Society at present suffers far more from waste of money than from want of it. There is dignity in every attempt to… — Morarji Desai Copy Share Image
Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right.… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I lived in New York for seven years, although I was always in denial about it. Even though I had an apartment… — Kate Moss Copy Share Image
Congress remains in total denial as our liberties are rapidly fading before our eyes. The process is propelled by unwarranted fear and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
To have privilege in one or more areas does not mean you are wholly privileged. Surrendering to the acceptance of privilege is… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
We're all in denial from time to time. We all see things that are too painful to really deal with. But this… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
“The self-centered man will always expect nothing but praise. He will hope and expect all incoming criticism to be mere self-projection from… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It's easy to assume people are conforming when we witness them all choosing the same option, but when we choose that very… — Sheena Iyengar 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
“At cocktail parties, I played the part of a successful businessman's wife to perfection. I smiled, I made polite chit-chat, and I… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
“For its survival, the satanic cult demanded secrecy and obedience while it made brutality, even killing, appropriate. Denial and disavowal were inevitable… — Judith Spencer Copy Share Image
Once you're labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination - employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Religion is a belief in invisible beings, inaudible voices, intangible entities, undetectable forces, and events and judgments that happen after we die.… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
“Denial returned, like a nagging cough you can never quite shake. Actually, it was always close at hand, and even though "satanic… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
Every acceptance of suffering is an acceptance of that which exists. The denial of every form of suffering can result in a… — Dorothee Solle Copy Share Image
As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders… — Lani Guinier Copy Share Image
“People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death of their innocence; people who forget court another… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin-this is the first premise. Now it is known that it… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
Get through the moment. Avoid confrontation. Run away. That's pretty much how we get through our own lives, watching television. Smoking crap.… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“The human brain can protect us from seeing and feeling what it believes may be too uncomfortable for us to tolerate. It… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image
Poetry is often very critical of the culture from which it emerges. Quite often literary critics of a nationalist bent talk up… — Edna Longley Copy Share Image
The episcopal church was destined, inevitably, to grow further and further away from the Christian teaching of poverty and denial of worldly… — Judith Herrin Copy Share Image
Farts come from no one and nowhere; they are anonymous emanations that belong to the group as a whole, and even when… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The parallelism, or denial of any causation between mind and body, derives basically, and fallaciously, from a theory of substances as having… — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra Copy Share Image
The president has to project to the American people a sense of demanding idealism. Idealism which is not based in self-indulgence, but… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Work on your stony qualities and become resplendent like the ruby. Practice self-denial and accept difficulty. Always see infinite life in letting… — Rumi Copy Share Image
We must go through a natural revolution if we are to survive on earth. We need to change people's perceptions. If there's… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
“Yet when the denial becomes so complete that we live under what amounts to a tyranny of not seeing and not speaking… — Arthur Kleinman Copy Share Image
Some people have their marriages annulled, which means they never existed. Boy, talk about denial! What do you say when people see… — Carol Leifer Copy Share Image
I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
I think many Dutch just don't know the history of Black Pete, that he is rooted in slavery, and how he was… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
“I can no longer deny that bad things happened to me. I can’t be absolutely sure what happened to me, or who… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
“Until this point Tiffany had assumed that abusers... must live in denial. If not, how could they go on? How could you… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Remember that you will never reach a higher standard than you yourself set. Then set your mark high, and step by step,… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
“A man who denies his past is a man who truly denies himself a future, for he refuses to know himself, and… — Tobsha Learner Copy Share Image
Is Guinea prepared? And that's the question because of course these three countries had very, very weak health institutions. Many people had… — Ofeibea Quist-Arcton Copy Share Image
Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
“Denial of perpetration is simply not evidence that none has occurred, because even when there is physical evidence of abuse, sexual abusers… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Britain has been responsible for the undermining of democracy, turning a blind eye to abuses by its allies, using extraordinary rendition to… — Deeyah Khan Copy Share Image
