Quotes About Reluctance

No more Network reluctance to make a program too entertaining for fear its commercials would pale in comparison.

For some reason I was reluctant to ask anybody what had happened. I hate being the person who always doesn't know what's going on and has to ask somebody; it always seems like everybody else knows what's going on. This is a clear low-status marker, and I resisted it.

This is a hell of a night. I don't want to leave it just to go to sleep.

Ha. Against my will I am sent to bid you come into dinner. There's a double meaning in that.

Here come those I have done good to against my will

Begrudgingly, they

Qualified help was weak and timid. Either you come out dead against the attachment or else help without reservation, without giving the impression of reluctance and disapproval.

There was a fire here, like it or not. Finally, reluctantly, she broke the silence. "Any idea how I'm supposed to get out of here? Or do I get to spend the rest of the night on this extremely comfortable table? Or perhaps more accurately, under it?" He grinned. "Think you can pretend we had a tryst set up in here?" Her mind shot back to that incendiary kiss they'd shared. "I don't think that'll be too hard to do.

Why are men reluctant to become fathers? They aren't through being children.

ample opportunity to realize that those who have made compromises under an occupation in order to survive are reluctant to meet anyone tactless enough to return from oblivion.

He had nothing against cops, per se—he had a cousin on the force in Philly, after all—but he never liked dealing with them directly

Then, in 1972 Onoda and Kozuka surfaced, and Kozuka was killed in an encounter with Philippine police. In the following half year, three Japanese search parties attempted to persuade Onoda to come out of the jungle, but the only response they received was a thank-you note for some gifts they left. This at least established that he was alive. Owing partly to his reluctance to appear, he became something of a legend in Japan.

A thank-you card," repeated Alice. "Yes. I know, I know, it's teaching them good manners and everything, but I sort of hate those thank-you cards. I always imagine the kids groaning and having to be forced into writing them. It makes me feel like an elderly aunt.

Graves: Are you skipping? Off to a good start. Dru Anderson: I don't want to deal with it today. Graves: Okay. I know a place to go. You shoot pool? I'm Graves. Dru Anderson: I know. Dru. Graves: Dru. You're new. Couple of weeks, right? Welcome to Foley.

The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear.

Very well," Beatrix said reluctantly. "But I warn you, they may be resistant to the match." "I'm resistant to the match," Christopher informed her. "At least we'll have that in common.

For me, Melania represents America. We're all reluctantly married to Donald Trump now. She is a vehicle to making fun of him. I can't do a Donald Trump impersonation, but I can impersonate her.

As I'd listened in on the conversation, I'd noted what seemed to be disappointment in Loving's voice. I wondered if that was due to his reluctance to cease playing this game with me personally. But that was perhaps projecting my feelings onto him. I

I would rather receive a Pap smear from Captain Hook than venture out in New Year's Eve.

Say, 'Thank you, Phin.' " "Oh, please." "Say, Thank youvery much, Phin. " "I don't think so." "Say, 'You are a great lover, Phin.' " "I'm out of here.

Green eggs and ham

I should probably confess that I get bored easily, which explains my reluctance to work with formula, tropes, whatever.

If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.

My feeling about work is that it's an unnecessary evil, so I've always done my best to avoid it.