--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: If you take someone's thoughts and…" description: "\"“If you take someone's thoughts and feelings away bit by bit, consistently then they have nothing left, except some gritty, gnawing, shitty little inst..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/david-edgar-231145_thoughts-and-feeling_if-you-take-someone-s-thoughts-and-feeli_2798121.jpg" --- # If you take someone's thoughts and feelings away bit by… ![“If you take someone's thoughts and feelings away bit by bit, consistently then they have nothing left, except some gritty, gnawing, shitty little instinct, down there, somewhere worming round the gut, but so far down, so hidden, its impossible to find. Imagine, if you will, a worldwide conspiracy…” quote by David Edgar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/david-edgar-231145_thoughts-and-feeling_if-you-take-someone-s-thoughts-and-feeli_2798121.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/david-edgar-231145_thoughts-and-feeling_if-you-take-someone-s-thoughts-and-feeli_2798121.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/david-edgar-231145_thoughts-and-feeling_if-you-take-someone-s-thoughts-and-feeli_2798121.jpg) > ““If you take someone's thoughts and feelings away bit by bit, consistently then they have nothing left, except some gritty, gnawing, shitty little instinct, down there, somewhere worming round the gut, but so far down, so hidden, its impossible to find. Imagine, if you will, a worldwide conspiracy to deny the colour yellow. And whenever you say yellow, they told you, no, that isn't yellow, what the fuck's yellow? Eventually, whenever you saw yellow, you would say; that isn't yellow, course it isn't blue or green or purple, or... you'd say it, yes it is, its yellow and become increasingly hysterical and then go quite berserk.”” [David Edgar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-edgar/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Systematic denial of a reality, like colour, erodes truth and can drive people to hysteria. **In simple terms:** Denial erodes truth. Key Takeaway Guard against manipulation. Themes truth perception manipulation psychology social control Mood critical cautionary Type Thoughts and feelings:0 Philosophy of Mind:1 Colour Yellow:1 Yellow Say:0 Yellow Told:0 Yellow Eventually:0 Say Yellow:0 Yellow Fuck:0 When to use this quote - media literacy - critical thinking - mental health counseling Key Concepts cognitive psychology media studies Questions to Reflect On - How does denial affect perception? - What safeguards protect truth? 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