Rejected Quotes

486 quotes by 422 authors

I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates such as those… — Hideki Tojo
If a young man gets married, and starts a family and spends the rest of his life working at a soul-destroying job, he is held… — Esther Vilar
My devotion to my job started from a personal defeat: my first girlfriend's parents rejected me because i wasn't rich. I decided i would show… — Roberto Cavalli
So if 1960 had occurred under the old convention system, Kennedy would have had a very hard time getting the Democratic nomination because he would… — Michael Beschloss
I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker. — Caroline B. Cooney
Old rules and habits have to be rejected and dismissed so that something new can be created. — Unknown Author
Sweden rejected fluoridation in the 1970s, and in this excellent book these three scientists have confirmed the wisdom of that decision. Our children have not… — Arvid Carlsson
The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have… — Mitch McConnell
We are afraid of failure, of ridicule, of being rejected. We are afraid weâ€™re not good enough. — Rhonda Britten
Literature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers. — Christian Bauman
The basic idea of Zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being, and to do this in the most direct… — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Sometimes I wish I could go back in time, sit down with myself and explain that things were going to be okay, that everybody loses… — Donald Miller
By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from… — Billy Bragg
Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved. — Jane Alexander
Marijuana is rejected all over the world. Damned. In England heroin is alright for out-patents, but marijuana? They'll put your ass in jail. I wonder… — Lenny Bruce
The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word. Thus… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I don't think of them as teenage songs. The things that happen to you in high school are the same things that happen your entire… — Mark Hoppus
A Call for Revolution, 1993 Libertarianism is rejected by the modern left - which preaches individualism but practices collectivism. Capitalism is rejected by the modern… — Karl Hess
I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all seven. — Janet Echelman
My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953. — Leon Uris

Who Wrote These Rejected Quotes

422 authors contributed a total of 486 Rejected Quotes, led by these top contributors: