I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism. — Sherri Shepherd Copy Share Image
Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive. — Garry Shandling Copy Share Image
Sometimes when we're angry, it's okay because, sometimes, feeling like we don't care helps. It's a defense mechanism. Use it wisely. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I exposed every part of myself to him, keeping no secrets, no defense mechanism in place.” — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“We live in an era where everyone is terrified of being caught trying. So, the defense mechanism is to pretend you never… — Lokesh Tuli Copy Share Image
With comedy, a lot of people develop their sense of humor as a defense mechanism. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Humor was also a defense mechanism from getting picked on at school. If I could be funny maybe people wouldn't bother me. — Pandora Boxx Copy Share Image
“He said cynicism’s self-protection, a defense mechanism used by cowards who give up on love because they’re afraid love’s given up on… — Linda Yellin Copy Share Image
“Instead of seeing bad in yourself, you perceive it in others. It’s a defense mechanism. One that allows people to go on… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization… — Peter Jennings Copy Share Image
A lot of the turning points happen in high school and in college, and it defines a lot of how you see… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Does any woman really just come in and say, 'I'm a plus-size woman?' Maybe as a defense mechanism or maybe as a… — Ashley Graham Copy Share Image
“David used to tell me that not believing in God was a defense mechanism against human suffering. It’s easier to say nothing… — Tarryn Fisher Copy Share Image
“Hope was a pathological part of puberty, like acne and surging hormones. You might sound cynical to the world, but that was… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was reticent to be vulnerable on camera and everything I was doing was just a really finely… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
My way of dealing with the world has always been to make fun of it and observe it but not take part… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
In Ronald Reagan's chaotic childhood, the imagination was armor. There is nothing unusual about that; transcending the doubts, hesitations, and fears swirling… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and… — Tim Conway Copy Share Image
The thing is too that when you sell people a false reality and they take that to be the norm, when that… — David Icke Copy Share Image
The nerves of the skin send pain signals to the brain to warn us of the danger from and impending injury. In… — Steven Levenkron Copy Share Image
“...repeated trauma in childhood forms and deforms the personality. The child trapped in an abusive environment is faced with formidable tasks of… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“It wasn't courage that motivated this casual, impersonal manner of treating so much pain; it was a special brand of cowardice, a… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“When you see through a defense mechanism, you don’t stop at the intimidating behavior but go right on into the underlying misperception… — Penney Peirce Copy Share Image
When I first started comedy, before I kind of gained any national prominence, I - in a weird way - went back… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot… — Adam Clayton Copy Share Image
“The next time you feel like withdrawing, make a decision to take action and fight the defense mechanism that says to keep… — Dennis James Copy Share Image
“I understood her hrythm. That feeling of everything inside twisting to the point that if you didn't find a release you'd explode.… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“In ordinary times we get along surprisingly well, on the whole, without ever discovering what our faith really is.If, now and again,… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“How can you love someone when you know they will never truly love you back because they can’t ever love you back?… — Portia Moore Copy Share Image
“Like a lot of people with mental illness, I spend a lot of time fronting. It’s really important to me to not… — S.E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to:… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“They were properly mad in the Shakespearean sense, talking sense when you least expected it. In North London, where councillors once voted… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“I'll apologize," he said, "for the poor timing. And the sorry lack of forethought in not making my interest known. But no'… — Donna Kauffman Copy Share Image
“So,” Marlboro Man began over dinner one night. “How many kids do you want to have?” I almost choked on my medium-rare… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
