Defense mechanism Quotes · Page 4

“She's terrified that all these sensations and images are coming out of her — but I think she's even more terrified to…

— David L. Calof

Fashion has always been my defense mechanism.

— Rihanna

“Aw, angel," he said, shaking his head as he looked around. "I get you now." He got me? What the heck was…

— Jessica Gadziala

[W]hen the empirical investigator glories in his refusal to go beyond the specialized observation dictated by the traditions of his discipline, be…

— Karl Mannheim

I could always make people around me laugh. It was more of a defense mechanism more than anything else, because I was…

— Tim Hawkins

A big part of becoming a funny person was a major defense mechanism. Onstage, especially as a woman, I've had to be…

— Amy Schumer

If one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life eventually, no matter whether…

— Chester Himes

“You see, long ago I built a wall, a defense mechanism as I recall.”

— Adiela Akoo

“Romeo laughed harder. "Lady doctors?" "Wyatt calls 'em that." Jules giggled. "Poor fella, stuck with me for a twin. He's been hearing…

— Kele Moon

I was just a ham since about the age of five. If I was performing at Medieval Times or something, I'd be…

— Emma Stone

People use irony as a defense mechanism.

— David Byrne

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization…

— Peter Jennings

“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

Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it.

— Randall Robinson

I had to either make people laugh or make them afraid of me making fun of them. It was sort of a…

— Tony Hinchcliffe