Quotes with refuse

Quotes 21 till 40 of 72.

  • Alexis de Tocqueville I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • L. Hellman I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.
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  • Sir Francis Drake I must have the gentleman to haul and draw with the mariner, and the mariner with the gentleman. I would know him, that would refuse to set his hand to a rope, but I know there is not any such here.
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  • Clare Boothe Luce I refuse the compliment that I think like a man, thought has no sex, one either thinks or one does not.
    Clare Boothe Luce
    American diplomat and writer (1903 - 1987)
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  • Nancy Astor I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
    Nancy Astor
    First woman Member of Parliament (1879 - 1964)
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  • Douglas Adams I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Mario Puzo I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
    The Godfather
    Mario Puzo
    American author, screenwriter and journalist (1920 - 1999)
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  • Bart Stupak I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just because I'm a Democrat. I've had cardinals refuse to shake my hand because I'm a Democrat.
    Bart Stupak
    American politician (1952 - )
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  • Barack Obama In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Baruch Spinoza In refusing benefits caution must be used lest we seem to despise or to refuse them for fear of having to repay them in kind.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Thomas Henry Huxley In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.
    Thomas Henry Huxley
    English biologist (1825 - 1895)
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  • Jane Austen It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Publilius Syrus It is kindness to refuse immediately what you intend to deny.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Blaise Pascal It is superstitious to put one's hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • William Somerset Maugham It's a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Ben Shahn It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal.
    Ben Shahn
    Lithuanian-born American artist (1898 - 1969)
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  • Billy Porter Just by the nature of making the choice to be true to who I am, I'm political. Sometimes that's all you need to do: Show up and be black, gay and Christian in America and actually say it out loud. And refuse to let anything or anybody take that away from you.
    Billy Porter
    American actor and singer (1969 - )
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  • Arthur Helps Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.
    Arthur Helps
    English writer and dean
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  • George Bernard Shaw Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or persuasion, they have to be governed by force or fraud, or both.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bryan Batt My mantra is, 'Don't be afraid of color.' What did it do to you? Do a color testing in alternate kinds of light you desire in the room because the pigment will change. And I refuse to believe that pale pale or white colors in a small room will buy you more square footage. Go with color all the way.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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