Quotes about Rejected

The Stone the Builders Rejected. Votes: 3

Jason felt humiliated and frustrated. Rejected by a rock. Votes: 3

We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount. Votes: 3

Rejected names for World War II: 'Global Super Killfest', 'Germaniacal Japandamonium', 'World War 1: New Moon'. Votes: 3

It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it. Votes: 3

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future. Votes: 3

Whether chocolate or vanilla, or you're somewhere in between, A cappuccino mocha or a caramel queen, Rejected by the black, not accepted by the white world, And this is dedicated to them dark-skinned white girls. Votes: 3

Globalization and the neoliberal economic model have already been rejected in Latin America; it simply hasn't been a solution for our people. At the same time, Latin countries like Venezuela and Argentina are anti-imperialist and anti-globalization, and yet their economies are growing again. Votes: 3

Every time you get rejected, say: 'Next!' Votes: 2

The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes. Votes: 2

Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different. Votes: 2

Being rejected from something good just means that Allah is pointing you to something better Votes: 2

Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected. Votes: 2

In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Votes: 2

I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else. Votes: 2

We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha`s own words must be rejected. Votes: 2

Judging is a preemptive attack against that which you most desire - intimacy and acceptance - that is launched before you can be rejected or refused. Votes: 2

If somebody rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected. Votes: 2

You must know that you are worth much to me whether you accomplish anything or not. Even if you are rejected in the world's eyes, you are valuable to me. Votes: 2

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors. Votes: 2

As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past. Votes: 2

When we end up in a situation where we have been rejected, there is an acceptance in Christ of a new place He is going to take us. It is like nothing we have ever experienced. You are accepted in Christ, never rejected by Him. Votes: 2

Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God's love encompasses us completely. ... He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken. Votes: 2

This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don't consider it rejected. Consider that you've addressed it 'to the editor who can appreciate my work' and it has simply come back stamped 'Not at this address'. Just keep looking for the right address. Votes: 2

Some are young people who don't know who they are, what they can be or even want to be. They are afraid, but they don't know of what. They are angry, but they don't know at whom. They are rejected and they don't know why. All they want is to be somebody. Votes: 2

Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her past history of inner pain and difficulties in relationships, is different. But in each one there is a yearning for communion and belonging, but at the same time a fear of it. Love is what we most want, yet it is what we fear the most. Votes: 2

Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. Votes: 1

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected. Votes: 1

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask. Votes: 1

Whenever I felt happy about having discovered something, the first encounter, not only with the public, with other musicians, with specialists, etc, was that they rejected it. Votes: 1

I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself. Votes: 1

Of course, there's a certain type of person who feels that anything which becomes mainstream has to be rejected immediately. And that's part of the indie-alternative snobbery and hierarchy and elitism. Votes: 1

When I was heavier, I danced and I jumped out of planes. I've always rejected the idea that there's a certain look or size that makes it acceptable to live life. Votes: 1

Boys with a 'failure to launch' are invisible to most girls. With poor social skills, the boys feel anger at their fear of being rejected and self-loathing at their inability to compete. Votes: 1

Eudora Welty's 'A Curtain of Green' had an enormous effect on me. But my early attempts to graft stories from the Deep South onto North of England provincialism were not successful. All were rejected. Votes: 1

Knowing that you're the one who's been rejected, God it makes you feel isolated. I defy anybody not to be a bit upset. I felt as though I'd walked into the house trailing all this baggage. Votes: 1

My record was so bad that I was first rejected by the Peace Corps as a poor risk and possible troublemaker and was accepted as a volunteer only after a great deal of explaining and arguing. Votes: 1

Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral. Votes: 1

A lot of times, people are ashamed of feeling weak and being rejected - so it's liberating to be able to sing about those things. And it's amazing when other people don't feel alone because they hear it. Votes: 1

If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it. Votes: 1

I like to joke that I probably hold the world record for rejection letters. Yes, the truth is that I was fed up of being rejected repeatedly, and self-publication was an act of defiance at traditional publishing. But life works in strange ways. Votes: 1

Whenever a new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response - that is, high touch - or the technology is rejected... We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature. Votes: 1

America's demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census - but Republicans stubbornly rejected math, facts, and polls to their electoral peril. While Republicans tailored their platform by and for the pale stale and male, among us, Obama and Democrats are embracing America's diverse mosaic. Votes: 1

There's something about being rejected - when I go out without my friends, I'm reminded of how I'm actually quite antisocial. I don't look like a guy who feels like that, but it's very hard for me to start up a conversation. At a party, I'm lost. Votes: 1

I had spent five years not earning a penny, getting rejected. Thank God I had a husband who was supportive and encouraging. But I still said to myself, 'If the Everleighs doesn't sell, I'm finished with writing forever.' I was going to get an office job. Votes: 1

It is such a cut throat industry where you get knocked down so much and get rejected so much. If you do not back yourself up, no one else is going to so you really need to learn to get up, shake the sand off your chest and keep going. Votes: 1

I've struggled a lot to get where I am. I initially got rejected by every producer. But no complaints. I enjoyed each and every moment of the struggle. My first break came in 1997 from Krishna Vamsi and then Puri Jagannadh, who is my closest friend. I owe everything I am to him. Our careers have evolved simultaneously. Votes: 1

For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don't make it. The name of the game is rejection. You go to an audition and you're told you're too tall or you're too Irish or your nose is not quite right. You're rejected for your education, you're rejected for this or that and it's really tough. Votes: 1

Stay enthusiastic after getting rejected. Votes: 0

You take the risk of being rejected. Votes: 0

Cameraphones will be rejected by corporate users. Votes: 0

There are 9 rejected ideas for every idea that works. Votes: 0

Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom. Votes: 0

Even in success, you're going to be constantly rejected. Votes: 0

Men are very delicate. They don't like being rejected. Votes: 0

People are afraid, people don't want to be rejected. Votes: 0

I work constantly to be better at being rejected. Votes: 0

I've been rejected, but I am still in love. Votes: 0

I spent a lot of time feeling alienated and rejected. Votes: 0

As of now, ALL your opinions are rejected." - Ichigo Votes: 0

A reduced Christ is the same as a rejected Christ. Votes: 0

My cards and flowers always got rejected on Valentines Day. Votes: 0

When you're fired, you're rejected. It's as simple as that. Votes: 0

By keeping her heart protected, she'll never ever feel rejected. Votes: 0

There's kind of wisdom that must be firstly rejected before accepted. Votes: 0

rejected both the appropriateness of an apology and of monetary redress. Votes: 0

I never rejected any responsibility, but that depends on the decision. Votes: 0

in rejecting secrecy I had also rejected the road to cynicism. Votes: 0

I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker. Votes: 0

I think when the world makes you feel rejected, you bite back. Votes: 0

I get nervous about press and about being rejected or disappointing myself. Votes: 0

I made it very clear that I rejected bigotry of all forms. Votes: 0

It's always the same: mediocrities are over-valued and great men are rejected. Votes: 0

My first buildings, when I was about 30, were rejected for aesthetic reasons. Votes: 0

Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event. Votes: 0

He who has rejected his demons badgers us to death with his angels Votes: 0

Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event. Votes: 0

The extremist, isolationist policies of Jean-Marie Le Pen have been rejected and crushed Votes: 0

I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty. Votes: 0

The majority of American voters have rejected both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Votes: 0

If you're not being rejected regularly - maybe you're not trying hard enough. Votes: 0

Offers come up, but I'm still fighting for jobs and auditioning and being rejected. Votes: 0

Popular in our time, unpopular in his. So runs the stereotype of rejected genius. Votes: 0

There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are. Votes: 0

You're constantly getting rejected in acting. You get rejected more than you get hired! Votes: 0

The more I risk being rejected, the better my chances are of being accepted. Votes: 0

Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected Votes: 0

I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels. Votes: 0

Actually, I was a little rejected at first. I kind of got slapped down. Votes: 0

When I wrote my first book, 'Koolaids,' I felt rejected and not wanted. Votes: 0

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected. Votes: 0

Satan rejected my soul; as low as he goes, he never quite goes this low. Votes: 0

I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible. Votes: 0

True Love denied or rejected is as deadly as a nuclear missile to the soul Votes: 0

Satan rejected my soul; as low as he goes,he never quite goes this low. Votes: 0

I have rejected Juventus four times; it's a beautiful pussy that doesn't get me horny. Votes: 0

We choose exile as a vantage point; from exile we look back on the rejected Votes: 0

Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript, at which time we knew we had something pretty hot. Votes: 0

I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life. Votes: 0

Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow. Votes: 0

There are no halfway measures against bigotry, hatred and anti-Semitism. It's got to be rejected totally. Votes: 0

The most successful people in the world are people who were rejected more than anybody else. Votes: 0

Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration. Votes: 0

My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet. Votes: 0

Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected. ... Suffering and being rejected are not the same. Votes: 0

The Cosby Show' made an impact on comedy, television and culture. We rejected lowering the bar. Votes: 0

Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot. Votes: 0

It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected. Votes: 0

I'm glad I'm not bisexual. I couldn't stand being rejected by men as well as women. Votes: 0

use every tool in our arsenal to ensure that his nomination is rejected again this year. Votes: 0

These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected. Votes: 0

Once one has rejected faith, it will become impossible for him to enter the gates of Heaven... Votes: 0

Obama has already rejected the bright sunlight of public knowledge, which is democracy's great disinfectant and cure. Votes: 0

These men were wrongfully rejected, the veterans. The fighting man should never have been blamed for Vietnam. Votes: 0

The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them. Votes: 0

Whenever anybody does something in a big way, it's always rejected at home and accepted someplace else. Votes: 0

The very truths that gave birth to the Pentecostal movement are today generally rejected as too strong. Votes: 0

Old rules and habits have to be rejected and dismissed so that something new can be created. Votes: 0

Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school. Votes: 0

The G-8 has clearly rejected the failed U.S. policy of voluntary programs to address global warming. Votes: 0

Men are often a lot less vindictive than women are, because we are rejected constantly every day. Votes: 0

We are afraid of failure, of ridicule, of being rejected. We are afraid we're not good enough. Votes: 0

When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. Votes: 0

I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons. Votes: 0

Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer. Votes: 0

Nobody gets out of love alive. You turn into a menace or a pest when you've been rejected. Votes: 0

the touch of evil poisons by the idea of it. Reject the idea, and you've rejected the evil Votes: 0

They have rejected that power and sought to convince women of the exact opposite, that they are powerless. Votes: 0

Philosophy which does not help to illuminate the process of the liberation of the oppressed should be rejected. Votes: 0

The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests." Votes: 0

Technically perfect, pictorially rotten. (Stieglitz's standard comment on photographs he rejected for publication in The American Amateur Photographer.) Votes: 0

Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved. Votes: 0

We live in a culture where the truth claims of Christianity are not only rejected, they are ridiculed. Votes: 0

The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests. Votes: 0

Every idea that strengthens you must be taken up and every thought that weakens you must be rejected. Votes: 0

Christianity is not being weighed in the balance and found wanting. It's being tried, found difficult and rejected! Votes: 0

C'mon, we're actors. We love the attention. We love the applause. We sure don't like to be rejected. Votes: 0

If you feel loved, you can do a thousand things. If you feel rejected, everything becomes a problem. Votes: 0

There is this to be said about having money. You get rejected by a higher class of people. Votes: 0

Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath. Votes: 0

My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953. Votes: 0

Literature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers. Votes: 0

Historically we have rejected extremism on the left and the right. Centrism is the right course for America. Votes: 0

Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better. Votes: 0

LGBT youth face a much higher risk of violence and homelessness after being rejected by their family of origin. Votes: 0

...the freedom to bear arms may be righteously rejected to encourage the preservation of all corporeal forms of life. Votes: 0

Buddha never rejected Hinduism, but he broadened its base. He gave it a new life and a new interpretation. Votes: 0

The opinion of the majority is not lightly to be rejected; but neither is it to be carelessly echoed. Votes: 0

If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either. Votes: 0

Being rejected is not nice, and it never gets any easier no matter where you are in your career. Votes: 0

-a Jew had to have two synagogues. One that he went to, one that he rejected.The Butcher's Theater Votes: 0

A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith. Votes: 0

In order to be successful, you have to make sure that being rejected doesn’t bother you at all. Votes: 0

Sabbath on Saturday in favor of The Lord's Day (Sunday). (Mag 9.1), rejected Judaizing (Mag 10.3), first use of term Christianity (Mag 10). Votes: 0

If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist. Votes: 0

There is little character or loveliness in the face of someone who has shunned risk, avoided suffering and rejected life Votes: 0

Something the committee had not done in 50 years. Jeff Sessions is now the Chairman of the Committee that rejected him. Votes: 0

In the end, people will not be judged by the darkness they lived in, but by the light they rejected. Votes: 0

Prayers are like those appeals of ours. Either they don't get through or they're returned with 'rejected' scrawled across 'em. Votes: 0

Falsehood, like poison, will generally be rejected when administered alone; but when blended with wholesome ingredients may be swallowed unperceived. Votes: 0

I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design. Votes: 0

I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like. Votes: 0

Describe the God you've rejected. Describe the God you don't believe in. Maybe I don't believe in that God either. Votes: 0

All knowledge, we feel, must be built up upon our instinctive beliefs; and if these are rejected, nothing is left. Votes: 0

Since the Enlightenment, popular religion has rejected the Enlightenment path and transformed itself into a bastion of resistance against reason. Votes: 0

The unconscious is the true accumulation of your history. It can be accepted or rejected but it can't fundamentally be altered. Votes: 0

These are the sensations and feelings that are gradually blunted by education, staled by custom, rejected in favor of social conformity. Votes: 0

Thanks to the acuteness of his mind, he saw through the poverty of philosophical and Gnostic knowledge, and contemptuously rejected it. Votes: 0

Whoever gives advice to a sick person acquires a feeling of superiority over him, whether the advice be accepted or rejected. Votes: 0

Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press. Votes: 0

The mind effortlessly and automatically takes in new ideas, which remain in limbo until verified or rejected by conscious, rational analysis. Votes: 0

I rejected the idea of 9/11 being exploited pornographically immediately after the tragedy, when no one else breathed a word about it. Votes: 0

All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no. Votes: 0

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. Votes: 0

Prayer is never rejected so long as we do not cease to pray. The chief failure of prayer is its cessation. Votes: 0

I am now a man of despair, rejected, abandoned, shut up in this iron cage from which there is no escape. Votes: 0

You could write the entire history of science in the last 50 years in terms of papers rejected by Science or Nature. Votes: 0

No one can argue with a testimony, it is not a debatable issue. It is there to be accepted or rejected. Votes: 0

The hallmark of good science is the testing of a plausible hypothesis that is then either supported or rejected by the evidence. Votes: 0

Ugly design should be rejected, just like nonfunctional design is rejected, just like nonenvironmentally conscious design should be rejected. It's a value. Votes: 0

The British people rejected politics as usual and government as usual. They want and need a new approach to running this country. Votes: 0

Novels, since the birth of the genre, have been full of rejected, seduced, and abandoned maidens, whose proper fate is to die... Votes: 0

When an idea is not robust enough to stand expression in simple terms, it is a sign that it should be rejected. Votes: 0

Sometimes when a philosopher's views are widely rejected by the world, the fault is not with the philosopher but with the world. Votes: 0

When people ask me what I do for a living, I always say, "I get rejected for a living." And that's true. Votes: 0

We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha's own words must be rejected. Votes: 0

People are waiting in line for 15 years before they get rejected, O.K.? That's why people don't want to invest in America. Votes: 0

But also there are all the famous stories about the songs that have been rejected, but then went on to become hits. Votes: 0

To act, you must know pain. You must know what it means to be in love, what it means to be rejected. Votes: 0

I've had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn't get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull. Votes: 0

I tell younger writers that indeed it is devastating to be rejected. You feel like the bottom dropped out of your world. Votes: 0

I was rejected by casting directors during the day. I attended class in the evening, then rode 90 miles on the train home. Votes: 0

Statistically speaking, the Cheerful Early Riser is rejected more completely than a member of any other subculture, save those with boot odor. Votes: 0

The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will acceptthose whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. Votes: 0

Teaching which ignores the realities of children will be rejected as surely as any graft which attempts to ignore the body's immune system. Votes: 0

I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all seven. Votes: 0

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected. Votes: 0

Was it worse for him, Reynie wondered, to have felt loved and then rejected? Or was it worse to have always felt alone? Votes: 0

To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all. Votes: 0

I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me. Votes: 0

Things don't get better when you become well known or go on TV. I'm just being rejected by a better class of women. Votes: 0

The morality code that remains after the religion that produced it is rejected is like the perfume that lingers in an empty bottle. Votes: 0

Either God must be unjust, or you, Jews, wicked and ungodly. You have been, about fifteen hundred years, a race rejected of God. Votes: 0

The world of romance and business works on this principle - You may be rejected several times, but not everyone will reject you. Votes: 0

I'm sufficiently independent to know that I can live well and comfortably all the rest of my life whether I'm rejected or not. Votes: 0

Wrote a science fiction novel about a man who wins an argument with his wife, but it was rejected for being too farfetched. Votes: 0

Very often, actors have to face being rejected time and again, and we must remember that the red carpet lasts just a minute. Votes: 0

... you are not Christ's disciple, in the sense of following him, if this is not your way of life: rejected and slain daily! Votes: 0

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . . Votes: 0

[Writing] is harder than you think. You'll be rejected often. If you do it for money, you'll quit. Love it or don't do it. Votes: 0

Despite the strength of the feminist movement in the 1970s and beyond, a fable has persisted that educated women are rejected as marriage partners. Votes: 0

And if you feel that everyone has rejected you and your ideas let me tell you this, you are most assuredly in good company. Votes: 0

You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't. Votes: 0

It doesnt hurt to repeat here the statement, still rejected by many people in spite of its obviousness, that education is a political act. Votes: 0

If one must be rejected, one succeed, make him my lord within whose faithful breast is fixed my image, and who loves me best. Votes: 0

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them? Votes: 0

The next time you feel rejection's sting, remember God's words to Samuel: "It is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me." (1 Sam. 8:7) Votes: 0

If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all--both old and young. Votes: 0

Being Christlike guarantees that you'll have the most important friend of all: the Savior. He knows what it's like to be misunderstood, lonely, and rejected. Votes: 0

Whatever America's founders believed about Christianity - and they believed a wide range of things - they clearly rejected the idea of an established church. Votes: 0

I'm much more comfortable in pants and shirts, running around. There was a typical construction about womanhood when I was growing up that I rejected. Votes: 0

We want to be in open, loving communion with each other and our greatest fear is intimacy. That it won't work and we'll be rejected. Votes: 0

I?d rather be rejected than used because they both amount to the same thing in the end, but being used takes a lot longer. Votes: 0

He who prides himself an extraordinary person by his deeds is rejected by the world; he who has independent ideas is hated by the mass. Votes: 0

I submitted a poem last night to The New Yorker. They said it can take up to three months to hear back. I got rejected immediately. Votes: 0

Popular culture, in all its crudeness, is the output of liberals. It is liberalism that for decades has rejected any protest as 'censorship' or 'McCarthyism.' Votes: 0

I feel crushingly embarrassed when I do bad work, so being rejected after doing bad work is actually harder than being rejected after doing good work. Votes: 0

All great truths begin as blasphemy. Every single revolutionary idea that has ever been visited upon the human experience began as an idea which was rejected. Votes: 0

Does God know if I am ignored or rejected? Find the answer in the compassionate eyes of Christ as he stands to defend the adulterous woman. Votes: 0

In the good times of Dada, we detested polished works, the distracted air of spiritual struggle, the titans, and we rejected them with all out being. Votes: 0

Libertarianism is rejected by the modern left - which preaches individualism but practices collectivism. Capitalism is rejected by the modern right-which preaches enterprise but practices protectionism. Votes: 0

I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war. Votes: 0

One of the peculiarities of economics is that it still rests on a behavioral assumption-rational utility maximization-that has long since been rejected by sociologists and psychologists. Votes: 0

If I get rejected for a part, I pick myself up and say, 'OK, not today, maybe tomorrow I'll get this other part or something.' Votes: 0

The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision rejected Congress' findings and its method of reasoning, .. Is there any real justification for the court's denigrating Congress' 'method of reasoning'?. Votes: 0

As we move closer and closer to a nonsexist world, women will have an equal opportunity as men to be rejected, embarrassed, and humiliated beyond all consolation. Votes: 0

He who fails to please in his salutation and address is at once rejected, and never obtains an opportunity of showing his latest excellences or essential qualities. Votes: 0

The intellectual was rejected and persecuted at the precise moment when the facts became incontrovertible, when it was forbidden to say that the emperor had no clothes. Votes: 0

I find the roller-coaster ride of auditioning most challenging. It's always about putting yourself out there, being rejected, and then getting back out there and trying again. Votes: 0

[Albert] Camus' was born in Algeria of French nationality, and was assimilated into the French colony, although the French colonists rejected him absolutely because of his poverty. Votes: 0

By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from the year zero. Votes: 0

I have friends who are black whose families opened their arms to them when they came out; I have friends who were white where they were rejected. Votes: 0

The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past. Votes: 0

I don?t feel rejected by the sky. I?m a part of it- tiny, to be sure, but everything is tiny compared to that overwhelming immensity. Votes: 0

The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected. Votes: 0

That's my fault, of course, because I behaved stupidly, like a child, because I didn't like feeling rejected. I need to learn to lose a little better. Votes: 0

I was rejected, never given any expectations. ... Then at least, I won't be a burden to others. It's alright if the only one who hurts is me...! Votes: 0

It is as certain that many opinions, now general, will be rejected by future ages, as it is that many, once general, are rejected by the present. Votes: 0

So called art films. Movies like that never explained what was going on. Explanations were rejected as some kind of evil that could only destroy the films "reality". Votes: 0

Any opinion writer worth his salt would have rejected the quaint notion that certain eternally aggrieved identity groups have exclusive linguistic rights to words in the English language. Votes: 0

More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That is just not right. Votes: 0

Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace. Votes: 0

Perhaps the saddest thing to admit is that those who rejected the Cross have to carry it, while those who welcomed it are so often engaged in crucifying others. Votes: 0

The way of loving kindness is what is to be accepted. Love! The benefit is clear. Rage, hate are the way of chaos and darkness - to be rejected. Votes: 0

Love does not fail for you when you are rejected, betrayed or apparently not Loved. Love fails for you when you reject, betray and do not love. Therefore .. Love. Votes: 0

How painful it is to find that my figure can be of no help to my future... how painful to see it rejected on account of a slanderous suspicion! Votes: 0

Here lay Cain's fatal mistake: "He was rejected, not because he was a sinner, but because, being a sinner, he had dared to approach a holy God without blood." Votes: 0

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. Votes: 0

Symbol systems cannot simply be rejected; they must be replaced. Where there is no replacement, the mind will revert to familiar structures at times of crisis, bafflement, or defeat. Votes: 0

I have a noble history of being rejected by a lot of places, only to discover that the one that finally lets me in is in fact the perfect fit. Votes: 0

It won't be long before the Facebook generation will be rejected by the non-Facebook people who will be rejected by the post-Facebook people. Everyone will be on their own planet. Votes: 0

Neither believe nor reject any thing because any other person, or description of persons have rejected or believed it. Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven... Votes: 0

Our All is at Stake, and the little Conveniencys and Comforts of Life, when set in Competition with our Liberty, ought to be rejected not with Reluctance but with Pleasure. Votes: 0

I failed, many times in my life. One failure that I always remember was when my second book was rejected by 36 publishers. Many years later, I watched HuffPost come alive Votes: 0

I support strong sanctions and other penalties against those who aid violent extremists, brutalize their own people and have time and time again rejected calls to behave as responsible nations, Votes: 0

The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected. Votes: 0

I'm a fatalist.... I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted, it's miraculous or the result of a misunderstanding. Votes: 0

Recently, the administration has rejected conservation attempts like more accurate fuel mileage for cars and bipartisan proposals for reducing our dependence on foreign oil by a million barrels a day. Votes: 0

If aspects of the person remain undigested-cut off, denied, projected, rejected, indulged, or otherwise unassimilated-they become the points around which the core forces of greed, hatred and delusion attach themselves. Votes: 0

PayPal once rejected a candidate who aced all the engineering tests because for fun, the guy said that he liked to play hoops. That single sentence lost him the job. Votes: 0

I had been brought up in a church which decides everything and permits no doubts, so that having rejected one article of faith I was forced to reject the rest. Votes: 0

I'd asked girls out and they'd turn me down, and so finally it got to the place where you didn't want to be rejected. And so you just didn't ask. Votes: 0

The key to not getting rejected if you're writing for a magazine, is to know to read that magazine and know everything about them before you ever make a submission. Votes: 0

For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American. Votes: 0

I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates such as those from Britain and the United States Votes: 0

When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed. Votes: 0

I found myself being more and more involved with people who were rejected by society - with drug addicts, alcoholism, battered this, battered that - and I found an affinity there. Votes: 0

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation without a plan is like tennis without tennis balls. Votes: 0

I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates such as those from Britain and the United States. Votes: 0

It's kind of weird, because I look at myself as just a normal person. My friends get rejected all the time, so why shouldn't I? I don't think I'm anything special. Votes: 0

To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted. Votes: 0

Unless you have a huge ego, I think it requires a tremendous amount of bravery to keep putting yourself out there, knowing that you will get rejected most of the time. Votes: 0

There's something about compassion that causes society to say, 'We're going to take this person seriously.' Take Mother Teresa. She was confrontational on abortion, but she wasn't rejected by society. Votes: 0

No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound. Votes: 0

I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitute oneself. I prefer to be taken seriously for what I'm not, remaining humanly unknown, with naturalness and all due respect Votes: 0

We have rejected such spectacles as the Coliseum. How then, when we do not even look on killing lest we should contract guilt and pollution, can we put people to death? Votes: 0

What the use of P [the significance level] implies, therefore, is that a hypothesis that may be true may be rejected because it has not predicted observable results that have not occurred. Votes: 0

J. K. Rowling's first 'Harry Potter' manuscript was rejected 12 times. Stephen King's 'Carrie' was rejected 30 times. 'Gone With The Wind' was rejected 38 times. I was immensely proud to have beaten them all. Votes: 0

Boys with a failure to launch are invisible to most girls. With poor social skills, the boys feel anger at their fear of being rejected and self-loathing at their inability to compete. Votes: 0

The experiences of your past life which are stored within come up to the surface to be rejected. By rejecting all these by and by the inside will have to be cleansed. Votes: 0

Womankind suffers from three delusions: marriage will reform a man, a rejected lover is heartbroken for life, and if the other women were only out of the way, he would come back. Votes: 0

A Locrian, who proposed any new law, stood forth in the assembly of the people with a cord round his neck, and if the law was rejected, the innovator was instantly strangled. Votes: 0

It had never once occurred to me that the paper I wanted to work for would not want me. Certainly I never expected to be rejected solely because I was a girl! Votes: 0

We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door. Votes: 0

People don't teach you how to handle the workload that comes from a little bit of success, and it's something I'd never had to handle, because I'd been rejected for so long. Votes: 0

Now, said I aloud, My dear Father's Words are come to pass: God's Justice has overtaken me, and I have none to help or hear me: I rejected the Voice of Providence. Votes: 0

Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but they oppose helping the working poor to earn a decent income. Votes: 0

You take the risk of being rejected. If you have pretentions to be an artist of any kind, you have to take the risk of people rejecting you and thinking you're an arsehole. Votes: 0

I had to learn how to become a real actor, I had to suffer and be rejected and face that 100 times just like every actor. It wasn't like someone handed it to me Votes: 0

But you, divine poet, you sang on till the end as the swarm of rejected maenads attacked you, shrieking, you overpowered their noise with harmony, and from pure destruction arose your transfigured song. Votes: 0

Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall. Votes: 0

I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because it is a Lebanon type of situation here. Votes: 0

I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there. Votes: 0

No matter how many times your amazing, absolutely brilliant work is rejected by the client, for whatever dopey, arbitrary reason, there is often another amazing, absolutely brilliant solution possible. Sometimes it's even better. Votes: 0

Even though I'm on a show that I love with people that I love - I have basically the dream job - that doesn't mean I'm not getting rejected on a daily basis. Votes: 0

The writer's no different. When he's rejected, that paper is rejected, in a sense, a sizeable fragment of the writer is rejected as well. It's a piece of himself that's being turned down. Votes: 0

there are only so many ways to get rejected or ignored. It doesn't hurt at all anymore because why should someone who's a complete stranger have any control over your sense of selfworth? Votes: 0

Look at Iraq; look at Afghanistan, where at great personal physical risk people have gone to the polls and have rejected the appeal from Bin Laden and his allies to stay at home. Votes: 0

Jesus rejected hatred because he saw that hatred meant death to the mind, death to the spirit, and death to communion with his Father. He affirmed life; and hatred was the great denial. Votes: 0

My devotion to my job started from a personal defeat: my first girlfriend's parents rejected me because i wasn't rich. I decided i would show them what a big mistake they had made. Votes: 0

I broke down while at Oxford, was rejected by a record number of medical tribunals during the War, and finally got permission to leave Oxford and do civilian work till the War ended. Votes: 0

The author of the extremely successful Twilight series was rejected by 14 different publishers before the 15th picked up Twilight. What would all the tweens do if Bella and Edward hadn't been brought to life?! Votes: 0

She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] rejected the [George] Bush administration's claim that it could indefinitely detain a United States citizen. She upheld the fundamental principle of judicial review over the exercise of government power. Votes: 0

A big win for [Hillary] Clinton would allow her to claim that the country rejected Trumpism, while a narrow win leaves her limping into office with the highest unfavorable ratings for any new president. Votes: 0

I more remember the periods of time when I wasn't getting any auditions. That's more what I find painful in memory; that feeling of not even getting the chance to try and be rejected. Votes: 0

Epicureanism did inspire libertine culture in isolated sects, but Epicurus himself rejected an ethics of sensory indulgence, and he would have disowned latter-day 'Epicureanism' as a fussy, expensive, unphilosophical approach to eating and drinking. Votes: 0

When I realised I was transgender I was so afraid of what my transition would do to everyone else in my life and how they would react to it and would I be rejected? Votes: 0

The girls go to the gang in order to get protection from victimization that's occurring in their lives. And also it's a place to be, because they're often rejected from and rejecting their families. Votes: 0

The act of leaning in to kiss someone, or asking them, is fraught with the possibility of rejection, so the person least likely to get rejected should do the leaning in or the asking. Votes: 0

Patriotism, in the trenches, was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians, or prisoners. A new arrival who talked patriotism would soon be told to cut it out. Votes: 0

Kitsch is: a species of beauty, which, as it is florid and superficial, pleases at first; but soon palls upon the taste, and is rejected with disdain, at least rated at much lower value. Votes: 0

Why do eight out of ten new consumer products fail? Sometimes because they are too new. The first cold cereals were rejected by consumers. More often new products fail because they are not new enough. Votes: 0

But at least if you hint and are rejected, the rejection is blurable rather than blistering. Whereas if you ask outright and are refused, the humiliation is as stark as a streaker on a football." Votes: 0

It always hurts a bit to pick the 'wrong one' in a race as big as the Champion Hurdle, and then, to make matters worse, you go and get beat by the horse you rejected. Votes: 0

But at least if you hint and are rejected, the rejection is blurable rather than blistering. Whereas if you ask outright and are refused, the humiliation is as stark as a streaker on a football. Votes: 0

It is the metaphysically given that must be accepted: it cannot be changed. It is the man-made that must never be accepted uncritically: it must be judged, then accepted or rejected and changed when necessary. Votes: 0

Over three-quarters of the American people are saying it's time to open up the debates. We have rejected these two candidates [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump] at the highest levels of disapproval in our history. Votes: 0

Most of the papers which are submitted to the Physical Review are rejected, not because it is impossible to understand them, but because it is possible. Those which are impossible to understand are usually published. Votes: 0

Al Qaeda's message that violence, terrorism and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking dignity and hope is being rejected each day in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and throughout the Arab lands. Votes: 0

At this point in my career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things. My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick. Votes: 0

Lieutenant al-Kaseasbeh's dedication, courage and service to his country and family represent universal human values that stand in opposition to the cowardice and depravity of ISIL, which has been so broadly rejected around the globe. Votes: 0

I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected. Votes: 0