--- title: "Great Denial Qoutes" description: "Browse 1,463 Denial quotes by 1,070 authors. Discover the best Denial sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/jonathan-edwards-770_affliction_if-i-murmur-in-the-least-at-affliction-i_2283830.png" --- > [If I murmur in the least at affliction, if I am in any way uncharitable, if I revenge my own case, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/if-i-murmur-in-the-least-at-affliction-if-i-am-in-any-way/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/jonathan-edwards-770_affliction_if-i-murmur-in-the-least-at-affliction-i_2283830.png) > [The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-garcia/the-executions-persecution-and-imprisonment-of-political-dissidents/) [Andy Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/andy-garcia-10559_castro_the-executions-persecution-and-imprisonm_2890933.png) > [France, land of human rights and freedoms, was attacked on its own soil by a totalitarian ideology: Islamic fundamentalism. It is only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marine-le-pen/france-land-of-human-rights-and-freedoms-was-attacked-on-its-own-soil/) [Marine Le Pen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marine-le-pen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/marine-le-pen-1411_denial_france-land-of-human-rights-and-freedoms_1829683.jpg) > [“She had locked something away, something deep inside. A truth that she had once known, but chose to forget. And she couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-j-nolan/she-had-locked-something-away-something-deep-inside-a-truth-that-she/) [Christopher J. Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-j-nolan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/christopher-j-nolan-48832_break-free_she-had-locked-something-away-something_2480787.jpg) > [The spirit of philosophy is one of free inquiry. It suspects all authority. Its function is to trace the uncritical assumptions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/the-spirit-of-philosophy-is-one-of-free-inquiry-it-suspects-all/) [Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/muhammad-iqbal-7379_admission_the-spirit-of-philosophy-is-one-of-free_3199062.jpg) > [I live in a war zone. I would never have imagined 37 years ago when I started practicing law that there would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-allred/i-live-in-a-war-zone-i-would-never-have-imagined-37-years-ago-when-i/) [Gloria Allred](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-allred/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/gloria-allred-14579_denial_i-live-in-a-war-zone-i-would-never-have_806062.jpg) > [Pray unceasingly that all denial be stripped from your mind. Pray that something miraculous be born within us all. Give everything you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-mortifee/pray-unceasingly-that-all-denial-be-stripped-from-your-mind-pray-that/) Ann Mortifee [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/ann-mortifee-74123_altars_pray-unceasingly-that-all-denial-be-stri_1491238.jpg) > [The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-brennan/the-calculated-killing-of-a-human-being-by-the-state-involves-by-its/) [William J. Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-brennan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/william-j-brennan-15212_absolutes_the-calculated-killing-of-a-human-being_1725822.jpg) > [I Hated you so much, I hated you so much that I started paying attention to the things you did. I judged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-bakang/i-hated-you-so-much-i-hated-you-so-much-that-i-started-paying/) Gloria Bakang [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/gloria-bakang-109856_denial_i-hated-you-so-much-i-hated-you-so-much_1713261.jpg) > [Simpler manners, purer lives; more self-denial; more earnest sympathy with the classes that lie below us, nothing short of that can lay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/simpler-manners-purer-lives-more-self-denial-more-earnest-sympathy/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/frederick-william-robertson-39_broads_simpler-manners-purer-lives-more-self-de_2827939.jpg) > [A thorough: miser must possess considerable strength of character to bear the self-denial imposed by his penuriousness. Equal sacrifices, endured voluntarily in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-benton-clulow/a-thorough-miser-must-possess-considerable-strength-of-character-to/) [William Benton Clulow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-benton-clulow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/william-benton-clulow-26274_bears_a-thorough-miser-must-possess-considerab_783267.jpg) > [I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-paladino/i-think-the-media-has-been-in-denial-just-like-the-party-regulars/) [Carl Paladino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-paladino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/carl-paladino-18182_denial_i-think-the-media-has-been-in-denial-jus_2903791.jpg) > [The fossil fuel industry maintains a science denial operation and a political influence operation designed to do just that. What's good for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-whitehouse/the-fossil-fuel-industry-maintains-a-science-denial-operation-and-a/) [Sheldon Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-whitehouse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/sheldon-whitehouse-3144_america_the-fossil-fuel-industry-maintains-a-sci_3097535.png) > [“To ‘pretend’ is to say that I’m willing to waste the precious energy that it takes to pretend, and I’m unwilling to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/to-pretend-is-to-say-that-i-m-willing-to-waste-the-precious-energy/) [Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/craig-d-lounsbrough-285_authentic_to-pretend-is-to-say-that-i-m-willing-to_249304.jpg) > [I?m lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathy-guisewite/i-m-lucky-that-my-real-life-mom-has-both-a-great-sense-of-humor-about/) [Cathy Guisewite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathy-guisewite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/cathy-guisewite-10451_ability_i-m-lucky-that-my-real-life-mom-has-both_1366227.png) > [“When the Jo personality first told him of the diagnosis, he called MPD "clinical bullshit." Then, seeing Jo's stricken look, he softened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-frances-casey/when-the-jo-personality-first-told-him-of-the-diagnosis-he-called-mpd/) [Joan Frances Casey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-frances-casey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/joan-frances-casey-20220_belief-system_when-the-jo-personality-first-told-him-o_2406371.jpg) > [In this denial of the right to participate in government, not merely the degradation of woman and the perpetuation of a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/in-this-denial-of-the-right-to-participate-in-government-not-merely/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/frederick-douglass-859_degradation_in-this-denial-of-the-right-to-participa_2746099.png) > [“Speaking out about ritual abuse brings more information and potential understanding about this issue to a society steeped in denial. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jadelinn/speaking-out-about-ritual-abuse-brings-more-information-and-potential/) Jadelinn [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/jadelinn-245103_abuse_speaking-out-about-ritual-abuse-brings-m_540965.jpg) > [The fact is, lying is a necessity, we lie to ourselves because the truth freaking hurts. No matter how hard we try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-fact-is-lying-is-a-necessity-we-lie-to-ourselves-because-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/anonymous-1_being-hurt_the-fact-is-lying-is-a-necessity-we-lie_2742746.jpg) > [The Sexual Revolution is a complete rebellion against authority, natural and supernatural, even against the body and its needs, its natural functions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/the-sexual-revolution-is-a-complete-rebellion-against-authority/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/dorothy-day-1629_authority_the-sexual-revolution-is-a-complete-rebe_79387.png) > [Racism was just a tool to deal with frustration and pain and that people are in denial about the way we feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-dillon/racism-was-just-a-tool-to-deal-with-frustration-and-pain-and-that/) [Matt Dillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-dillon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/matt-dillon-8861_deals_racism-was-just-a-tool-to-deal-with-frus_3183883.png) > [Individualism is a denial that life has any meaning except the gratification of the ego; in politics it must end in anarchy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-kirk/individualism-is-a-denial-that-life-has-any-meaning-except-the/) [Russell Kirk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-kirk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/russell-kirk-6909_anarchy_individualism-is-a-denial-that-life-has_3095584.jpg) > [“I can't get myself to say what happened next. I cannot cope with even thinking about this let alone living with it."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-ainscough/i-can-t-get-myself-to-say-what-happened-next-i-cannot-cope-with-even/) [Carolyn Ainscough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-ainscough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/carolyn-ainscough-53451_child-abuse_i-can-t-get-myself-to-say-what-happened_523485.jpg) ## Top authors on Denial - [Shannon L. Alder 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/shannon-l-alder/) - [Craig D. 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