Refuses Quotes

320 Refuses quotes by 274 unique authors

Praise consists in the love of God, in wonder at the goodness of God, in recognition of the gifts of God, in seeing God in… — Henry Edward Manning
Oh, my dear Kepler, how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together. Here, at Padua, is the principal professor of philosophy, whom… — Galileo Galilei
The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act. — Bernard DeVoto
In a world where women are commodities, a woman who refuses to sell herself will have the thing she refuses to sell taken away from… — Angela Carter
Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life flows. It is only when the mind refuses to flow with life, and gets… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
It is not pride when the beech-tree refuses to copy the oak. The only chance of any healthy life for it is to be as… — Phillips Brooks
I am preparing myself for death. When I go to sleep, I try to keep myself smiling. So that when I die, I have a… — Zohra Sehgal
Coleridge declares that a man cannot have a good conscience who refuses apple dumplings, and I confess that I am of the same opinion. — Charles Lamb
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many things… — James Joyce
It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Women like other women fine. The more feminine she is, the more comfortable a woman feels with her own sex. It is only the occasional… — Phyllis McGinley
I do not have any political commitments anymore. I'm politically a total agnostic; I'm one of the few writers in Italy who refuses to be… — Italo Calvino
I think Mitt Romney has demonstrated repeatedly he has a penchant for - for secrecy, doesn't seem to have any interest in actually showing the… — Mitt Romney
For God to prove himself on demand, physically, would be a grave disappointment, and the strongest Christians should be considerably grateful that he chooses not… — Criss Jami
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is… — Alain-Rene Lesage
I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the time except in fine weather. — Bernard Levin
Once in a while there are things the brain simply refuses to accept as being true because they appear too improbable, too unlikely, too preposterous. — Walter Abish
Servant leadership always empathizes, always accepts the person, but sometimes refuses to accept some of the person's effort or performance as good enough. — Robert K. Greenleaf
Unless criticism refuses to take itself quite so seriously or at least to permit its readers not to, it will inevitably continue to reflect the… — Leslie Fiedler
The Secret Doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates, in times with which History refuses to deal,… — H. P. Blavatsky
We are a nation that seeks out solutions and refuses to ignore challenges. — Chris Chocola
We have a Conservative leader that believes in green taxes, that won't bring back grammar schools, that believes in continuing with total open-door migration from… — Nigel Farage
Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. — Townsend Harris
How do I love Tim McGraw? Let me count the ways: I love that he's a country boy with a city sensibility. I love that… — Gayle King
I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished. — Markus Zusak

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