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Yes and no are soon said, but give much to think over. -- Baltasar Gracian
The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought. -- Pythagoras
Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you, no humility, no compassion. -- Eckhart Tolle
What's the difference between yes and no? -- Laozi
Tell him to live by yes and no - yes to everything good, no to everything bad. -- William James
When a question has no correct answer, there is only one honest response. The gray area between yes and no. Silence. -- Dan Brown
~I use humor instead of getting into that whole yes and no thing all the time. It's about just getting them to laugh rather than getting in power struggles.~ -- Marcia Cross
Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous! -- Laozi
At first Babel longed for the use of just two words: Yes and No. But he knew that just to utter a single word would be to destroy the delicate fluency of silence. -- Nicole Krauss
There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you've mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it! -- Jack Canfield
I've always thought that I've been strong in what I believe in. Not that I know what I believe for absolutely everything, but the things that I do believe, it's very black and white, and yes and no. -- Kay Panabaker
A characteristic of the flesh is its fickleness: it alternates between Yes and No and vice versa. But the will of God is: "Walk not according to the flesh (not even for a moment) but according to the Spirit." -- Watchman Nee
[T]he shaman treats all realities as subjective, much like some modern theoretical physicists are beginning to do. In such a viewpoint the question of whether an experience is real or not makes no sense, because the answer is yes and no, depending on your point of view. -- Serge King
I'm not trying to be evasive, but when I say yes and no, I say 'yes' because there are narrow-minded people that won't look past the logo and 'no' because 'American Idol' put me in front of millions of people and I would not have a career without 'Idol. -- Bo Bice
In the space between yes and no, there's a lifetime. It's the difference between the path you walk and the one you leave behind; it's the gap between who you thought you could be and who you really are; its the legroom for the lies you'll tell yourself in the future. -- Jodi Picoult
The voice within is what I'm married to. All marriage is a metaphor for that marriage. My lover is the place inside me where an honest yes and no come from. That's my true partner. It's always there. And to tell you yes when my integrity says no is to divorce that partner. -- Byron Katie
Person who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul. So if we want to live better and invest wisely in our souls, we've got to change our approach to the way we make decisions. We've got to rethink how we use the two most powerful words, yes and no. -- Lysa TerKeurst
No one escapes that moment of innocence when the world attacks him and installs within him the spirit of opposites... As long as everything within you is saying yes and no, dark and light, with big earth-shaking ideas, you come nowhere near art, I think. Light and dark don't exist for us as artists. Light is something given to you and you're allowing it to pass through. -- Milton Resnick
Yes and no. Because America has only about 1 percent of the population serving in the military, it is hard for many civilians to understand the sacrifices military families make. However, my experience is that after the Vietnam War, the public learned that they should support the military whether or not they support the war. You've seen that outpouring of support for the veterans of both Iraq and Afghanistan. -- Steve Stivers
Yes and no are very powerful words. Mean them when you say them. Respect them when you hear them. -- Michael Josephson
The Truth lies not in the Yes and not in the No, but in the knowledge and the beginning from which the Yes and the No arise. -- Karl Barth
If an apprentice does not hear what a master hears, is then that quality not present in the music? Yes and no. In the world in which the apprentice lives no. -- Robert Fripp
Do I regret taking the company public? Yes and no. Yes, because it put us under enormous pressure for a young company to go public at that point in its history, something you never could have done in the old days. -- David Talbot
How does one become butterfly?' Pooh asked pensively.'You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar,' Piglet replied.'You mean to die?' asked Pooh.'Yes and no,' he answered. 'What looks like you will die, but what's really you will live on. -- A. A. Milne
How does one become butterfly?' Pooh asked pensively.'You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar,' Piglet replied.'You mean to die?' asked Pooh.'Yes and now,' he answered. 'What looks like you will die, but what's really you will live on. -- A. A. Milne
I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan. -- Rand Paul
Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no. -- Barbara Mikulski
Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. -- J. R. R. Tolkien
Say 'no' more than 'yes,' and just make sure you surround yourself with good people. -- Lindsay Lohan
All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say 'No' and said 'Yes'. -- Moss Hart
I went up a straight crooked lane and, I said 'No thanks, yes if yer please. -- Jack Finney
No one needs to be reminded of racism in soccer: the xenophobia, the nativism and, yes, nationalism. -- Rabih Alameddine
One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO. -- Thomas Carlyle
After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs. -- Wallace Stevens
It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari. -- Valentino Rossi
I clearly say yes to Big Data, yes to greater security and convenience, but no to paternalism and Big Brother.' -- Martin Winterkorn
Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes. -- Ninette de Valois
If I'm within reach and can be helpful, I have a tendency to say 'Yes.' It's hard to say 'No.' -- Marvin Hamlisch
I think 2012 is the year when consumers all around the world start saying no to feature phones and start saying yes to smartphones. -- Marc Andreessen
I have practically no private life. I'm already used to this and ready for it. Yes, sometimes it is hard, but it is the choice I made. -- Cristiano Ronaldo
You have to be determined, and be able to accept, 'No.' I've heard, 'No,' a thousand times, and I've heard, 'Yes,' a handful of times. -- Kenny Wormald
So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door. -- Jamie Lee Curtis
Humanity is in my heart. Do I suffer fools? No. Am I a stickler for my profession? Yes. I am a task master? Yes. My military background, football background, I'm a team player all the way, and I love winning. -- Isaiah Washington
I'm not trying to be evasive, but when I say yes and no, I say 'yes' because there are narrow-minded people that won't look past the logo and 'no' because 'American Idol' put me in front of millions of people and I would not have a career without 'Idol.' -- Bo Bice
No means yes in grasshopper language. -- Noel Fielding
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No I'm not lucky, I'm blessed YES -- Nicki Minaj
Always hear the 'Yes' in the 'No'. -- Marshall B. Rosenberg
Start at B. Yes. No. Yes. No. -- Eugene Ormandy
God is love. Yes or no? No. -- Samuel Beckett
A dishonest yes is a no to yourself. -- Byron Katie
Yes is like credit, No is like cash. -- C.J. Langenhoven
Every 'No' gets me closer to a 'Yes'. -- Mark Cuban
NO is always a YES to something else. -- Marshall B. Rosenberg
Group action - yes; group thinking - no -- Norman Lamm
There are a thousand no's for every yes. -- Jonathan Ive
No" is always an easier stand than "Yes. -- Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Say "NO" without guilt. Say "YES" without fear. -- Paulo Coelho
Yes to market economy, no to market society. -- Lionel Jospin
Find that courageous yes. Fight for that confident no. -- Lysa TerKeurst
No. --Claire Bullshit! Yes, a world of yes. --Eve -- Rachel Caine
Never take no from somebody who cannot say yes. -- Adam Braun
If you always say no, you'll never say yes. -- Nigahiga
Yes, light, there is no other word for it. -- Samuel Beckett
Your yes means nothing if you can't say no. -- Meshell Ndegeocello
I say no to doubt and yes to life! -- Wayne Dyer
Let's say 'Yes' to life and 'No' to death. -- Pope Francis
If it's not an absolute YES, it's a NO -- Cheryl Richardson
The heart says yes, but the mind says no. -- Albert Einstein
Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no. -- Steve Jobs
Learn to say no, so your yes has some oomph. -- Kristin Armstrong
No, that's not possible," Michael said. "Killed, yes; jail, no. -- Mario Puzo
Yes is the destination, No is how you get there! -- Richard Fenton
I am saying yes to criticism, but no to insults. -- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Make your "yes" mean yes, and your "no" mean no. -- John Wooden
A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes. -- Baltasar Gracian
Say yes to your self. Say no to your anti-self. -- Robert G. Allen
What, no Power Rangers Band-Aids ?" "Shut up, Garett." "Yes, ma'am. -- Cindy Gerard
No is easier to do. Yes is easier to say. -- Jason Fried
There's no exception to the rule, yes, everybody's somebody's fool. -- Connie Francis
I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no. -- George Murray
No is always a door-closing word; Yes is a door-opening word. -- Thomas Dreier
Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations. -- Jasper Fforde
God answers prayer in three ways: yes, no, and wait awhile. -- Norman Vincent Peale
No. No, I don't want my hands restrained.""Yes. You do." -- Cherise Sinclair
Yes, love is free; it can dwell in no other atmosphere. -- Emma Goldman
Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No. -- Philip Roth
I have stood on a mountain of no's for one yes. -- B. Smith
I say yes when I mean no and the wrinkle grows. -- Naomi Shihab Nye
I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men? -- Mae West
Every 'no' means you are that much closer to a 'yes. -- Lois Lowry
Short answer 'No,' Long answer 'Yes,' with a 'But -- The Simpsons
We create ying and yang, yes and no, plus and minus. -- Frederick Lenz
No is the foundation that we can build our yes on. -- Seth Godin
If it isn't a clear yes, then it's a clear no. -- Greg McKeown
Say "no" to the good and say "yes" to the best. -- Zig Ziglar
I always love seeing what worries you. Strigoi? No. Questionable food? Yes. -- Richelle Mead
One whispered yes becomes the wind song over an ocean of no's. -- Mary Anne Radmacher
I like sayers of no better than I like sayers of yes. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no. -- Jilly Cooper
Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes. -- Tom Hanks
If you are not free to say no, your yes is meaningless. -- Brent Weeks
Beneath every no lays a passion for yes that had never been broken. -- Wallace Stevens
We cannot say no to temptation without saying yes to something far better. -- Erwin W. Lutzer
Educated: no. Stupid: yes. And when I say "stupid," I mean stupid fresh. -- Ad-Rock
Yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us. -- Albert Camus
When people tell you, "No," just smile and tell them, "Yes, I can." -- Julie Foudy
There is no meaningful yes unless the individual could also have said no. -- Rollo May
My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
I did not glow with the thrill of battle. Cringe, yes. Glow, no. -- Jennifer Estep
I'm in control of myself. I take yes or no from no one. -- Burning Spear
You can't turn a "no" to a "yes" without a "maybe" in between. -- Kevin Spacey
You can say no if that is more truthful than a resentful yes. -- Judith Lasater
Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else. -- Mireille Guiliano
Surrender is the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from no to yes. -- Eckhart Tolle
A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception. -- Soren Kierkegaard
Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not. -- Brent Scowcroft
The courage to say no, the courage to say yes. Decisions do determine Destiny. -- Thomas S. Monson
Mutual commitment to ideals - yes; the stifling of all dissenting notions - no. -- Norman Lamm
To say "no" is painful, but much better than a "yes" that brings regrets. -- Paulo Coelho

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