Quotes About Denial

Someone who refuses to see the truth will accept the lie." Well.

No. Dang him, no!

Refusing to believe a truth doesn't make it a lie

Ella negó con la cabeza. —No podemos gustarnos el uno al otro. No podemos ser amigos. —Me alegro, porque no quiero ser tu amigo. Quiero ser algo más.

The first basic principle of ??anti coup? defense is therefore to deny legitimacy to the putschists

She'd always known that a strong capacity for self-deception and ignoring unpleasant realities had to be useful somewhere.

On several occasions, I discussed with Bill Clinton the subject of inquiries by the media about our relationship. He told me to continue to deny our relationship, that if we would stick together, everything would be okay.

I have never lied about my relationship with Bill Clinton. The only proven liar, at this point, and the only admitted liar, is Bill Clinton not Gennifer Flowers, not Kathleen Willey, not Paula Jones and not Monica Lewinsky, at this point. He is the only proven liar.

People love to admit they have bad handwriting or that they can't do math. And they will readily admit to being awkward 'I'm such a klutz' But they will never admit to having a poor sense of humor or being a bad driver.

Then since we mortal lovers are, Ask not how long our love may last; But while it does, let us take care Each minute be with pleasure passed: Were it not madness to deny To live because we're sure to die?

I missed you," he said, his lips stretching into a slow, lazy smile. The ice in his eyes began to melt. "Did you miss me, Nevada?" He said my name. "No." "Not even a little bit?" "No. Never thought of you." Just because I usually chose not to lie didn't mean I couldn't. Rogan grinned and all of my thoughts went to the wrong places. He was almost unbearably handsome when he smiled.

Sentient beings are spectacular liars. We are gifted with an unparalleled ability to deny things that make our life unpleasant. We even pretend death isn't a certainty, because contemplating our own mortality drives us mad.

Aha, no, I'm not giving you any sexy healing.

You've avoided the answer because it's painful to contemplate.

It's a bad one, man. Ah sit thaire jist likes, stunned; feeling aw raw n hollowed oot fae the inside. It's like whin you've been knocked back by a bird ye fancy, no thit that's happened tae me for a long time bein wi Ali likes but, like ye've been intae a lassie for ages, n ye sort go, eh, awright, what aboot, likesay, you n me, likes, eh … n she goes: naw. No way. Fuck off.

Was he an alcoholic? What was that? Someone who drinks all the time? Who can't say no to a drink? Who drinks in secret? Somebody who anticipates the next drink before he's finished with the one in front of him?

This is a bit like being accused of shagging the sister ah don't have.

The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.

There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state.

La forma más fácil de solucionar un problema es negar su existencia.

All of life is a symphony of successive losses. You lose your youth, your parents, your loves, your friends, your comforts, your health, and finally your life. To deny loss is to lose it all anyway and to lose, in addition, your self-possession and peace of mind.

All they have to do is refuse to believe it means death. The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.

if you wish to call the truth impossible, that is your privilege, but it will get you nowhere.

To Baley, it seemed not that the Aurorans were growing more humane in their attitude out of a liking for the humane, but that they were denying the robotic nature of the objects in order to remove the discomfort of having to recognize the fact that the human beings were dependent upon objects of artificial intelligence.