A Quote by Patricia Cornwell

I refuse to sit on my laurels.

Patricia Cornwell

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Patricia Cornwell
American - Writer
Born: June 9, 1956

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

Helen Hayes

I'm not going to sit on my laurels.

Jordan Burroughs

I'm not someone to sit on her laurels.

Roisin Murphy

Never, ever rest on your laurels. Today's laurels are tomorrow's compost.

Tom Peters

You can't sit back, rest on laurels and think about the past - what the journey has been.

Chris Wilder

In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.

Anne Rice

It is dangerous to sit on your laurels, but a lot of the time you only have to add one or two people to the fringes of a winning team to improve it.

Eniola Aluko

Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead! Laurels and roses on their graves to-day, lilies and laurels over them we lay, and violets o'er each unforgotten head.

Richard Hovey

You never sit on your laurels. It is always a case of trying to work on your deficiencies as much as working on your strengths.

Brian O'Driscoll

I look at everything I’ve done critically - but I think that’s the job of an actor. If you ever sit on your laurels or think that you’re good - in a way, I don’t then think you’re pushing yourself.

Nicole Kidman

I sit waiting for things that I can't refuse.

Michael Caine

I refuse to be. In the madhouse of the inhuman I refuse to live. With the wolves of the market place I refuse to howl.

Marina Tsvetaeva

There's an inherent danger in letting people think that they have perfected something. When they believe they've 'nailed it,' most people tend to sit back and rest on their laurels while countless others will be labouring furiously to better their work!