Quotes by Rejection Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story. F. Scott Fitzgerald hellrejectionstories I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake and it really wasn't. I have drawers full of - or I did have - drawers full of rejection slips. Fred Saberhagen batsrejectioncake You don't dig me, I don't understand what it is, I had my car reupholstered. Frank Zappa rejectioncar Left me here to cry alone with a bottle of juice and pork chop bone. Frank Zappa porkrejectionbottles She use to knock me out until her face broke out. Frank Zappa rejectionusefaces Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection. Gail Collins rejectionfaultscampaigns My research suggests that when people get rebuffed they become frustrated and angry, but they would do better to become curious about the reason for the rejection. I also found that people assume that others are like them, operating under the same knowledge, beliefs, constraints and priorities. This mirror assumption makes it easier to speculate about why others act in the way they do, but sometimes the mirror assumption is wrong. Gary A. Klein rejectionmirrorspeople When I was twenty, and my family were business people, and I had disappeared to India and they were like, "What are you doing?" I had a good relationship with them, and it wasn't like a rejection or anything, but they couldn't understand why I was going to India. Gary Kraftsow good-relationshiprejectionpeople Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught from childhood to accept as the natural order. It changes her life and the lives of those with whom she shares this vision of nonviolence. Ethical veganism is anything but passive; on the contrary, it is the active refusal to cooperate with injustice Gary L. Francione rejectionprofoundorder Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of religion. Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of science. In other words, religion has become a matter of the heart and science has become a matter of the mind. This regrettable state of affairs does not reflect the fact that physiologically , one cannot exist without the other. Mind and heart are only different aspects of us. Gary Zukav rejectionacceptanceheart I would not want you to suppose that my rejection of Allen Forte's theory of pitch-class sets implies a rejection of the notion that there can be such a thing as a pitch-class set. It is only when one defines everything in terms of pitch-class sets that the concept becomes meaningless. George Perle rejectionwantclass When we let others control us by the threat of disapproval and rejection, we give up far too much of ourselves and make it impossible for us to engage in authentic relationships. George Robinson being-yourselfrejectiongiving-up I don't want to be like you. I look for the pure of heart, and the ones that have made a start. George Harrison rejectionheartlooks Swallowing your pride isn't lethal. It might upset your stomach for a few minutes, but the ultimate result may be the life of your dreams. And that's a result that's worth every rejection you encounter. Georgette Mosbacher rejectionpridedream An intention that rejects what has no meaning in fact is a rejection of the entirety of being. Georges Bataille intentionrejectionfacts Your success as a writer will probably not depend on how well you write so much as in how you handle rejections. Gilbert Morris wellsrejectionwriting Obama wants to stand for a peaceful, generous, encompassing approach that would bring all Americans, but not just Americans, the whole of international society, together to advance civilization towards what we all understand is necessary to advance. Because of that he's being subjected to very serious rejections from the reactionary portion of the system, which, unfortunately, is the dominant portion. Gilberto Gil peacefulrejectioncivilization Rejection is a form of self-assertion. You have only to look back upon yourself as a person who hates this or that to discover what it is that you secretly love. George Santayana rejectionhateself A rejection of the way a woman speaks is often a way of blaming or dismissing her without dealing with the content of what she is saying. Gloria Steinem blamerejectionway We're taught that in life, we should try to look on the bright side. Not in this case. In this case, assume rejection first. Assume you're the rule, not the exception. It's liberating. But we also know it's not an easy concept. -He's not just into you Greg Behrendt datingrejectiontruth«56789101112131415»
