It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.
Publilius Syrus
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America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused – preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.
George W. Bush
Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.
Mikhail Gorbachev
The archdiocesan review board advised the archdiocese to remove Father McCormack from his parish, and the archdiocese refused to follow the advice.
Bryan Samuels
Ms. Fulgham invoked her right to remain silent and would not answer any of our questions. She also refused to participate in any psychological testing.
John Montgomery
But no, the record industry refused to embrace the idea and so what happens is, people just go ahead and do it anyway, which means there is less and less money going into the industry.
Rick Wakeman
The husband is definitely suspicious and has refused to speak to us. He won't take a polygraph.
Brenda Smith
I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.
Aleister Crowley
You have flatly refused to listen to any of the proposals that we have made. In light of this, we have determined to make a proposal to acquire KT&G.
Warren Lichtenstein
I refused, of course. Eitan looked at me and said, 'You'll be sorry'.
Jonathan Pollard
Our mentality now? RELIEF! Our streak is over finally, because we refused to continue losing, and great things can happen now.
Ashley Loncarich
Both the National Classification Code and the Guidelines for the Classification of Films and Computer Games state that a computer game will be refused classification if it includes or contains detailed instruction or promotion of matters of crime. It is the Classification Review Board's determination that this game promotes the crime of graffiti.
Maureen Shelley
I didn't want her to have to be retained. She had worked so hard to get through it and I didn't want to hold her back. I refused to.
Linda Boyd
He said. Asked why he, along with other members, refused to identify the panel's first witness, Hoekstra said, ''We probably have some overclassification situations of our own.
Peter Hoekstra
The defense lawyers were offered protection and refused, ... So they can't have it both ways: They can't decline the protection they were offered and then say that the circumstances are unsafe.
Michael Newton
My mother used to fight with me. She said, 'If you don't work, how will you eat?' I never refused my mother.
Lalita Daberia
Someone either waved or threw hand grenades at (a guard). He refused to open the gate. When the hand grenades came, of course, he ran away to save himself. The blast went off, knocked him down, and he survived.
Thomas Pickering
They have already refused to sign and they are un likely to participate.
Dr Zibani Maundeni
We have no choice but to pick up what the state has refused to fund.
Brendan Kelly
Intel responded not just by defending itself in court, but by cutting off technical information that Digital needed to design computers that use the Intel chips, ... (Intel) also demanded return of microprocessor prototypes and it refused to supply additional prototypes.
William Baer
They refused to give in to the negative. They knew we could do better. I'd love to take credit for doing some fancy thing, but I can't. I can't give enough credit to the kids.
Jim Pettis
I went to the government to seek help from our counterterrorism experts, ... The counterterrorism officials then in the White House refused to give us any help.
Peter Goldmark
It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.
Richard Pryor
It's a credit to his character that he would be back the very next night ready to play. He showed up Saturday night and refused to sit out. This kid never takes a night off.
Glenn Walsh
It is well-known that the owner of the land has refused to allow landings there.
Ryutaro Hashimoto
You have flatly refused to listen to any of the proposals that we have made.
Warren Lichtenstein
If this is the only opportunity that the candidates will have to debate one another, it needs to be in a setting that is open to the public. I don't understand why Mick has refused to accept the League of Woman's Voters debate.
Mark Herring
Several of those doctors refused (to sign the petition). Others signed because they were told they could lose their privileges at Betsy Johnson.
Larry Parker
A Moscow City Court judge refused to open supervision proceedings under our complaint.
Genrikh Padva
Racial discrimination reared its ugly head. Landlords refused to show their properties to minorities.
Carl Harris
He threw me under the bus in the media, saying, 'I tried to get hold of Nick and he's refused to do it', ... Why would he phone me the night before? He had four or five months to ask me. If he'd asked me earlier, I probably would have [accepted].
Nick Price
I thought our kids came out and competed on every series. They put forth a great effort and they just refused to lose.
Jeff Price
We just had some seniors take over the game. They absolutely refused to lose. I'm so proud of them.
Derek Robey
I thought it was down by the bridge or down by the boat houses. I kept trying to get him to go that way, but he refused.
Jenn Kruckow
I am proud of the way the players responded and how they refused to have the game taken from them. It was our first overtime game of the year and I was happy with the way that we reacted.
Jerry Holtgren
It's a victory for those who refused the offer because it would leave them with a huge tax bill.
Angela Knight
It's interesting to note that John Kerry refused to debate John Edwards one-on-one during the Democratic primaries and now he's the big proponent of debates.
Taylor Griffin
The corporation board had fired their minister for not teaching church doctrine and he's refused to leave.
Stephen Poindexter
What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations.
Harry A. Blackmun
The auditors have refused to specify what steps must be taken if the EU accounts are to be given a clean bill of health. It's like telling an athlete to run a race without announcing the distance.
Chris Davies
They have refused to negotiate. These are not the actions of a nation that wants peace.
Yemane Gebremeskel
When she refused, the man allegedly slapped her and thereafter raped her.
Captain Mali Govender
The prosecutors were aware that they would not be able to prove his guilt, so they refused to let him go to Moscow.
Milanka Sojic
He refused to elaborate; he wouldn't give any details as to what that meant.
Katherine Collins
We offered the services of Michelle at our expense, but [township engineer Thomas Beech] refused.
Roger Jones
I was really proud of both of them. They kept it all over the corners and refused to leave the ball out over the middle.
Lori Raschilla
I would have refused a mandate at a commission of inquiry that was investigating the program of another government.
Jean Pelletier
The prosecutors are aware that they will not be able to prove his guilt, so they have refused him to go to Moscow.
Milanka Sojic
She was just so in love with him. She just refused to let him go.
Diane Hall
Home Depot not only ignored my plight, they refused my plight.
Bob Dougherty
One reason the waiver was refused was because it's state law. And because they didn't want to set a precedent.
Lisa Gross
[The disaster in New Orleans] is not an act of god, ... This is an act of man. The federal government refused to spend the money to improve the levees.
Benigno Aguirre
The problems are not fixed the problems are multiple and the problems are serious health threats. We've asked them to thoroughly evaluate that. They have refused us.
Robin Johnson
If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Ramsey Clark
I had final cut, they wanted me to re-edit it, I refused.
Dennis Hopper
The Department has refused to allow the firm to tell its story to a grand jury, in violation of both Department policy and the basic precepts of fundamental fairness.
Arthur Andersen
Judge Moore doesn't have very large coattails. He went too far when he refused to obey the court order, and that was sort of a turning point and his popularity has been dropping ever since then.
Larry Powell
That was nothing to do with us. A mate of ours runs a record label and he was trying to upstage for a laugh. I refused to look up, so he didn't put me off. I want our album to come out next March, so that's when it's going to come out.
Tim Burgess
She refused to give me her badge number, and she hung up.
Joe Veronese
I mean, they sort of refused to come to the table with any incremental capital. They would have loved for us to be acquired — just get their money out and be gone.
Donna Dubinsky
Yes, they should be refused bail. I wouldn't like to think of a sex offender roaming the streets.
Annie Duke
Fred Gray has made the light shine upon our state favorably. George Wallace and Roy Moore refused to obey the law and brought shame.
John Caddell
The Holy Father has acted as the Vicar of Christ and acted like Christ himself, who never refused to talk to anyone.
Francesco Cossiga
I refused to serve him because of the way he was acting. Besides, the bar was already closed.
Kevin Martin
Afraid that he would be violated on his probation if he refused, McCowen reluctantly agreed.
Robert George
Ricky showed a lot of heart and refused to give up on that play. He's a lot faster and more athletic than most people realize.
Steve Zeller
They complained to the builder for all that time, but he simply refused to negotiate. They gave advance notice of the problems, asked to sit down negotiate, but in the end, it turned out they had to sue.
Thomas Miller
We were due to be together but this time I refused because I also need to get to know some of my other team mates better.
Chris Katongo
We have refused access because of the certainty that if this pipeline as currently proposed ruptures we, our families and neighbors, will die.
Vincent Mcgrath
He looked straight ahead, refused to answer any questions or have any communication with the doctor.
Tracey Smith
I refused. I didn't want him to give me a hug.
Susan Levy
This could break the paradigm of most investigators, who have refused to believe in any contact in the paleolithic era between southern Europe and northern Africa.
Jose Ramos
They told us the academics are refused, but continue to persistently stalk them.
Robert Free Galvan
We made a lot of mistakes in the last four minutes and they made all the plays. You've got to give Massillon a lot of credit. They refused to quit.
Gregg Collins
I refused to cooperate because I was afraid that people say I am thirsty for power.
Barzan Ibrahim
I can confirm that Microsoft did make a formal request for the hearing to be public and the request was refused by the hearing officer because the procedural regulation explicitly prohibits this.
Jonathan Todd
The defense can still present circumstantial evidence that he could not form the intent to kill, ... All this means is that they can't call the experts they couldn't call anyway because he refused to be examined.
Laurie Levenson
They did a chest CAT scan for him and a back MRI and some blood tests and it didn't show any cancer. He refused a biopsy in order to determine if he really has cancer or not [of the prostate].
Bakhtiar Amin
MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society. By misdemeanors he essays to climb Into the aristocracy of crime. O, woe was him! -- with manner chill and grand 'Captains of industry' refused his hand, 'Kings of finance' denied him recognition And 'railway magnates'.
Ambrose Bierce
I left Johnny after 36 years of marriage, and I stayed away from him for two years, ... I refused to visit him for two years and would not take his calls from prison.
Victoria Gotti
What RIM has shown is that the technology is very effective. NTP has made it quite clear that it is willing to license the technology. But RIM, the most extensive user of this technology, has refused to license.
James Wallace
I entered this race because I refused to be silent about the immorality of the war in Iraq.
Jonathan Tasini
The evidence will show that Visa and MasterCard refused to play by the rules of fair competition, rules which are the foundation of our American system of free enterprise.
Lloyd Constantine
He refused to give us a client list or inventory.
Debbie Polverino
We have said all along that we will talk any time, anywhere, ... We asked for a meeting prior to their next board meeting Tuesday, but they refused. We want to talk, they don?t.
Kathy Baker
He refused to leave. He just keeps coming back every Sunday and wed. And attempting to run the service and interfering.
Stephen Poindexter
The state refused to offer any plea in this case and obviously they should have.
Dan Cooper
They wanted to bring us clients for one-third of our fee, and we refused to do that.
William Lerach
It was amazing what he did. He was out of it, but he refused not to play in the second half. It's good to be on a team with a guy like that, and it's something that will rub off on the team, just the example he sets.
Connor Barwin
He's appealed his case to the Supreme Court and they affirmed his conviction. He applied to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, but they refused to hear it.
Henry Morgan
We should have beat them like that the last time. We refused to play their style this time and played to our potential. Having that going for us pretty much set the tone for the entire game.
Luke Thompson
As far as I'm concerned, the case is closed. I want everybody to remember who made the factual error and refused to correct it.
Geraldo Rivera
I'm extremely proud of each and every one of our kids. All of them refused to lose. Even when they were outclassed they kept coming back and never gave up.
Matt Armstrong
Opacic said he had been told that if he refused, he would be executed. By that, I understood, murdered.
Robert Reid
These kids have paid the price to win a championship. We knew we had to come out fighting today. They refused to lose today. We did everything we could to win the championship, and that's what makes me so proud of them.
Gary Burke
If a child refused to eat, the instinct of most parents is to worry because they're concerned the child will be hungry.
William Dietz
The exercise has slowed down. It's not going on as we had expected. In some areas, the warriors have completely refused to hand over their guns voluntarily to the army and the disarmament committees.
Lt. Henry Obbo
He is under contract. He has refused to render his services, and so we have not paid him for his services, although we've kept him on his medical insurance.
Steve Patterson
Wheeler says it happened after he refused to give a urine sample.
Chris Trenkmann
Like Justice Thomas during his confirmation hearing, Judge Roberts said there is a right to privacy and it applies to the marital relationship and the use of contraceptives, but he refused to say how much further its protections would go.
Marcia Greenberger
Police spoke to people inside and outside of the bar regarding the incident, and they refused to give any information, ... And also when county detectives spoke to them, they refused to give any information.
Richard Adams
Riley ordered him to drop the knife and drop to the ground, and the suspect refused to do so, forcing Riley to fire in self-defense.
Stephen Campbell
It's very strange that our ministry refused to cooperate with this request.
Armando Spataro
I was trying to tell Robert to assist me in pacing, but Robert refused.
Benjamin Maiyo
Kids were making plays all over the place. They refused to lose. We refused to lose. Time just ran out. Fortunately, we were ahead.
Andy Schulz
Even when all those things happened, they refused to give up on me. When most people would say, 'You stole from me. You're gone.' They refused to give up on me.
Bill Simmons
[Leprechauns coach Mark Barrett was disappointed with the end result, but refused to comment on the decisions which cost his side.] There's nothing we can do about it, so we'll just look ahead to the semi-finals, ... We've come out of the game with a fair few injuries so a week off with the minor premiership would have been nice, but we've got to play now.
Mark Barrett
In the end, he refused to commit to upholding the core principles of Roe.
Debra L. Ness
They refused to acknowledge the fact that there were six toilets on it.
Mark Gordon
It is our usual practice to approach defendants to see if they are willing to negotiate. We regret that the bank has so far refused to discuss a settlement.
John Richards
The choppers started sinking in the mud, so they had to work fast. The Taiwanese refused to leave without the body and were dragging it with them.
Capt Burrel Parmer
Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough. On why she refused a deal with underwear firm Agent Provacateu.
Sophie Ellis bextor
Adam is really the kid who just refused to let us lose.
Charlie Stewart
I was humiliated by him on several occasions and the matter became so much public that even his personal assistants insulted me and refused to give an appointment to meet him.
Praveen Mahajan
Brandon refused to lose the game. He was going to do whatever was in his power to win it for us.
Brad Dobbels
But when she had information that according to her would help demonstrate the president's innocence ... she selfishly refused to provide it to the grand jury or anyone.
Julie Myers
I sincerely hope that Congress will do what judges and local legislators so far have refused to do for me and for thousands of people like me across the nation: protect our homes.
Susette Kelo
If the sun refused to shine, I'd still be loving you. If mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.
Led Zeppelin
[S]he refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring.
Zelda Fitzgerald
Were not able to add it, insurance companies refused to pay for it. It was just not accepted.
Rich Wooditch
We have to keep the pressure on. He has refused to meet with us again.
John Vanderspank
The Minner administration and Stan Taylor have refused to lead, defending prison conditions and claiming it is not even a crisis, ... We are disgusted at this lack of action.
Christopher Bullock
It was pretty bad. The general public refused to go there.
Percy Williamson
We just refused to lose. Great leadership and a great basketball team. The girls won it with their heart.
Kevin Reed
All they had was a permit to explore for metals. Now the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to acknowledge a valid ?takings' claim, which is the heart of their challenge in federal court (too). It seems that now would be the time for them to go away.
Jim Jensen
You were lying to Dave because you wanted to keep the lines of communication open? Dave had never refused to talk to you guys.
Katharine Liell
The point, simply, is that we are doing more rediscovering these days than discovering coming anew upon truths that ignorant people refused to examine, over the centuries, because the wise people who held custody of the fundamental truths of nature were unpopular.
John Williamson
Age is a protected ground in the Ontario human rights code. What that means is you can't be refused services because of age.
Barbara Hall
One of the stations had already taken it down and refused to air it because it's false and misleading.
Sean Spicer
He got up. He had the gun. They ordered him to drop the gun. He refused to drop the gun, and that's when the officer shot him.
Phil Cline
I wasn't pleased at all. We did not play well in the second half. We refused to run a half-court offense, and it really cost us.
John Harder
We offered to drop the case and not seek one penny of damages against her if she would join with us in our action. As of today, she has refused.
Martin Singer
The reason the department refused to grant the few waiver is because this organization failed to demonstrate that its request was in the public interest in that it was not likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government.
Chad Colby
I was nearly in the Fat Joe and Nelly video but I refused to wear a bikini. Nelly was cool though - apparently he's been a fan of ours for a long time.
Keisha Buchanan
We were stopped at the entrance by the security guard who refused to grant us access, refused to cooperate with us, refused to take the stop order personally.
Dean Fryer
Why have they refused to answer about what is going on? I don't truly believe residents know what they voted for. Morris is truly a puppet of Ed Marcus.
Kurt Schwanfelder
This employer has known for years what steps must be taken to protect employees' health and safety, but has refused to implement them.
Rosemarie Ohar
[Six other people who refused to be taken from a bridge] felt this thing was an act of God and it was OK to just sit there and die, ... They were in God's hands.
Chris Baker
My client has refused to start criminal action against the man who attacked him, and we'll abide by his position.
Natalya Terekhova
But the man refused to move out even after he was detained for 15 days. We can't throw him and his belongs out of the villa.
Wan Jianfeng
Apparently the highest compliment our culture grants artists nowadays is to be in an ad — ideally naked and purring on the hood of a new car. I have adamantly and repeatedly refused this dubious honor, ... While the court can't make me active in radio, I am asking it to make me radioactive to advertisers.
Tom Waits
Deby has refused our proposal; that's why I am not participating in the upcoming election.
Ngarlejy Yorongar
The judge of the Moscow City Court refused to review proceedings when we appealed, without citing a single reason.
Genrikh Padva
She said she had no money and refused to move from the carriage.
Paul Charles
They refused to come, and three times they told me they were not doing that service any more.
Alberto Sanchez
The foreign citizens were not paid for their work. The Ukrainians were forced to work and were punished by ration and water restrictions when they refused to work.
Tatyana Kutuzova
He refused to sign the petition. He didn't want any part of it.
Diane Jacobowitz
Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Edward Gibbon
If (Lockyer) went out there and declared (Shelley's) innocence and refused to interview him, then Lockyer has a lot of explaining to do about a bungled investigation of a corrupt politician.
Karen Hanretty
I was fortunate enough to be one of those stories where I was scouted on the street by somebody and actually refused to go to the agency and was approached on different occasions and finally kind of caved and said, 'OK, I'll try it and see what happens.' A month and a half after my first audition I won the role on Lost .
Evangeline Lilly
The government has refused to grant him permission to leave the country.
Emmanuel Mwamba
[The six-month extension] is the best outcome we could possibly imagine. The Senate stood firm, and they refused to be bullied into accepting a law that was not good for America.
Emily Sheketoff
They refused additional business. They kept it small and created more demand for their product. As a result, when the rest of the market was not doing well, Coach was doing well and was very sought after.
Ellen Goldstein
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