Refuse Quotes

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I am aware that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious; but he who denounces them is… — Charles Darwin
...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but… — Lyndon B. Johnson
My mother won't admit it, but I've always been a disappointment to her. Deep down inside, she'll never forgive herself for giving birth to a… — Erma Bombeck
The man who loves his country on its own account, and not merely for its trappings of interest or power, can never be divorced for… — Thomas Jefferson
For no man is damned precisely because God hath not chosen him, because he is not elected, but because he is a sinner, and doth… — Anthony Burgess
Give all to love: Obey thy heart; Friends, kindred, days, Estate, good fame, Plans, credit, and the Muse,- Nothing refuse. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are surprised that the world is losing its grip? That the world is grown old? Don't hold onto the old man, the world; don't… — Saint Augustine
Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away. — Sarah Kay
It is vain for you to expect, it is impudent for you to ask of God forgiveness on your own behalf, if you refuse to… — Benjamin Hoadly
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing. — Horace
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things. — Mencius
In a nation that has developed to a high art advertising, the creator who refuses to advertise himself is immediately suspected of having no product… — Gore Vidal
Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including… — Barbara Mertz
Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to… — Russell Davenport
What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they be denied such… — Hester Lynch Piozzi
As historians, we refuse to allow ourselves these vain speculations which turn on possibilities that, in order to be reduced to actuality, suppose an overturning… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side. — Theodore J. Forstmann
To seek in the great accumulation of the already-said the text that resembles "in advance" a later text, to ransack history in order to rediscover… — Michel Foucault
... the next revolution ... will be when those who work refuse to support those who don't. — Wally Hickel
The sciences have sworn among themselves an inviolable partnership; it is almost impossible to separate them, for they would rather suffer than be torn apart;… — Marin Mersenne

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