With comedy, a lot of people develop their sense of humor as a defense mechanism. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism. — Sherri Shepherd Copy Share Image
I turned it into my armor, my defense mechanism and my weapon of self destruction. — Sixx AM Copy Share Image
Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive. — Garry Shandling 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
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
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
“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
I laugh when I see people in pain. Sometimes I think it is a defense mechanism from childhood, where you're in so… — Andy Dick 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
“Not impossible, Robert, just unthinkable. The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much… — Anonymous 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
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
“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
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
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
“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
“How can one who has been abandoned—truly, no one left in sight—be less alone? Before, his answer would have been 'books,' but… — A.D. Aliwat 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 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
“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
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
“Being in a state of denial is a universally human response to situations which threaten to overwhelm. People who were abused as… — Sarah E. Olson Copy Share Image
“It was a gross, tasteless thing to say – my brain had been burping up such inappropriate thoughts at inopportune moments. Mental… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I don't really know. I think the first test is when you're very little and you fart, and you laugh at it… — Joel McHale 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
..but maybe this was a defense mechanism. Maybe my mind was making me see things I refused to accept were gone forever.… — Becca Fitzpatrick 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 wish I trusted people more. But when I meet someone, the first thing is, 'What does this person want?' And I… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
“I loved that vulnerable excitement when he first caught sight of something that made him feel before he could cover it up.” — Emily Henry 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
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
Everyone is a little bitter. We're born bitter. The personality itself is really just a very complex defense mechanism. A reaction to… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Humor is his defense mechanism, so that would allow me to talk about some serious subjects, but get a lot of hilarious… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
“DENIAL Defense mechanism in which the existence of unpleasant realities is disavowed; refers to keeping out of conscious awareness any aspects of… — Benjamin Sadock Copy Share Image
