Saying No Quotes - Page 3

• I think one manifestation of integrity is holding a grudge. Saying no is a little different. Holding a grudge is the modern equivalent of having standards.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Integrity, Thinking, Different

  "The Voice: Fran Lebowitz". Interview with Francesco Clemente, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 11, 2016.

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• He was wondering if there was some cryptic, cultish mark on his door that told all the crazy people he'd have trouble saying no.

  Anne Tyler

  Crazy, Doors, People

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• In show business, never underestimate the power of saying "no".

  Doc Brown

  Underestimate, Shows, Show Business

  Source: thelatest.co.uk

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• If you believe that saying no will get you shot, well, what a fine way to go.

  Peter Block

  Believe, Way, Shots

  Peter Block (2003). “The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters”, p.45, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• I'm a great believer that saying yes is a lot more fun than saying no.

  Richard Branson

  Fun, Saying Yes, Believer

  "Richard Branson Responds To Elon Musk's Criticism; 'We're About To Prove Him Wrong'". Interview with Henry Blodget, www.businessinsider.com. October 18, 2014.

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• I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying 'no' politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life.

  Richard Chamberlain

  Thinking, Want, Able

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Innovation means saying 'no' to a thousand things.

  Steve Jobs

  Mean, Innovation, Thousand

  "18 Innovation Lessons From Steve Jobs" by Thomas Oppong, alltopstartups.com. August 10, 2011.

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• All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.

  Susanna Kaysen

  Integrity, Lying

  Susanna Kaysen (2013). “Girl, Interrupted”, p.42, Vintage

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• I've spent years saying no to things. It's important to be selective with both projects and partners.

  Lauren Conrad

  Years, Important, Projects

  "Lauren Conrad Interview On Her New Book, The Future & Fourth Of July". Real Style Interview, www.realstylenetwork.com.

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• Attractions are things we all should be good at saying no to, because our Department of Attraction is arguably the least reliable and productive office in our entire brain.

  Carolyn Hax

  Office, Brain, Should

  "Carolyn Hax Live: Use the china". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. November 20, 2015.

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• To this day, I've found that it doesn't matter what a guy looks like if he's really funny. His sense of humor makes him attractive. On the other hand, you don't hear men saying, 'No she's not pretty, but is she ever funny!'

  Catherine O'Hara

  Men, Hands, Guy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Women should feel more liberated to say you know what? I can't bake the cookies for the school bake sale because I just don't have the time. Or I'm really sorry, but I can't do this at work because I've got too much else going on this week. We have to be more up front in saying no, for lack of a better word, and then modeling that for others.

  Debora Spar

  Sorry, School, Cookies

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I enjoy feeling fastidious and aloof. I enjoy saying no, always no, and I should be afraid of any attempt to construct a finally habitable world, because I should merely have to say - Yes; and act like other people.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  People, Feelings, World

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• I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, "no gossiping," "no nagging."

  Gretchen Rubin

  Nagging, Fine, Persons

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. My favorite line of the day was when people kept raising their hand saying, "Does it do [x]?", "Do you plan to add [y]?". Finally Jobs said, "Wait wait - put your hands down. Listen: I know you have a thousand ideas for all the cool features iTunes could have. So do we. But we don't want a thousand features. That would be ugly. Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.

  Derek Sivers

  Jobs, Independent, Hands

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• I've never regretted saying no to anything, or finishing something. When I'm in the middle of doing something I love, I can have a better idea, and I'll go, "Oh God, I can't finish this." Maybe I've got some sort of disorder.

  Ricky Gervais

  Ideas, Finishing, Never Regret

  Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. January 10, 2007.

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• I try to combine my work with my family, that's what I aspire to. I don't say that's the only thing. It's not all work and family, because otherwise you would be saying no to the many other things in life and there are many other things.

  Connie Nielsen

  Things In Life, Trying, Would Be

  "Connie Nielsen: Inspired by the city of her dreams". Interview with Mark Tutton, edition.cnn.com. August 6, 2008.

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• I know you have 1000 great ideas for things that iTunes could do. And we have 1000 more. But innovation is not about saying "yes" to everything. It's about saying "no" to all but the most crucial features.

  Steve Jobs

  Ideas, Simplicity, Innovation

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• I know people are saying they like you. I'm not being insulted or pushed around or anything. People are coming up because they like me. Nevertheless, I can't be everybody's...none of us can. I hate saying no to people.

  Morgan Freeman

  Hate, People, Like You

  "Morgan Freeman and Virginia Madsen Talk THE MAGIC OF BELLE ISLE, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, and Turning SIDEWAYS Into a Play". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. July 4, 2012.

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• Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.

  Jose Carreras

  Jobs, World, Singers

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• The hardest thing when you think about focusing. You think focusing is about saying "Yes." No. Focusing is about saying "No." And when you say "No," you piss off people.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Thinking, People

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• If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Perfect, Effects, Ifs

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• I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

  Michael B. Jordan

  Reading, Television, Care

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• That's really just the worst part of life really, you get bracketed somewhere and the next thing you know people are saying, 'No. No. That's not the type. Get me so and so.' I'm not a type. I'm an actor.

  Morgan Freeman

  People, Actors, Next

  "Morgan Freeman talks Unleashed!". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. May 10, 2005.

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• I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on the right track.

  Lorenzo di Bonaventura

  Mean, Cutting, Thinking

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