Quotes About Rejection

the minute he'd said 'yes' to this assignment, Royce had said 'no' to Lauren.

Were they laughing at me? I forced myself to block them from my mind, to concentrate on the lake, the water. What were they to me? People I met today, that was all. We shared blood. The One who mattered to me still found me worthy, still loved me, whether I knew when to curtsy properly or not.

and he doesn't want to come back. Not even for me. Not even for Fern. We're not enough.

These girls want nothing to do with last season's clothes.

We're taught that in life, we should try to look on the bright side, to be optimistic. Not in this case. In this case, look on the dark side. Assume rejection first. Assume you're the rule, not the exception.

It's hard. We're taught that in life, we should try to look on the bright side, to be optimistic. Not in this case. In this case, look on the dark side. Assume rejection first. Assume you're the rule, not the exception. It's intoxicatingly liberating.

In the movie business, the ones we call Lucky are usually those idiots who are just too damn stubborn to take no for an answer. Come to think of it, the movie business is kind of like life.

Hombres de mucha importancia te pretenden. + Ya te digo que ninguno es para mí. - Pues, ¿has de vivir ansí? + ¿Tan mal estaré conmigo?

She's always trying to be 'perfect' in this 'perfect' town. She's the one who was so busy being perfect that her husband left her for another—more perfect—woman.

Beaumont wanted Esmond very badly. Esmond wanted Beaumont's wife. And she didn't want anybody.

I'm in a mood to knock someone down, and you'll do very well." "Don't tell me," Longmore said. "The dressmaker doesn't want you, either. By gad, this isn't your day, is it? Not your week, rather.

Men, if you've ever been given a fake phone number, it means you scare women. Basically, it says, "I'd reject you to your face, but I'm afraid that my head would wind up in the garbage and my body in the bay. So here's a phony phone number. Hopefully, you won't figure that out until I've made my escape."

Like all sororities, we find that half, maybe more, of the fun is in keeping others out. So much for the sweet part.

It's miserable to feel unwanted for reasons beyond your control.

It's a scary thing, you know, being a man. We always have to run the risk of inviting someone out and being turned down flat. You women don't realize how fragile our egos are.

even a little bit?" "No." She

Because it's easier than facing the fact that I'm never quite . . . enough for someone.

Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.

Doesn't matter how pretty you are. What's important is how pretty you feel. No one feels pretty when they hear no often enough.

I thought I told you I didn't want to talk to you, Mr. Dresden. I like women who play hard to get.

Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.

defenestration

Doesn't matter how pretty you are. What's important is how pretty you feel. No one feels pretty when they hear "no" often enough.

Yesterday I got a call from the outside world but I said no in thunder. I was a dog on a short chain and now there's no chain.