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Quotations
Never allow a person to tell you “no” who doesn't have the power to say “yes”. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 5 likes | |
No is no negative in a woman's mouth. — Philip Sidney, 1554-1586, English poet & courtier 4 likes | |
He [the Duke of Marlborough] could refuse more gracefully than other people could grant. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 4 likes | |
Never say yes to anything you can’t say no to. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist 4 likes | |
A “no” does not hide anything, but a “yes” very easily becomes a deception. — Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher 3 likes | |
He who refuses nothing will soon have nothing to refuse. — Martial, 43-104 AD, Roman poet of epigrams 2 likes | |
Not to ask is not be denied. — John Dryden, 1631-1700, English poet 2 likes | |
Learn how to say no. Don’t let your mouth overload your back. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes | |
I am not that guy over there who grows old with me. — Louis Scutenaire, 1905-1987, Belgian surrealist & anarchist 2 likes | |
We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us. | |
All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: “I refuse to be what I am.” | |
Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list. | |
Almost all people are slaves because they do not know how to say the word “no”. |
Quotes in Verse
After the final no, there comes a yes, and on that yes the future world depends — Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet 5 likes |
Ancient Greek
The “I don’t know” will not put me in prison. Το ουκ οίδα εις φυλακήν ου βάλλει. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 7 likes | |
You may have the power to slander, but I have the power not to listen to you. Του μεν κακώς λέγειν συ την εξουσίαν έχεις, του δε μη ακούειν εγώ. — Aristippus, 435-355 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher (refusing to continue a debate) 5 likes |
Movie Quotes
I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. — from the film The Godfather (1972) 5 likes |