Denial Quotes · Page 2

Don't censor incoming data through denial.

— Deepak Chopra

There has to be some self-denial.

— Joe Paterno

Denial is much more then an Egyptian River.

— Mark Twain

A house built on lies has a weak foundation.

— Anonymous

Hope is the denial of reality.

— Margaret Weis

Denial is bad for the lovers soul

— Austin Vanpelt

Debate is so much better than denial.

— Julie Walters

And weed's not a drug - that's denial

— Macklemore

“We numb our minds and heart so one need not be broken and the other need not be bothered.”

— Peggy Haymes

The thing one most tries to hide is the one most easily seen.

— Ichabod Crane

There are places where the mind dies so that a truth which is its very denial may be born.

— Albert Camus

All human kingship risks a denial of the sovereignty of God.

— Peter Hollingworth

Deciding denial was the better part of valor, CK pretended nothing was out of the ordinary.

— Anonymous

Denying the undeniable, to both others and myself has become my craft.

— Scarlet Koop

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

— Britney Spears

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

— G.K. Chesterton

Always be true to your feelings because the more you deny what you feel, the stronger it becomes.

— Anonymous

“...you’d be amazed at the grand tales the human brain will throw up to make sense of something nonsensical.”

— Dianna Hardy

Ever had the feeling, you attempt and fight hard to take someone off your mind and off your life but each time…

— Anonymous

Only the small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by public incredulity.

— Marshall McLuhan

I'm in denial in its lesser state. It will take me a second. People around me will notice my mania first. And,…

— Carrie Fisher

Virtual reality is a denial of reality. We need to be open to the powers of imagination, which brings something useful to…

— Hayao Miyazaki

I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop.

— Ruth St. Denis

“I’m still pretty sick about what I’ve lost, but I only admit it to myself late at night, which is probably why…

— Nick Hornby

To have privilege in one or more areas does not mean you are wholly privileged. Surrendering to the acceptance of privilege is…

— Roxane Gay

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

The first reaction to trauma is denial, then comes anger and finally, acceptance. I think the US is still between denial and…

— Graciela Chichilnisky

Society at present suffers far more from waste of money than from want of it. There is dignity in every attempt to…

— Morarji Desai

I lived in New York for seven years, although I was always in denial about it. Even though I had an apartment…

— Kate Moss

Congress remains in total denial as our liberties are rapidly fading before our eyes. The process is propelled by unwarranted fear and…

— Ron Paul

An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal…

— Vera Nazarian

As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders…

— Lani Guinier

So it is that real, personal sacrifice never was placing an animal on the altar. Instead, it is a willingness to put…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Tragedy was foresworn, in ritual denial of the ripe knowledge that we are drawing away from one another, that we share only…

— William Gaddis

You've got problems in Central Asia. And you've got problems within our own communities back home. So if we end up saying,…

— Tony Blair

“This monograph by Special Agent Ken Lanning (1992) is merely a guide for those who may investigate this phenomenon, as the title…

— Pamela Sue Perskin

“Many professionals have to sign gagging clauses or face the sack if they speak out. The social worker and therapist was familiar…

— Beatrix Campbell

“People that hold onto hate for so long do so because they want to avoid dealing with their pain. They falsely believe…

— Shannon L. Alder

Depth, in a pictorial, plastic sense, is not created by the arrangement of objects one after another toward a vanishing point, in…

— Hans Hofmann

“Being in a state of denial is a universally human response to situations which threaten to overwhelm. People who were abused as…

— Sarah E. Olson