#refuse

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#because #been #expressed #idea #merely

I don't operate on smokers. I tell cigarette smokers that I can operate on you, I get paid the same. And you might even do well. But it's the wrong thing to do. So I refuse to operate on you until you stop smoking. ↗

— Mehmet Oz

#even #get #i #i can #might

I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off. ↗

— Jack Paar

#because #gave #god #i #me

As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close to my heart the principled stand of his cousin, Cassius Clay, who refused to forsake the life of any human, simply to find agreement. ↗

— Rand Paul

#also #any #clay #close #cousin

When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his 287(g) status. When Sheriff Joe refused to balk, they filed suit against him with a frivolous civil rights claim. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#arizona #balk #civil #civil rights #claim

I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#army #before #first #first of all #i

AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations. ↗

— Sarah Polley

#because #civilizations #common #community #entire

Nostalgia is a very complicated subject for me. I'm attracted by nostalgia but I refuse it intellectually. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#complicated #i #intellectually #me #nostalgia

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#been #chance #had #i #me

As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#else #go #i #refuse #send