Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive. — Garry Shandling Copy Share Image
“Defense mechanisms protect us. Fortresses isolate us. And far too often we begin with the former and end up constructing the latter.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The perception of a child who has not yet learned to protect itself by developing the tunnel vision that keeps out ninety… — Stephen King 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
The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique. — Monica Raymund Copy Share Image
Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves. — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
“Attending a funeral would leave the average person insane, if they truly believed that sooner or later they are also going to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
There are some authors who contend that meanings and values are "nothing but defense mechanisms, reaction formations and sublimations." But as for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As we get older, we tend to grow quite fond of the planets of belief we have constructed for ourselves. We build… — Sean M. Carroll 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
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
“That is how defense mechanisms work—in this case, denial and rationalization. We can distort reality so that we don’t feel its effects… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion.… — Emily Giffin 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
“Our inner dialogue is frequently composed of old tape loops that we run again and again... The normal personality marshals sufficient defense… — Sam Keen 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
The masks we wear are simply veils that we have chosen to hide behind in order to get our way, or to… — John Randolph Price Copy Share Image
Christianity has a built-in defense system: anything that questions a belief, no matter how logical the argument is, is the work of… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Marketers spend millions developing strategies to identify children's predilections and then capitalize on their vulnerabilities. Young people are fooled for a while,… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
So I make no effort to hide my pain. I don’t ever put it all on display like this—but for today and… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
“Evolutionarily, the function of attachment has been to protect the organism from danger. The attachment figure, an older, kinder, stronger, wiser other… — Daniel J. Siegel M.D Copy Share Image
“Under the heading of "defense mechanisms,” psychoanalysis describes a number of ways in which a person becomes alienated from himself. For example,… — R.D. Laing Copy Share Image
I've never known a Philadelphian who wasn't a downright 'character'; possibly a defense mechanism resulting from the dullness of their native habitat. — Anita Loos Copy Share Image
“The defense mechanisms of The Imposter are: sarcasm, name-dropping, self-righteousness, the need to impress others and the need for others' approval.” — Manning Brennan Copy Share Image
I could always make people around me laugh. It was more of a defense mechanism more than anything else, because I was… — Tim Hawkins Copy Share Image
Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it. — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
I don't like smiley pictures. A smile is a defense mechanism. It says, You can't have the real me but here's my… — Chris Killip Copy Share Image
If one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life eventually, no matter whether… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
We often engage the defense mechanism of tunnel vision, just to keep ourselves focused on our daily lives. This makes us terribly… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
