Reluctant Quotes

I think people are sometime reluctant to read outside of their own race. This is heartbreaking.

The reason why [the medical community] is reluctant to talk about it is because there's such a huge business in pharmaceuticals.

Folks are obviously reluctant to do things that they don't feel comfortable with, and the conservative nature of the state is such that they can understand property rights.

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels.

If you know what you got and like it, be reluctant to leave it.

It is impossible that anything will be well understood or well done that is taken into a reluctant understanding, and executed with a servile hand.

If I think about my life, I'm not reluctant about taking chances. I'm definitely not reluctant about relationships.

When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor.

You can't be reluctant to give up your lie and still tell the truth.

My reluctant charity shames both me and the recipient.

Old men feel a slightly reluctant affection for one another.

I get up in the morning, and I'm reluctant to turn on the television.

While I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist.

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

Have McNab take the edge if you need one. Can he handle bad cop?" "He does it really well during personal role-playing games when I'm the reluctant witness.

As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner.

Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance.

If you're reluctant to weep, you won't live a full and complete life.

It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that if you stop or curtail stop-and-frisk, or if cops are reluctant to do it, violent crimes are going to go up.

Because I love the taste of meat I am a reluctant but dedicated vegetarian.

It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.

Women who had discovered pants, low-heeled shoes, and loose sweaters during World War II were reluctant to give them up in peacetime.

One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.

The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear.

I think she [Michelle Obama] is reluctant to date someone she's above at work. It's 1989, she's at a law firm, surrounded by mostly white men, and she has to prove herself every day.

I'm reluctant to use the word class so much.

We are naturally reluctant as a peace-loving people to reach out to far-away conflicts but, as we know, this conflict has been reaching out to us for months now.

The Chinese are generally speaking much more reluctant than Westerners to killing as a means to the rescue of lives.

He (Alexander Woollcott) always praises the first production of each season, being reluctant to stone the first cast.

You tend to get reluctant to talk about anything until the day before filming.

I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.

The inner world: those spiritual apartments to which we are reluctant to admit strangers.

Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn

No one knows for sure about the future. But if you feel reluctant to plan something about it, then someone with guts would define it for you.

History, too, has a penchant for giving birth to itself over and over again, and those whom it appoints agents of change and progress do not always accept their destinies willingly.

And the One will win the Armor of the Easter Dawn and defeat the enemy with audacity and wisdom. The body of the One is strong and ready to lead. Lammasu will pounce

And the One will take the Sword of the Western Sun and triumph over the enemy with boldness and insight. The arm of the One is steady and heads will roll. Snow Giants will battle

And the One will reveal the Bow of the Southern Star and conquer the enemy with courage and fine judgment. The sight of the One is true and the enemy cannot hide. Griffon will fly

Haters are those, that never were given any chances, that blew their chances, or that never took the chance.

...in the middle of the field, Harry suddenly stopped and looked back. Mr. Chad was all alone in the creepy woods. He could take care of himself...couldn't he? Of course he could, he was a teacher.

Ultimately virility is all about helping others express their reluctantly shared feelings while doing so from a safe distance.

The reluctant will heed wisdom only when the confidence exhibited by the righteous awakens the seed of introspection, and the awareness of acountability, into the psyche of the uncertain.