#refuse

You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#came #children #going #growing #growing up

When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president. He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically - that's not how he was raised - he cared that it was the right thing to do. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#another day #barack #care #cared #comes

I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#audience #color #every #i #i am

I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate. ↗

— Nancy Astor

#am #does #even #fifty-two #i

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#any #club #i #join #me

I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#anybody #i #i am #jungles #never

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#illness #man #never #onset #own

When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic. ↗

— Nia Vardalos

#close #come #dad #i #magic

Good bye" is a good gift when you wave it at me because I refuse to follow a bad advice you gave. Wave it at me and I will show you the door. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#advise #bad-advice #bad-friend #bye #bye-bye

I refuse to sit on my laurels. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#laurels #refuse #sit