#refuse

Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to its own avarice and sadness. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#avarice #beauty #bid #both #disinterested

The Secret Doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates, in times with which History refuses to deal, and to which esoteric teachings assign dates incompatible with the theories of Geology and Anthropology. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#assign #born #climates #common #countless

Every day President Bush and Congress refuse to fulfill their obligation to special ed is another day Wisconsin property taxpayers are stuck with the bill. It's unfair, irresponsible and must stop. ↗

— Jim Doyle

#another day #bill #bush #congress #day

The U.S. uses most of its oil for transportation. We can limit U.S. demand for oil by requiring automakers to use the technology that already exists to improve fuel economy - technology that the automakers refuse to bring into the market despite societal demand. ↗

— Sherwood Boehlert

#bring #demand #despite #economy #exists

The American people are screaming at the top of their lungs to Washington, 'Stop! Stop the spending, stop the job-killing policies.' And yet, Democrats in Washington refuse to listen to the American people. ↗

— John Boehner

#american people #democrats #job-killing #listen #lungs

I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art. ↗

— Balthus

#art #confide #i #like #people

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ↗

— Mark Caine

#captive #environment #find #first #first step

I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money. ↗

— Michael Caine

#here #i #just #money #much

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

#bus #dr #had #heard #i

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#circle #could #difficulty #even #first