Denial Quotes · Page 14

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

— Lewis Mumford

“You only reveal your game plan when you know you're winning, or losing.”

— Ahmed Mostafa

I'm actually a very private person. Sometimes I'm in denial that I'm really famous.

— Britney Spears

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

— Jules F

“There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“Denial is a useful defense mechanism until it's not.”

— Rosalind Kaplan

Denial can be a pathology or a survival mechanism - and sometimes it's both.

— Jane Fonda

After denial comes anger and finally, acceptance.

— Graciela Chichilnisky

We need to invest in telecommunication infrastructure with redundancies to combat denial of service attacks.

— Brianna Wu

Saying 'I don't care' doesn't stop you from caring and holding it all in doesn't make you stronger.

— Anonymous

The science [of global warming] is beyond dispute... Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response

— Barack Obama

In one way, I suppose, I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding…

— Christopher Hitchens

If a favour is asked of you, grant it if you can. If not, refuse it in such a manner as that…

— James Burgh

Most people who seek advice, are simply looking for affirmation. And they will seek as much 'advice' as it takes to get…

— T Jay Taylor

I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

A delay isnt a denial. Not yet isnt No, God often waits until you change before he changes your situation.

— Anonymous

Our spiritual mission is not to ignore the darkness, but to bring light TO the darkness. Ignoring darkness does not dispel it;…

— Marianne Williamson

Mr. Robinson and Mr. Kovite have...written a captivating coming-of-age novel that is, by turns, funny and sad and elegiac -\-\ a novel…

— Michiko Kakutani

“The death of Nighteyes gutted me. I walked wounded through my life in the days that followed, unaware of just how mutilated…

— Robin Hobb

If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: Search after truth through non-violent means. A man may…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them - especially not from yourself. Instead of turning away in…

— Daniel Dennett

No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober. Such reforms can only be effected…

— Samuel Smiles

Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in…

— Sharon Salzberg

Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all…

— Dan Brown

“There just isn’t enough cock in this world to be caught suckin’ and be called anything but a slut for life. The…

— Dave Matthes

I don't necessarily view death as something negative. Death gives meaning to life. Living in fear of death is living in denial.…

— Curtis Jackson

The woe of mortality makes humans God-like. It is because we know that we must die that we are so busy making…

— Zygmunt Bauman

Whoever reads the gospel with a single eye, and sincere intentions, will find, that our blessed Lord took all opportunities of reminding…

— George Whitefield

I do understand what love is, and that is one of the reasons I can never again be a Christian. Love is…

— Dan Barker

“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the…

— Antonio R. Damasio

“In 2011, actor Johnny Depp told the November issue of Vanity Fair that he felt participating in a photoshoot was akin to…

— Emma Elsworth

“In order to protect our emotional wounds, and because of our fear of being hurt, humans create something very sophisticated in the…

— Miguel Ruiz

“An elephant constantly in denial. - On Government”

— Lamine Pearlheart

Denial of evolution is unique to the United States.

— Bill Nye

The pathway to your best life isn't the route of denial. It's owning every moment.

— Oprah Winfrey

“Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial.”

— John Bradshaw

I love carbs, but denial is good training for the mind.

— Jason Momoa

“Denial is how I cope. If I just deny everything, it can't hurt me right?”

— Amanda Hocking

My personal feeling is that human beings have this incredible capacity for denial.

— David Byrne

A complete fast is a complete and literal denial of self. It is the truest prayer.

— Mahatma Gandhi