Top 41 No Means Yes Quotes
#1. Have you ever been lonely? No, neither have I. Solitary, yes. Alone, certainly. But lonely means minding about being on your own. I've never minded about it.
Sebastian Faulks
#2. Lucy: Yes, as usual I bought so many books that my food budget ran out. I was left with no choice but to eat bread crusts. But! On the other hand, this means that I was able to feed my word addiction! I feel no shame whatsoever about eating bread crusts!
Hasebe: Have a little shame.
Karino Takatsu
#3. Equality means equality for all- no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.
Hubert H. Humphrey
#4. Decision invariably involves renunciation: for every yes there must be a no, each decision eliminating or killing other options (the root of the word decide means "slay," as in homicide or suicide).
Irvin D. Yalom
#5. When a diplomat says 'yes' he means 'maybe.' When a diplomat says 'maybe' he means 'no.' But if a diplomat says 'no' he's no diplomat.
Alan Furst
#6. So the secret is just to say 'Yes!' and jump off from here. Then there is no problem. It means to be yourself, always yourself, without sticking to an old self.
Shunryu Suzuki
#7. What is a rebel? Someone who says no. But saying no does not mean giving up: it also means saying yes, with every gesture.
Albert Camus
#8. Yes" actually means "No" 100% of the time, when the question is "Can I give you some advice?
Demetri Martin
#9. Every 'no' means you're one step closer to 'yes.
Carmine Gallo
#10. Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.
Steve Jobs
#11. To be an artist means a lifetime of being told no, with the occasional yes showing up just to give you enough hope to carry on.
Jami Attenberg
#12. Release what no longer serves you to create a space for that which does. And yes, sometimes this even means people.
Randy Gage
#13. One of the most effective means for transcending ordinary and moving into the realm of extraordinary is saying yes more frequently and eliminating no almost completely. I call it saying yes to life. Say yes to yourself, to your family, your children, your coworkers, and your business ...
Wayne Dyer
#14. He bowed jokingly, and everyone laughed as Mrs.Anderson shook her head. "Did you even read the material?"
"of course I did."
"Who was the leader of the North?"
"Lincoln."
"No, he was the president."
"Yes, which means he was the fucking leader of everyone."
Carmine
J.M. Darhower
#15. Three taps means "Are you alive?" Two means "Yes," one "No.
Nicole Krauss
#16. Money! Would that make it better for them? Yes, it would make it easy. But no, the money wouldn't be enough ... That means there must be something bigger than money ... An answer came to Katie. It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like a pain shot through her head. Education!
Betty Smith
#17. Yes, there can be no innovation, learning, or creativity without failure. But failing is painful. It fuels the "shouldas and couldas," which means judgment and shame are often lying in wait
Brene Brown
#18. Living with intention means saying no to the things that aren't important to us so we can say yes to what matters most.
Crystal Paine
#19. To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.
Jean Anouilh
#20. And even if she says no, and really means yes, then quite frankly she's playing games and isn't worth the price of dinner.
Stephen Chbosky
#22. If I'm not playing well, I do get down on myself because I am a perfectionist. [So I need] someone who believes in me more than I believe in me, someone willing to work as hard as I work. I don't understand what no means or what failure means; I only understand what yes means and try again means.
Serena Williams
#23. The mating rites of mantises are well known: a chemical produced in the head of the male insect says in effect, 'No, I don't go near her, you fool, she'll eat you alive.' At the same time a chemical in his abdomen says, 'Yes, by all means, now and forever yes.
Annie Dillard
#25. Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.
Laura Dern
#26. How many of you guys, in your own experience with women, have learned that no means yes if you know how to spot it?
Rush Limbaugh
#27. I'll loosen the ropes a bit if you'll be still," Roland told her. "Suck shit out my ass, mahfah!" "I don't understand if that means yes or no.
Stephen King
#28. Yes I say that I am enlightened. What does that mean? It means I live in a condition of light ... There really is no primary self anymore.
Frederick Lenz
#29. You'll spoil me.
Yes, that's my plan., he adds, deadly serious, and leaves me stunned. He really means that. No objection!
M Eror
#30. Thank you for inviting me into this good thing of yours. It is as extraordinary as you are. But any new yes I give means a no to my family and sanity. Please accept my sincere regrets and count on my prayers,
Jen Hatmaker
#31. Every 'no' means you are that much closer to a 'yes.
Lois Lowry
#32. When a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. When he says perhaps, he means no. When he says no, he is not a diplomat. When a lady says no, she means perhaps. When she says perhaps, she means yes. But when she says yes, she is no lady.
Alfred Denning, Baron Denning
#33. Luck always favours the brave. And you must remember that brave are the people who follow their heart; brave are the people who take chances in life. Which also means you have to say no sometimes. I believe the power of no is greater than yes.
Preity Zinta
#35. Discipline means choices. Every time you say yes to a goal or objective, you say no to many more.
Sybil Stanton
#36. Freedom means the capability to say yes when yes is needed, to say no when no is needed, and sometimes to keep quiet when nothing is needed - to be silent, not to say anything. When all these dimensions are available, there is freedom.
Rajneesh
#37. Choice means saying no to one thing so you can say yes to another.
Dan Millman
#38. By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.
Dale Carnegie
#39. Oh, yes." Magnus seemed to have perked up. "Are you the one with the blue eyes?"
"He means Alec," Clary said helpfully.
"No. My eyes are usually described as golden," Jace told the intercom. "And luminous."
"Oh, you're that one." Magnus sounded disappointed.
Cassandra Clare
#40. Saying 'yes' to one thing means saying 'no' to another. That's why decisions can be hard sometimes.
Sean Covey
#41. If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the hell of a diplomat.
Agnes Sligh Turnbull