Saying No Quotes - Page 3

there is no greater fraud or bore than the writer who has acquired the art of saying nothing brilliantly.

Sometimes speech is no more than a device for saying nothing - and a neater one than silence.

It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.

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

Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.

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

I need to learn how to start saying no. Like when someone says ‘please stop choking me.’

For common minds have an ugly ability to perceive in the deepest and richest saying nothing but their own everyday opinion.

When we remember presidents who didn't fulfill their promises - for instance George H.W. Bush saying no new taxes or Barack Obama saying he would close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay - we remember those because they're the exceptions, not the rule.

The Republicans underestimated and underestimated and underestimated Donald Trump. And look where that got them. They kept saying, no, no, no, that's not going to happen, we don't have to worry about that.

I have been accused of never saying no.

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

All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.

Oh, see then, the Simi is not in trouble. I just kill the Greek god and all’s fine. (Simi) You can’t kill a Greek god, Simi. It’s not allowed. (Acheron) There you go again, akri, saying no to the Simi. Don’t eat that, Simi. Don’t kill that, Simi. Stay here, Simi. Go to Katoteros, Simi, and wait for me to call you. I don’t like being told no, akri. (Simi)

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.

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.

People are afraid of failure - they don't like to work so hard and have people keep saying, 'No.' I think that's what people fear most.

Let me tell you what's really delicious about this [Donald] Trump announcement they're not gonna prosecute. They're also saying something else. They're saying, "No, we're gonna help [Hillary Clinton] heal."

There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see.

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.

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

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.

When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.

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

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