Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive. — Garry Shandling 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 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
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
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
With comedy, a lot of people develop their sense of humor as a defense mechanism. — Judd Apatow 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
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
There is a vulnerability that any woman has in a situation where you're surrounded by men in an enclosed space. You learn… — Katee Sackhoff 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
When my wife and I met, I couldn't talk to her - and my defense mechanism is sarcasm. I belittle someone with… — Mike Vogel Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
“Suddenly finding myself imprisoned in the ruins of the fortresses I created, I realize that that which I built to protect me… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
People choose to shut themselves off and build a load of defense mechanisms and not let anybody in because it's easier that… — Emma Mackey Copy Share Image
Fear is a healthy instinct, not a sign of weakness. It is a natural self-defense mechanism that is common to felines, wolves,… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I’m instantly mortified by my fat, uncontrollable mouth, but that’s when it occurs to me that my humor is a self-defense mechanism.… — Jen Lancaster 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
When all of our idols are taken away, all our securities and defense mechanisms, we find out who we really are. We’re… — Aaron Lines Copy Share Image
The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Neurotic identity crises come when our defense mechanisms have been too successful and we're encapsulated in the fortress we have constructed with… — Sam Keen 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
If you are deemed insane, then all actions that would oherwise prove you are not do, in actuality, fall into the framework… — Dennis Lehane 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
“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
“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
Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique. — Monica Raymund 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
“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
“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
..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
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
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
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