Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past…

— Chuck Palahniuk

A mistake doesnt make you a fool, but denying it surely makes you one.

— Vikrant Parsai

It is through suppression that hells are formed in us.

— Susan Glaspell

Atheist’s denial of God’s existence needs just as much substantiation as does the theist’s claim; the atheist must give plausible reasons for rejecting God’s…

— Paul Copan

But we need to be very clear: because of our decades of collective denial, no gradual, incremental options are now available to us.

— Naomi Klein

What you try to bury just ends up burying you.

— Jane Wagner

Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

“Research on organised abuse emphasises the diversity of organised abuse cases, and the ways in which serious forms of child maltreatment cluster in the…

— Michael Salter

“Living in denial only makes finding the truth that much harder.”

— Jules F

Sanity can take one of only two forms: that of ignorance, or denial.

— Derek R. Audette

Denial leads to closure

— Aruho Marwin Machiaveli

People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're telling me…

— Martin Landau

It is not a question of who dances but of who or what does not dance.

— Ruth St. Denis

What’s looming in the shadows of our ignorance and denial is a critique of civilization itself.

— Lierre Keith

“You can hold on to the smallest doubt and take comfort in it, stay in denial and go on with your carefree life, until…

— Glenn Beck