Refuse

Famous quotes containing the word refuse:

“Things have their laws, as well as men; and things refuse to be trifled with. Property will be protected.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our serious requests, and gratify every one of our whims. He should encourage us to have caprices, and forbid us to have missions. He should always say much more than he means, and always mean much more than he says.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)