Saying No Quotes

I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me.

Hopeless cases: Executives who assert themselves by saying No when they should say Yes.

The Bible says we're to be moderate in all things. It's good to help others but not at the expense of your own family.

When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no.

I have been accused of never saying no.

We conservatives don't have a corner on saying no. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.

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

I have a cartoon where the guy is pretty much, he's a regular-sized guy, but he's the size of the island. He's saying no man is an island, but I come pretty damn close.

You're saying no ninety-seven times out of a hundred, and most founders find they have to make a very conscious effort to do this.

but you could also look at it the other way. Like you’re saying no matter how bad things are for you, I can still relate.

In many respects, designing heirloom products means saying no to designing consumer crap that you know will not last very long.

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

When you're not confident as a young woman in saying "no" or even saying "yes" necessarily, you don't know which one you're more afraid of in some way. That happens a lot.

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.

We had an eyeball-to-eyeball agreement at a restaurant before I came back that, if I came back, he would never talk to me that way again or I was simply saying no.

Saying no is so heartbreaking.

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.

Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.

Resisting a beautiful chocolate cake or a wonderful foie gras is as difficult as (the idea of) saying no to Paul Newman.

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

By doing that [ saying no boots on the ground], she [Hillary Clinton] has empowered the enemy, she's empowered the enemy.

I've always been afraid of saying no to people because I don't want them to be disappointed and dislike me.

I have had to learn about saying no.

I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic.

In the immortal words of Roberto Duran, we are saying, 'No mas!' We will educate students and then promote them, not the reverse

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

That's a long way of saying no, I'm always too bound up in thinking about the characters in whatever I'm working on and trying to make good to dwell on characters from previous books.

Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes.

Saying "no" has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined.

The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them.

No one ever went broke by saying no too often.

Ulysses pissed me off. When Molly Bloom just says, "Yes I said yes I will Yes." And I'm thinking, You should be saying no, Molly. How about no? Saying no is great.

The glorification of hatred is predicated on a foundation of fear-induced ignorance venomous to haters and those they believe they hate.

It takes true courage and real humility to say NO or YES!

Sometimes "No" is the kindest word.

Silence isn't always agreement. Sometimes people no longer argue because they no longer care.

If you really want to be an effective time manager, you will have to learn to say no to other people and do so frequently.

Some selfish people rise because some kind people haven't learned the art of saying no to them.

To exist here, I’ll have to become skilled in saying no—an art in which I was once well accomplished, but one I no longer care to practice.

Say no to everything, so you can say yes to the one thing.

If something is not a "hell, YEAH!", then it's a "no!