Refusal Quotes

245 quotes by 220 authors

Christian love is the only kind of love in which there is no rivalry, no jealousy. There is jealousy among the lovers of art; there… — George Matheson
[W]hen the empirical investigator glories in his refusal to go beyond the specialized observation dictated by the traditions of his discipline, be they ever so… — Karl Mannheim
The statement "I am in pain" may be one piece of evidence for the conclusion that the speaker is in pain, but it is not… — Peter Singer
Breach of promise is no less an act of insolvency than a refusal to pay one's debt. — Mahatma Gandhi
Scepticism and refusal of authority is at the heart of scientific endeavour. Scientific knowledge dictates economic possibilities — David Landes
I feel we are so blessed to live in a country where we enjoy so many rights that other countries cannot even begin to imagine.… — Sheryl Crow
What about our refusal to look squarely at the degradation of the planet we inhabit? In the last election cycle many candidates refused even to… — David Remnick
There is a feeling of personal dignity and independence in grasping, literally, the power to back your refusal to be a target of a violent… — John Longenecker
Mahatma Gandhi was a man of peace and non-violence and lived by the Hindu principle of ahimsa, action based on refusal to do harm. As… — Kevin Martin
Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise. — Rumi
We do literature a real disservice if we reduce it to knowledge or to use, to a problem to be solved. If literature solves problems,… — Marjorie Garber
This deep agnosticism is more than the refusal of conventional agnosticism to take a stand on whether God exists or whether the mind survives bodily… — Stephen Batchelor
The myths and folk tales of the whole world make clear that the refusal is essentially a refusal to give up what one takes to… — Joseph Campbell
Add it all up, and some prominent Obama supporters are now saying that it paints a picture of an opposition driven, in part, by a… — Dan Harris
Categorical condemnation is the hatred of the mob. It makes cowards brave. And there is nothing more fearful than a religious mob, a mob overflowing… — Wendell Berry
The unforgivable sin is the refusal to pardon. — George Santayana
Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quoâ€¦ to give a voice to… — Shirley Chisholm
The refusal of King George to allow the colonies to operate an honest money system, which freed the ordinary man from clutches of the money… — Benjamin Franklin
If you give way, you will instantly have to meet some greater demand, as having been frightened into obedience in the first instance; while a… — Thucydides

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