Refusing Quotations

The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.

At a time when the GOP is playing games with the debt limit, a member of the Supreme Court is refusing to recuse himself from matters he has a financial interest in, and middle class incomes are stagnant, many want to change the subject. I don't. This was a prank, and a silly one. I'm focused on my work.

Nobody has trusted the Iranian government from day one, but the idea of just refusing to have any kind of talks is dangerous in the extreme. Every administration says at least that we're trying to have talks between Israel and Palestine and solve the Middle East peace problem.

If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions.

I was in federal prison in West Virginia for three months for contempt of Congress for a refusing to comply with a request of a Congressional committee of Congress, the House Un-American Activities Committee.

You recognize the truth because sometimes it's hard to swallow, but if you hold it in your mouth, refusing to eat it, you are going to choke.

Passionately defending one's principles is crucial. Representing your district is fundamental. But refusing to entertain the common ground - with no other cost but giving the other guy a political 'win' - is a disservice.

If something comes that it is so extreme that you have difficulty thinking of it as a good thing, don't think of it as a good thing and kid yourself. To the extent that you can, don't label it a bad thing. Refusing to label something a bad thing opens you up to possibilities you would not have even considered otherwise.

Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?

Refusing to lift sanctions and adopting tougher rhetoric toward Iran would not be partisan issues. Plenty of Democrats think that those actions are both good politics and good policy.

To Mr. Seward: It is my desire that, in case Maximillian will surrender, he be sent here a prisoner of war, but that in the event of his continuing the war, or refusing to surrender, then he be shot.

There is no doubt that the great majority of the work called 'modern' is the product of degenerates and perverts . . . As owners of a great Van Eyck, if we take a part by refusing to pollute our gallery with this filth we shall render a service to Art.

This program is all about winning right now. The kids have a keen sense of refusing to lose.

Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.

Learning to face reality, refusing refuge in cliches and lies, fighting to find a way out - that's what 'Rehab' is about.

Setting a timetable for exit in Iraq is a mistake, but so is the Administration refusing to level with the American people about the situation there.

My heart is bigger than anybody else out there. If another skater had felt like I did today, he wouldn't have been on the podium. That's just me refusing to lose.

I worked with Dalton Trumbo, who served time for refusing to give up names of people that were accused of being Communists. I've always admired him.

He'd much rather be walking. In college, he had the right to use a cart, and he didn't for two years. He'd drag that leg around during those 36-hole days, refusing to get in a cart. Finally it got to be too much and his coach insisted he ride.

He was still refusing treatment at 10 p.m. last night.

He is refusing to give senators straight answers to legitimate questions. A woman's right to choose and civil rights protections are at risk. Senators must not allow his evasions to stand. Americans deserve clear answers.

has focused squarely on issues and on doing what's in the best interests of workers and their families, refusing to be drawn into divisive personal squabbles.

Knowing the circumstances, I was extremely proud of her for refusing to lie.

I went for a couple of shots that I shouldn't have but I didn't win the World Championship be refusing pots.

President Bush has dug in his heels by refusing to release relevant documents from Roberts' time as a top political appointee and dragged his feet on releasing thousands of other records. This is no time to hide the ball. Given that the next chief justice will affect the lives of all Americans, the Bush administration has a clear obligation to the public to provide the Senate with everything it needs to fully review Roberts' record.

Our players left everything on the field. When they came off the field, they were spent. I was watching them come through the tunnel going to the locker room. I just really hurt for them because the effort was just terrific. It was like two heavyweight fighters through the overtimes refusing to go down.

Surely what do we do when such people are refusing the food passage?

Stand up to crises. Don't let them throw you! Fight to stay calm... even surmount the crisis completely and turn it into an opportunity. Refuse to renounce your self-image. No matter what happens, you must keep your good opinion of yourself. No matter what happens, you must hold your past successes in your imagination, ready for showing in the motion picture screen of your mind. No matter what happens, no matter what you lose, no matter what failures you must endure, you must keep faith in yourself. Then you can stand up to crises, with calm and courage, refusing to buckle; then you will not fall through the floor. You will be able to support yourself.

Some people are excited to take it. Others are refusing to touch it.

Management is taking a very hard line, refusing to compromise. We are open to compromise, and unless they do, we will have a strike.

Microsoft is trying to turn this into an intellectual property case when it's not...This is a case about abuse of a dominant position, about refusing to provide information to vendors.

When President Bush's father was in office, an almost identical scenario faced the United States. There was fighting by rebel forces trying to overthrow then-President Samuel Doe. U.S. ships were off the coast of Monrovia, they were evacuating Americans and Europeans, but refusing to intervene with a humanitarian force aimed at making peace.

We can't use the eucharist as a time . . . to judge a person's conscience by refusing them communion.

To say the mayor has to be there means that the mayor could hold up the town by refusing to attend meetings.

The passenger kept making several attempts underneath the seat, kept refusing the officers' request. The officer saw him pull something out and the officer fired one shot, striking him in the groin.

The Gore campaign strategy is crystal clear, ... Keep conducting selective recounts. Keep filing selective lawsuits, keep making false charges that divert attention, and keep refusing to accept any deadline until the results change.

What the briefing did not answer is how these enormous failings could have occurred. We will not know the answer to these questions unless we subpoena the documents and the e-mails that the White House is refusing to supply.

engaging in discriminatory licensing and by refusing to supply essential information on its windows operating system.

Employers will not need to give reasons for refusing to allow someone to continue to work beyond 65 and may adopt blanket policies of no work beyond 65 in order to try and avoid the risk of unfair dismissal claims.

Even if he decides to run, pan-blue voters may think of him as veteran who is refusing to give the next generation a chance, and there is a chance that he could lose.

The tragedy of all this is that we are seeing within the talks process unionists refusing to negotiate, whilst outside the talks process Catholics are being murdered.

Israeli mainstream political parties are rejecting the Palestinian right of return and withdrawal from (East) Jerusalem to the 1967 borders and are refusing to dismantle Jewish settlements. The dilemma of the US policy is that it puts Israeli interests ahead of its own. That's what creates a crises for it in the region ... It is in the interest of the United States to change its biased foreign policy.

These situations are always incredibly difficult for prime ministers and government, but so far there's been no public outcry against Blair for refusing to deal with terrorists,

The suspect is dead, his will has been burnt, his weapon can't be found, and yet the government is refusing to look into the truth.

administration's lack of action today hurts all Americans by refusing to acknowledge the obvious - that China manipulates its currency.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

This game is huge. We're refusing to lose Friday night.

This is about accepting or refusing the principle that it is possible to laugh at, or even just criticize, a mentality, a religion, a way of understanding spirituality.

They try to put labels on people and make false accusations. It's like an old football coach refusing to update the playbook.

They have all of these trailers down there, ready for people to live in, and yet no one can move in because the government is refusing to pay for mobile homes.

This is a very serious charge with grave implications for the safety of media professionals. Refusing to address these reports in a substantive way only fuels suspicions.

It is time for the Department of Justice to be accountable for refusing to do everything it can to protect sexual assault survivors from unintended pregnancy.

It's an inside sprain, which is worse than an outside sprain. We're going to ice it and do some stimulation in the morning to see if we can flush some of the swelling out. People will say we have no chance with Brody going down, but I don't think so. I think desire and refusing to lose goes a long way.

The notion is we're refusing to see Blue Cross Blue Shield patients, ... That couldn't be further from the truth.

That is a huge obligation. With the best will in the world there is no director who is fully conversant with the 120 or so acts that affect business. We are already seeing signs that retired directors are refusing to be directors. They don't want to serve on audit committees and boards because of the risks attached.

The administration's lack of action today hurts all Americans by refusing to acknowledge the obvious - that China manipulates its currency.

They wouldn't finish. What am I going to do, drag them out there? I think they should forfeit for refusing to play Saturday.

It was just two good football teams refusing to lose the game, ... Neither team was going to quit, and both teams knew that.

Small businesses are extraordinarily independent in their thinking, and they often believe they can go it alone. There is real danger that by refusing to borrow, businesses will forgo growth and profit.

The Michigan courts would not acknowledge this man's First Amendment rights, but we're confident that the federal court will. He was punished for insisting on the right to practice Catholicism and refusing conversion to the Pentecostal faith.

I indicated that the government wants dialogue with the commission to clear the air on a broad range of issues as it pertains to Zimbabwe. The commission is now in the habit of refusing audience with Zimbabwe, and this is contrary to the rules and principles of natural justice.

I'm old enough to remember Richard Nixon. They called it the imperial presidency when he was refusing to spend money that Congress had appropriated.

I'm very much aware of the community here and the great history that is Canisius College. It's going to be a challenge and I'm looking forward to it. ... It's going to take rolling up your sleeves, hard work and refusing to lose.

If Wal-Mart was serious about diversity, it would hire independent auditors, stop refusing to disclose its diversity goals, and finally release the hard data about what Wal-Mart pays its women and minority workers.

In refusing to go to court for a stay, the attorney general acknowledged reality: The case is over.

Illegal logging is driving dozens of birds and mammals to extinction. American corporations have the power to stop illegal logging by refusing to buy the wood; instead they are encouraging it. Shame on them.

I look at it as River Dell refusing to go away. We made some mistakes, but they took advantage. We might have been a little fatigued. We just had to try and withstand it and we did.

I realized I had made a big mistake (for refusing to return). I want to say sorry to my fans and to the Bayi team which trained me and gave me the chance to play in the NBA.

I don't really see where I fit into that group, but I'm very flattered. I think, though, all of us women, regardless of how different we are as artists, come from a similar place in terms of how we view our role as a female musician. All of us are pretty feisty. And I think that that's what people identify with. Because there seem to be so few women right now who are interested in having an opinion. Having something to say. Trying to do things a little differently. Refusing to take our clothes off to further our careers.

Chen is irritating the island's biggest ally by refusing the U.S. government's appeal, making Taiwan even more vulnerable to political and military pressure from China.

If I made a mistake in terms of running for president, the mistake was not in refusing to run in '91.

I'd strongly advise David to carry on refusing to answer questions of that sort.

However, if it gets to a situation where people are refusing not to abide by it, we do have the authority to not allow them to ride the bus. So that is one stick the agency has that it can use.

These are in a sense Milosevic's hostages. He's refusing to allow the basic rules of the road to be implemented. That is, that international relief agencies get access to them so that they can help them provide the bare minimum.

The EU ignores the fact that 98 per cent of shoe manufacturers are funded by private and foreign capital. Refusing to grant market economy treatment to Chinese shoe makers is a discriminatory action violating the principles of fair trade.

The girls are staying mentally focused through the entire match and refusing to let a couple bad points or games destroy their confidence.

And, if there was any responsibility in refusing to obey, he was willing to accept it.

On refusing to make alterations to one of his plays: Who am I to tamper with a masterpiece?

The system of refusing the mere act of drinking and leaving the desire in full force, is unintelligent war tactics, it seems to me

In wise love each defines the secret self of the other, and refusing to believe in the mere daily self, creates a mirror where the lover or the beloved sees an image to copy in daily life; for love also creates the Mask.