Reluctance Quotations | Page 2

Ethics can get forgotten as other nations and private companies race to fill the void left by the president's reluctance to fund stem cell research. Only a properly funded U.S. stem cell research program will guarantee oversight and the protection of all involved.

It's really the policy. And policies that presidents are committed to are discarded only with great reluctance - and most often not at all.

Employers may have some reluctance to hire people in their 50s because there may be a perception that they are less energetic and therefore less productive than younger people.

You may not see massive UFO exhibits at your local science museum, but there's no dearth of saucer stories infesting my email. Every day, I receive several reports of alien sightings, extraterrestrial plans for Earth, and agitated screeds about the reluctance of scientists to take the whole subject seriously.

Now naturally, like many of us, I have a reluctance to change too much of the old ways.

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.

Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to 'commit.'

This is not a problem that we can turn away from, ... We must be prepared to face it. We must not let the sensible reluctance to fight drive us into wishful thinking.

I don't doubt that some (adult Web site operators) would like to get some money, but Wall Street has a natural sort of reluctance to get involved in adult entertainment.

Why this reluctance to make the change? We fear the process of reeducation.