Quotes of: Refusing Keyword

My 'morals' were sound, even a bit puritanic, but when a hidebound old deacon inveighed against dancing I rebelled. By the time of graduation I was still a 'believer' in orthodox religion, but had strong questions which were encouraged at Harvard. In...

The Autobiography of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Soliloquy on Viewing My Life from the Last Decade of Its First Century

Rufus T. Firefly: I'd be unworthy of the high trust that's been placed in me if I didn't do everything in my power to keep our beloved Freedonia in peace with the world. I'd be only too happy to meet with Ambassador Trentino, and offer him on behalf ...

Duck Soup

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

D. H. Lawrence

If there is one thing I refuse to do, it is to drown.

A Royal Reborn

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Maxims

There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky.

Julie Christie

Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.

Pete Seeger

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Soren Kierkegaard

If you refuse to accept nothing but the best you will often get it.

Lailah GiftyAkita

Sometimes, man must refuse to win, especially against the nature!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

Rumi

Be grateful to those who refuse your demands. They are your benefactors.

Marty Rubin

Arguments are never won by reason, but by men, who refuse to be reasonable

DR Caithness

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Napoleon Hill

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.

Marlon Brando

If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.

Joseph Stalin

I just refuse to worry or get upset or be fearful. It doesn't do one particle of good.

Paul Henderson

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

Leigh Hunt

Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born.

Aneurin Bevan

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.

Phil Crosby