Refused Quotes

430 quotes by 381 authors

I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors… — Johnny Vegas
I have always refused to do something that has offended me. I have been offered potential roles that are totally vulgar. — Christopher Walken
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
For everyone here in Ohio and across America who's been ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, for everyone who has stumbled… — Hillary Clinton
It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge. — Paulo Coelho
Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused. — Charles Spurgeon
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
She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring. — Zelda Fitzgerald
But it is a curve each of them feels, unmistakably. It is the parabola. They must have guessed, once or twice -- guessed and refused… — Thomas Pynchon
The stone that the builder refused shall be the head corner stone. — Bob Marley
She refused to think of Neil, brave and quiet, whose reward for a heroic rescue was to be slowly devoured by strange cave balloons. — Brandon Mull
I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if… — Bernhard Schlink
Jane Gallagher had wanted to know what time it was, but for some reason Holden Caulfield hadn't wanted Stradlater to tell her. When Stradlater refused… — Frank Portman
What would they do to me," he asked in confidential tones, "if I refused to fly them?" We'd probably shoot you," ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen replied. We?"… — Joseph Heller
The point is, Ilsa Hermann had decided to make suffering her triumph. When it refused to let go of her, she succumbed to it. She… — Markus Zusak
Now and then sprays of rain flew over and misted our faces. Every time I refused to wipe away the wetness. It made the world… — Sue Monk Kidd
The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world. That wide grey sweep was the lawn, with the straggling trees of the orchard still dark… — Susan Cooper
The future teachers I try to recruit are those show have refused to let themselves be neutered in this way, either in their private lives… — Jonathan Kozol
Dirk turned on the car wipers, which grumbled because they didn't have quite enough rain to wipe away, so he turned them off again. Rain… — Douglas Adams
Norah looked at her sonâ€™s tiny face, surprised, as always, by his name. he had not grown into it yet, he still wore it like… — Kim Edwards

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