A rejection rant: Part 2

Last year, I wrote this post on rejection, in which I said, "Repeat after me: Just because I was rejected, doesn't mean my work is unpublishable."

I also said: 
This month, two of my very good friends received offers from agents. Both agents are very well known, at major agencies. And both of these writers had
A) Significantly revised their manuscripts at one time or another
B) Received rejections. Plenty of rejections.
C) Kept right on querying.


And you know what? They both bear repearing. I w...