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Quotes About Rejection

There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are.
~ Amy Dickinson
When I see two women kissing, my only physical reaction is a strong desire to vomit in both of their mouths.
~ Jim Goad
I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal.
~ Louisa May Alcott
They have rejected that power and sought to convince women of the exact opposite, that they are powerless.
~ Frederick Lenz
I won't go hunting with you, Jake, but I'll go chasing women.
~ Jimmy Dean
The primary concern of the human animal is to avoid rejection and abandonment.
~ Laura Schlessinger
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.
~ Linda Sunshine
We need new cultural scripts. Women don't say what we want, and we don't say what we don't want. Unless we're reacting to a stranger, we generally aren't great at turning down someone's advance.
~ Vanessa Grigoriadis
A man's primary fantasy is access to a variety of attractive women without the fear of rejection.
~ Warren Farrell
Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?
~ William Shakespeare
It is hard, if not impossible, to snub a beautiful woman - they remain beautiful and the snub recoils.
~ Winston Churchill
When you favour a woman, she will want to return the favour in so many means, but its better to rupidiate such offerings.
~ Michael Bassey Johnson
Men trust God by risking rejection. Women trust God by waiting.
~ Carolyn McCulley
I've been ignored by prettier women than you, but none who carried the heavy pitchers of silenceso far, without spilling a drop.
~ Jeffrey McDaniel
Perhaps that was a thing about attractive women: A rejection demanded their respect, made them trust you more.
~ Jo Nesbø, The Snowman
I have always told my family that I don't want my birthday to be celebrated and that they shouldn't get me anything, even though if they didn't I'd probably write a standup routine about it.
~ Romesh Ranganathan
I got the boot once from Stanley Donen. The film was called The Little Prince.
~ Julie Harris
I'm glad that I didn't get a part in 'Scream 2' and become a star in 1995.
~ Adam Scott
Listen, my dad left me, my mom is crazy, I'm from L.A., a pop star dumped me three times and I'm an actress who gets rejected constantly.
~ Ayda Field
If you're a movie star, there's a cycle you go through: adoration, adulation, you're used, and then you're discarded. And it happens again and again, always in that sequence.
~ John Cusack
I had some great high points and thought: 'This is fantastic. I'm going to be a huge star.' Then something happens, and you can't get a job to save your life.
~ Adam Rayner
No, I'm not doing 'Star Wars.'
~ Reed Morano
It's easy to feel spurned, especially when you return to your apartment and stare at the hundreds of rejection letters tacked to your bulletin board.
~ Andrew Shaffer
I've been invited to do 'Dancing With the Stars' three times, but Lifetime said no.
~ Abby Lee Miller