Quotes of: Refusing Keyword

Poor Andy Nave was killed. He refused to surrender and was shot by Dick Fields. I felt sorry as he used to be quite friendly towards me before the war, but it could not be helped.

Stand Watie

The Administration has made critical mistakes and errors in judgment leading up to the war in Iraq. The President refuses to acknowledge these mistakes, and thus, no corrective action has been taken to prevent these problems from happening again.

Zoe Lofgren

Where is my oasis? Too far from here for me to crawl with these dead legs, refusing to co-operate Hands and fingers clawing uselessly through the grains of sand...

Chaos of the Mind

You may bend, but that will not bring your life to an end. Your refusal to give up is the key; your rose flowers blossom from the thorns of life!

Daily Drive 365

It is the community that suffers when it refuses to validate any outside standards, and won't allow even the legitimate exercise of authority by the professionals it has hired.

Dakota: A Spiritual Geography

If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear the pain of loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.

Dragons of Winter Night

Americans refused to see accidents as accidental. They did not comprehend they while tragedy always exacts a formidable price, it rarely incurs a debt.

And the Dark Sacred Night

They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.

The Devil and Miss Prym

To be "modern" means refusing to worry about where the benefits of progress actually come from.

Dans les forêts de Sibérie

poor boy! I never knew you, Yet I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would save you

Drum Taps

Refusing what Adorno called that 'comfort in the uncomfortable' taken by the fantastic, surrealism seeks to reintegrate man into the universe.

The Dedalus Book of Surrealism: The Identity of Things

Periods' are largely an invention of the historians. The poets themselves are not conscious of living in any period and refuse to conform to the scheme.

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century: Excluding Drama

What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?

Empire Falls

Be thankful to those who refuse to help you, for they force you to summon upon your warrior within.

Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women

He may have stolen my heart or had he taken my soul? I couldn’t be sure but I refused to let him have my pride too.

Existence

Any fear associated with giving to God's kingdom is irrational. It's on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields.

Fields Of Gold

Against delay. Against the way that seems easier. Against refusal of the burden that is laid on me. Against - well, if it must be said, against trust in the strength and truth of Men.

The Fellowship of the Ring

...I committed a sin the day I refused you - I discovered metal inside me where my heart should be - forgive me, Love, for acting on principles...

A Familiar Rain

I am yet to meet the idiot at whose door success arrived as a direct result of his refusal to invest in the enterprise that made him rich.

Fulfill Your Threats

If you ever look sideways at another man or attempt to refuse me I shall beat you. Got it?

The Girl at Cobalt Creek

Isn’t it obvious, Sage? No, of course it isn’t. I did it so I’d have a reason to be around you — one I knew you couldn’t refuse.

The Golden Lily