Rejection Quotes

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After rejection - misery, then thoughts of revenge, and finally, oh well, another try elsewhere. — Mason Cooley
Never buy an editor or publisher a lunch or a drink until he has bought an article, story or book from you. This rule is… — John Creasey
There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it's a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it's no judgment on… — Nancy Kress
I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to… — Lisa Alther
To ward off a feeling of failure, she joked that she could wallpaper her bathroom with rejection slips, which she chose not to see as… — Anita Shreve
Never, EVER give up. Not ever. Not EVER. Ever EVER! — MaryJanice Davidson
Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserted. — Jonathan Raban
This is a stamina game, so don't despair if you run down a blind alley and have to start over, or if you get another… — Tim Maleeny
Science is not the affirmation of a set of beliefs but a process of inquiry aimed at building a testable body of knowledge constantly open… — Michael Shermer
An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information — Unknown Author
The aggressive and quite illogical idea of a single religion for all mankind, a religion universal by the very force of its narrowness, one set… — Sri Aurobindo
The pressure for conformity is enormous. I have experienced it in editorsâ€™ rejection of submitted papers, based on venomous criticism of anonymous referees. The replacement… — Julian Schwinger
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. Look at rejection as part… — Denis Waitley
I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be a piece of… — Fred Saberhagen
The environmentalist's dream is an egalitarian society based on: rejection of economic growth, a smaller population, eating lower on the food chain, consuming a lot… — Aaron Wildavsky
Iâ€™d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because itâ€™s a huge part of being a writer, no matter… — A. J. Jacobs
Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but… — Abba Eban
Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what… — Robert McKee
There was a danger that skeptics and opponents would misread those likelihood ratio tests as rejections of an entire class of models, which of course… — Thomas J. Sargent
It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the… — Caleb Cushing

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