all made what Dante calls the Great Refusal. The shallowest people… — William Butler Yeats
Delight in smooth sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts ... genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation… — Winston Churchill
The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and… — Brennan Manning
The green thumb is equable in the face of nature's uncertainties; he moves among her mysteries without feeling the need for control or explanations or… — Michael Pollan
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny… — John Stuart Mill
So many things which once had distressed or revolted him â€” the speeches and pronouncements of the learned, their assertions and their prohibitions, their refusal… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I didnâ€™t know how much I could love until you were gone. Until your laughter no longer filled my home, your wicked high jinks no… — Lora Leigh
This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Come awake, Tom. Fathers can willfully hurt their children. They can be addicts too weak to give up their vices, no matter the pain it… — Libba Bray
It is our destiny to live with the wrong as well as the right kind of citizens, and to learn from them, the wrong-minded ones,… — Henry Miller
When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of 'No answer.' It is not the locked door.… — C.S. Lewis
There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god. — Orhan Pamuk
Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does. — Suzanne Collins
You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to pin… — Lauren Oliver
Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise. Whoever feels himself walking on the path, and refuses to praise--that man or woman… — Unknown Author
Man's basic vice, the source of all his evils, is the act of unfocusing his mind, the suspension of his consciousness, which is not blindness,… — Ayn Rand
Lying is, almost by definition, a refusal to cooperate with others. It condenses a lack of trust and trustworthiness into a single act. It is… — Sam Harris

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