Saying No Quotes - Page 5

• If you ask my wife, the biggest fault is my inability around the house. She says the only thing handy about me is that I'm close by. And, I have a terrible memory. I'm bad at saying no. I often double-book. There are a lot of things.

  Hugh Jackman

  Memories, Book, Wife

  "Hugh Jackman Interview REAL STEEL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 4, 2011.

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• The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane.

  Kylie Minogue

  Dad, Doctors, Two

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• Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.

  Daniel Handler

  Offensive, Said, Offense

  Daniel Handler (2012). “Why We Broke Up”, p.34, Egmont UK

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• I have been accused of never saying no.

  William Shatner

  Accused, Has Beens

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• I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic.

  Jo Brand

  Work Ethic, Looks, Rubbish

  "Jo Brand: 'National treasure? I'd rather maintain a taint of national disgrace'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.

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• You're scaring me," Jack's voice finally cut through, and I opened my eyes, barely able to see him. "okay, good, yes, breathe. Breathing helps one stay alive,I've found.What on earth is so bad about a stupid school saying no?" "My life"-I gasped-"is over.It's over. Everything." He frowned dubiously. "Who would want to go to a place called Georgetown, anyhow? Ridiculous. Now,I could understand your devastation if it had a distinguished name like, say, Jacktown, but as it is,you're overreacting. Why do you want to go to more school? I went once for a few hours and nearly lost my mind.

  Kiersten White

  Stupid, School, Eye

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• It only takes one mistake,' the Dan Banyan guy says, 'and nothing else you ever do will matter.' With his empty hand, he takes one of my hands. His fingers feel hot, fever-hot, and pounding with his heartbeats. He turns my hand palm-up saying, 'No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.' He sets the blue pill on my palm, saying, 'Do that one wrong thing- and you'll be dead for the rest of your life.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Mistake, Smart, Blue

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• but you could also look at it the other way. Like you’re saying no matter how bad things are for you, I can still relate.

  Sarah Dessen

  Looks, Matter, Way

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.155, Penguin

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• Kaeleigh, queen of passive, all the time saying no, but not strong enough to mean it.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Strong, Queens, Mean

  Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Identical”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• In a language as idiomatically stressed as English, opportunities for misreadings are bound to arise. By a mere backward movement of stress, a verb can become a noun, an act a thing. To refuse, to insist on saying no to what you believe is wrong, becomes at a stroke refuse, an insurmountable pile of garbage.

  Ian Mcewan

  Stress, Believe, Opportunity

  Ian McEwan (1999). “Amsterdam”

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• His face is so calm, He shows no sign of stress or anything. Its as if he's saying, "No problem. Relax. I'm just going to beat you now. It's not going to hurt a bit."

  Dominic Roussel

  Hurt, Stress, Hockey

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• Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.

  Seth Godin

  Business, Opportunity, People

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• I've always been afraid of saying no to people because I don't want them to be disappointed and dislike me.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Dislike Me, People, Want

  "Lucky me". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2009.

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• I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs.

  Omar Epps

  Careers, Legs, Wanted

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• As peacemakers, we must resist all the powers of war and destruction and proclaim that peace is the divine gift offered to all who affirm life. Resistance means saying 'No' to all the forces of death, wherever they may be.

  Henri Nouwen

  War, Mean, Resistance

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2005). “Peacework: Prayer, Resistance, Community”, Edicoes Loyola

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• Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.

  Susie Orbach

  Self, Denial, Way

  Susie Orbach (1997). “Fat is a Feminist Issue: The Anti-diet Guide for Women”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• During the time I was on The Hardy Boys, I was also watching other people's careers. I thought the next step was to be a movie star. I kept saying no to projects, and offers stopped coming in. I was no longer hot

  Parker Stevenson

  Stars, Boys, Careers

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• When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no.

  Ward Cunningham

  Data, Way, Managers

  Talk at MS Research, November 2004.

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• We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose.....It's not just saying yes to the right products, it's saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as the other ones.

  Tim Cook

  Order, Ideas, Numbers

  "Apple COO Tim Cook: 'We Have No Interest In Being In The TV Market'" by Dan Frommer, www.businessinsider.com. February 23, 2010.

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• We in Africa are always on the receiving end. We have had human slavery, political slavery, economic slavery and now religious slavery. We in the church are saying no. We are prepared to live by what God says, not what you say. Man shall not sleep with man, woman shall not sleep with woman.

  Peter Akinola

  Religious, Sleep, Men

  Associated Press Interview, December 2003.

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• If we tackle corruption, no child would sleep hungry, there would be no injustice, every child would be in school.

  Strive Masiyiwa

  Children, Powerful, School

  "Zimbabwe tycoon says he refused massive bribe demands in building his African business empire". www.foxnews.com. October 21, 2013.

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• By my monastic life and vows I am saying no to all the concentration camps, the aerial bombardments, the staged political trials, the judicial murders, the racial injustices, the economic tyrannies, and the whole socioeconomic apparatus which seems geared for nothing but global destruction in spite of all its fair words in favor of peace.

  Thomas Merton

  Political, Trials, Favors

  Thomas Merton (2015). “Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation”, p.134, Sounds True

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• I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions

  Anita Hill

  Regret, Suggestions, Week

  Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered 11 October 1991, Washington, D.C.

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• I think 2012 is the year when consumers all around the world start saying no to feature phones and start saying yes to smartphones.

  Marc Andreessen

  Thinking, Phones, Years

  "Marc Andreessen: Predictions for 2012 (and beyond)". Interview with Paul Sloan, www.cnet.com. December 19, 2011.

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• A man who says that no patriot should attack the Boer War until it is over is not worth answering intelligently; he is saying that no good son should warn his mother off a cliff until she has fallen over it.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Mother, Peace, War

  "The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton". Vol.I: Non-Fiction,

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