Rejection quotes

“I've never done drugs. That's because I saw this stuff literally every day when I was 3 or 4 years old.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“There is something about this generation living now, that we don't accept death.”
Elena Anaya

“The only power you have is the word no.”
Frances McDormand

“I've never been one to make plans, because I never wanted to disappoint myself.”
Rebecca Romijn

“- Joe: I've got Viagra.
- Myrtle: Oh yeah? Well I’ve got mace.”
Tyler Perry - Joe
Cicely Tyson - Myrtle

“When you're poor, no one wants to know you.”
Marla Landi - Cecile

“- Miss Plimsoll: It's beddy-bye. We better go upstairs now, get undressed and lie down.
- Sir Wilfrid: We? What a nauseating prospect.”
Elsa Lanchester - Miss Plimsoll
Charles Laughton - Sir Wilfrid Roberts

“- The Reverend: I will love you and you will learn to love me. It is God's will.
- Joanna: I will kill you.”
Guy Pearce - The Reverend
Emilia Jones - Joanna

“- Georgia: Jonathan, will you marry me?
- Jonathan: Not even a little bit.”
Lana Turner - Georgia
Kirk Douglas - Jonathan

“First things first. Any man here that wants to walk away can do so knowing they’re the best of us. But it’s gotta be now. There is no ground support.”
Ben Affleck - Tom 'Redfly' Davis

“- Count Cavriaghi: What am I doing here anyway? Concetta doesn't love me.
- Tancredi Falconeri: Did you speak to her?
- Count Cavriaghi: There's no point. I feel like I'm just a worm to her, and she's right. I must find a she-worm who'll put up with me.”
Terence Hill - Count Cavriaghi
Alain Delon - Tancredi Falconeri

“- Dr. Austin Sloper: How is it possible to protect such a willing victim?
- Lavinia Penniman: You will kill her if you deny her this marriage.
- Dr. Austin Sloper: You forget I'm a doctor. People don't die of such things.”

Ralph David Richardson - Dr. Austin Sloper
Miriam Hopkins - Lavinia Penniman

“- Camper #2: Can I go with you?
- Eddie: What are you, my shadow?”
Fred Greene - Eddie

“- Macon Forrester: You're afraid to go out with me because you might actually like me?
- Halley Martin: No... but that's a good theory I guess if you want to protect your fragile male ego because you can't handle rejection.”
Trent Ford - Macon Forrester
Mandy Moore - Halley Martin

“It's okay to tell them no sometimes, too, you know. Moms need to be tough.”
Miranda Cosgrove - Margo

“You lice! You rats! You refuse me? There is no gentler dove in all Babylon than I.”
Constance Talmadge - Marguerite de Navarre / The Mountain Girl

- Jane: We know how much you loved Mom's car, so we're giving it to you.
- Eleanor "Nell" Vance: You're taking away my home and giving me a twenty year old car?
Virginia Madsen - Jane
Lili Taylor - Nell

“- Dot: The guys paid a dollar apiece to find out if you're single.
- Lydia Callahan: Tell the guys I have five husbands, each one rich, mean and jealous. I'll be rotatin' them through on a weekly basis.
- Dot: That line will be all over the valley by breakfast.
- Lydia Callahan: Oh, just tell 'em I own a rifle.”
Andrea Menard - Dot
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Lydia Callahan

“- Grandfather: You think you can just drop her into my life then take her away again? I won't allow it! She can't stay here.
- Dete: She's got to, she's your granddaughter.
- Grandfather: No! I don't have a granddaughter, not anymore.”

Jason Robards - Grandfather
Jane Hazlegrove - Dete

“- Daniel Cleaver: Come on Bridget, we belong together: you, me, your little skirt. If I can't make it with you then I can't make it with anyone.
- Bridget Jones: That's not a good enough offer for me.”
Hugh Grant - Daniel Cleaver
Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones

- Gates: I got a proposition for ya.
- Hudson Hawk: Answer is "no" Gates... Even if you bathe.
Burtt Harris - Gates
Bruce Willis - Hudson Hawk

“- Disco Cabbie: You need to find yourself a man who's secure enough to appreciate you for the superior woman that you are. I like a strong woman.
- Ellie: Oh... yeah. Mm-hmm.
- Disco Cabbie: And you are a strong woman. If I was you, I would pull over with me and celebrate our strength together. What do you think about that, baby?
- Ellie: This...” (continue)(continue reading)

Janeane Garofalo - Ellie
Dave Chappelle - Disco Cabbie

“- Hank Taylor: I'll buy you a cigar.
- J. Lester Chisholm: I don't like cigars.
- Hank Taylor: Don't you worry about it! I'll smoke it myself.”
Burgess Meredith - Hank Taylor
Charles Butterworth - J. Lester Chisholm

“- Petal: Find yourself a girlfriend.
- Quoyle: I don't want a girlfriend, I want you.
- Petal: Your funeral.”
Cate Blanchett - Petal
Kevin Spacey - Quoyle

“I can't afford to work for only ten thousand dollars a week.”

Mary Pickford