Resign Quotes

123 quotes by 115 authors

If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football… — Marilyn Monroe
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president… — Richard M. Nixon
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance. — Donald Rumsfeld
I don't think in terms of that bizarre tautology 'value for money' in my literary and journalistic work - and nor will I in my… — Will Self
Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied. — Zadie Smith
You have to resign yourself to the fact that you waste a lot of trees before you write anything you really like, and that's just… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If I can't joke about imminent death, then I might as well just resign. — James A. Owen
It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are... ...We must always take risks. That is… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to distract himself and… — Miguel de Unamuno
The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up against.… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
I could settle down into a state of equable low spirits, and resign myself to coffee. — Charles Dickens
As far as I am concerned, I resign from humanity. I no longer want to be, nor can still be, a man. What should I… — Emile M. Cioran
Don't put one foot in your job and the other in your dream, Ed. Go ahead and quit, or resign yourself to this life. It's… — Kurt Vonnegut
SHE is neither pink nor pale, And she never will be all mine; She learned her hands in a fairy-tale, And her mouth on a… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Frank Zhang! I, Jason Grace, praetor of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata, give you my final order: I resign my post and give you emergency field… — Rick Riordan
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. Let… — Henry David Thoreau
For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe. — Larry Eisenberg
To mistrust science and deny the validity of the scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work… — P.J. O'Rourke
Of all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in any party, resign… — Samuel Johnson
The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign. — Tacitus

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