Gina Prince-Bythewood

Beyond the Lights' took incredible fight to get made. Four years of writing and two years of overcoming 'no.' Every studio balked. Twice. But I kept fighting. What gave me the courage was 'Love & Basketball.' Every studio turned down that film, too. But I never gave up because I believed in it with my whole heart and soul.

American Director

Frank Deford

Once again it is peaceful at Augusta National Golf Club, after some rather ugly stand-offs in recent years, when the club balked at changing its all-white, all-male membership tradition. African-Americans and female Americans are on the club manifest now along with other golf-Americans, and all is serene once again.

American Writer

Robert Carlyle

A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with childhood. These are big subjects, big subjects. You can't balk at work like that. As an actor, that's as good as it gets.

Scottish Director

Anne Tyler

I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown.

American Novelist

Wislawa Szymborska

I have sympathy for young people, for their growing pains, but I balk when these growing pains are pushed into the foreground, when you make these young people the only vehicles of life's wisdom.

Polish Poet

Alex Comfort

There are only two guidelines in good sex, don't do anything you don't really enjoy and find out what are your partner needs and don't balk them if you can help it.

American Author

Autre Ne Veut

There's a certain type of indie fan who would balk at the prospect of there being value in pop music, but I think that's foolish. They're not really listening.

American Musician

Jackie Kennedy

I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.

American First Lady

Sara Cox

Women need to be treated equally as men, but there are issues with the term feminist and people balk at that.

English Entertainer

Sun Tzu

Balk the enemy's power; force him to reveal himself.

Chinese Philosopher

Use 'baulk' to express a strong emotional reluctance or aversion to something.

Emotional Hesitation

'Baulk' often implies a negative reaction or a setback in discussions and plans.

Negative Connotation

'Baulk' suggests an instant and often physical response to something startling or frightening.

Immediate Reaction

In sports like baseball or cricket, 'baulk' can refer to illegal motion by the pitcher or bowler.

Use in Sports

As a noun in construction, 'baulk' refers to long, solid pieces of timber.

Construction Context

Use 'baulk' to describe actively stopping someone's effort or movement.

Impeding Progress

'Baulk' captures the critical failure to act due to sudden doubt or fear.

Moment of Hesitation

It's often used to highlight a lost chance due to untimely hesitation.

Opportunity Lost

 she redeems an insufferable grandmother for forgiving a hardened criminal, even as he closes in on her family. Though we might balk at the price the woman pays for this redemption, we’re forced to confront the nuance in moments we might otherwise consider purely violent or evil. O’Connor’s mastery of the grotesque

Why should you read...

 unconscious bias flows throughout most of our lives. It's really difficult to disentangle those strands. But he did have one suggestion. He used to work for two editors who said every story had to have at least one female source. He balked at first,