But sometimes living in denial was the only way to keep a man from going on a killing spree. — Eric Jerome Dickey Copy Share Image
Denial, perhaps, is a necessary human mechanism to cope with the heartaches of life. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“Professed scientific philosophers have been wont to employ the remoter and refinished products of science in ways which deny, discount or pervert… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Today the Israeli government continues seizures of Palestinian land for settlements, military incursions into surrounding countries and denial of the right of… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Many survivors struggle to believe the abuse happened. They don’t want to believe it. It’s too painful to think about. They don’t… — Laura Davis Copy Share Image
Christ and his teachings are the embodiment of submission, of inertia, of the denial of life; hence responsible for the things done… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“It’s no secret that we all live within a damning illusion called denial. We are doomed by our own far-reaching imaginations and… — Christopher Hawke Copy Share Image
There is something childish and legalistic about churches in which all of the saints observe precisely the same standards. When all lives… — Walter J Chantry Copy Share Image
I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
If work is no antidote to death, nor a denial of it, death is a powerful stimulus to work. Get done what… — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
Those who refuse to look at or give expression to the dark side of life are in denial-fear preventing passage through the… — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
“Ruthie started to cry at Julia's use of the word "hate," though Ruthie knew it was true, accurate. For a long time… — Susan Rebecca White Copy Share Image
SACERDOTALIST, n. One who holds the belief that a clergyman is a priest. Denial of this momentous doctrine is the hardest challenge… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can… — Meredith Grey Copy Share Image
The oral (Laetrile) had been 'toxified' by adding cyano-urea in the NCI...(NCI's) Mayo (Clinic) dismissed well responding patients to discard them from… — Hans Alfred Nieper Copy Share Image
“He hadn't "abused" alcohol, but had spent almost four years sitting in a chair drinking jug wine around the clock and looking,… — Gilbert Sorrentino Copy Share Image
It's only in America where there seems to be this sort of systematic denial of the reality of global warming at the… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
“I should have seen it coming.” The words don’t surprise me, but they piss me off. I pull away and glare down… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage licence. Indeed,… — Vaughn Walker Copy Share Image
Politics deals with externals: borders, wealth, crimes. Authentic forgiveness deals with the evil in a persons heart, something for which politics has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image