Anyone can say 'no'. It is the first word a child learns and often the
first word he speaks. It is a cheap word because it requires no
explanation, and many men and women have acquired a reputation for
intelligence who know only this word and have used it in place of
thought on every occasion.

Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999) - ISBN: 9781466836020