Refused Quotes

“If I have refused to risk, I have in the self-same decision refused to love. And if indeed I have refused to love, tragically I have refused to live. And when will I realize that that in and of itself is an unacceptable risk.”

“In the span of one night, Jenny had gone from being someone he refused to touch to the woman he refused to stay away from.”

“I was admonished to adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse. As for other avocations of women, there are plenty of other women to perform them.”

“Although she was giddy with exhaustion, sleep was a lover who refused to be touched....”

“We stand the risk of failure, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.”

“We stand the risk of backwardness, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.”

“Poverty is possible in every society because someone refused to speak out.”

“We stand the risk of stagnation, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.”

“The companies that refused to make hard choices, or refused to admit that anything much was happening, fared badly. If they survive, it is only because their respective governments will not let them go under.”

“Captain Hale, alone, without sympathy or support, save that from above, on the near approach of death asked for a clergyman to attend him. It was refused. He then requested a Bible; that too was refused by his inhuman jailer.”