Denial Quotes

636 quotes by 536 authors

I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed the climatic balance.… — David Attenborough
I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial… — Roger Nash Baldwin
The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. — Honore de Balzac
We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore. — Javier Bardem
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to… — Melody Beattie
Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past. — Martha Beck
All forms of tampering with human beings, getting at them, shaping them against their will to your own pattern, all thought control and conditioning is,… — Isaiah Berlin
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. — Annie Besant
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment… — Ambrose Bierce
I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. — David Bowie
The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity. — Barbara Boxer
People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial. — Julie Burchill
It could fairly be said that America, during the Bush years, has entered an Age of Denial - arguably the first stage of a nation's… — Graydon Carter
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. — Lord Chesterfield
Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that Man must go… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A lot of people in the movie industry tend to run and hide from it like ostriches. Movie industry people are definitely in denial right… — Madeleine Stowe
As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders have concluded that… — Lani Guinier
Even strong as they are today, rich countries should have no illusion: nobody is safe in aworld of injustices.War will never bring security.War can only… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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