Quotes About Denial

Wer komplexe Wirklichkeit leugnet, gibt sich gern objektiv und bezichtigt die Problembewussten der Wirklichkeitsflucht und der Träumerei.

There is a known correlation between denial of one's sexuality and a propensity to self-destructive behaviour.

If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.

consciousness] Maybe you think it gives you free will. Maybe you've forgotten that sleepwalkers converse, drive vehicles, commit crimes and clean up afterward, unconscious the whole time. Maybe nobody's told you that waking souls are only slaves in denial.

in some half-forgotten pesthole of twentieth-century case studies—filed under Cotard's syndrome—I found Amanda Bates and others of her kind, their brains torqued into denial of the very self.

They're not gods," Brüks reminded him softly. "Not yet." "Not ever." "That's denial." "Better than genuflection.

Martellus: Talking behind my back, are you? Krosp: Of course not! You're right here !

Gallegos told Richard he'd been arrested in 1975 for shooting a hooker over a blow job payment, and the press might bring it up. Richard said that didn't matter, that it was bullshit.

In one inadvertently revealing action, the Rockefeller forces formally announced that CFI was now prepared to concede certain improvements to the Colorado miners, only to learn that many of these "privileges" were already the law in Colorado, that they had long been stifled by the company, and that their denial had been among the strikers' major grievances.

Reality denied comes back to haunt.

I understand right enough," the stranger said slowly. "I just wanted to make sure you did. You had the greatest gift of all conferred upon you—the gift of life, of being a part of this world and taking a part in it. Yet you denied that gift." As the stranger spoke, the church bell high up on the hill sounded, calling the townspeople to Christmas vespers. Then the downtown church bell started ringing.

It was there. In my mind. After the call I'd just taken, after talking with LaForce. But I wouldn't say it out loud. Wouldn't even let myself form the complete thought in my head. Wasn't believing it. No fucking way zombies were real. Day of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, The Walking Dead – Fuck no. Fuck Milla Jovovich and all of that shit.

Nih?e od nas ne uživa pri naštevanju svojih napak. V ve?ini jih raje prikrijemo. Ignoriramo njihov obstoj in se pretvarjamo pred seboj in drugimi ljudmi. Kaj so torej tisti madeži na našem zna?aju, ki jih ne želimo videti?

I lived in New York for seven years, although I was always in denial about it. Even though I had an apartment there, I always pretended I was just visiting. I do love New York. But I'm a Londoner at heart.

As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.

For far too long, Washington has denied the American citizens of Puerto Rico vital human services and adequate health care funding.

I'm not against vodka - they just asked us. They put out some story about us entertaining international celebrities with vodka, which of course wasn't true.

If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.

How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny the dangers of climate change? Not surprisingly, the loudest voices are not scientific, and it is remarkable how many economists, lawyers, journalists and politicians set themselves up as experts on the science.

If a voter initiative can deny gay people access to traditional representative, democratic processes, then in California, any other small, historically disadvantaged minority group can also be denied the right of representative.

Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid.

I hear a lot of rumours about me selling the club or leaving, absolutely no way.

We assume people we know can't be serial killers.

I've never sexually harassed anyone, and yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association.