Refusing Quotes

246 quotes by 223 authors

Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born. — Aneurin Bevan
How can a doctor judge a woman's sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick… — Nellie Bly
The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to join the regular armies and… — Albert Camus
For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner. — Robert Capa
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Can a physicist visualize an electron? The electron is materially inconceivable and yet, it is so perfectly known through its effects that we use it… — Wernher von Braun
Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Some jobs are worse than actual wives. Ad agency vs. Matrimony, for instance: Even the most capricious and demanding spouse is not going to divorce… — P.J. O'Rourke
The Art of Success . . . Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness,… — Wilferd Peterson
The flagrantly gay Quentin Crisp dealt with homophobic bullying by refusing to bow to its onslaught. His number listed in the phone directory, he responded… — Quentin Crisp
By paying our other debts, we are equal with all mankind; but in refusing to pay a debt of revenge, we are superior. — Charles Caleb Colton
It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped. — Amby Burfoot
I have learned that there is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving. It's not about speed. And gold… — Amby Burfoot
It can happen that when we are at prayer some brothers come to see us. Then we have to choose either to interrupt our prayer… — John Climacus
[There is] a duty in refusing to cooperate in any undertaking that violates the Constitutional rights of the individual. This holds in particular for all… — Albert Einstein
Never break a Muslim's heart by refusing what he offers you, when you know that anything that comes to you through him is in reality… — Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad
If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the… — Peter Singer
I know well enough that there have been dogs so loving that they have thrown themselves into the same grave with the dead bodies of… — Miguel de Cervantes
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
I refuse to be silent any longer. I refuse to be party to an illegal and immoral war against people who did nothing to deserve… — Ehren Watada

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