Denial Quotes

The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair.

We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore.

I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality.

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 of the truth.

With actors, all our ages are out there for all to see - you can't hide anything, really. And it's kind of a relief. This is my age, this is what I look like without makeup on - who cares? That youth culture - that lying about your age - it's all denial of death anyway.

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.

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, therefore, a denial of that in men which makes them men and their values ultimate.

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.

I'd be like, 'You're a young, vibrant woman. Where are you?' I realized that I had been living in denial.

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one.

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.

I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman.

I believe we're all in denial about the people we love.

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it.

Despite the state of denial exhibited by most Democrats, Americans all across the nation acknowledge that changes are necessary to preserve Social Security for today's younger workers.

I have a very highly developed sense of denial.

The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it?

Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you.

Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life.

Hearing loss very often is such a gradual phenomenon that the person is in denial. You really have to be patient with them in getting them to come forward to get help.

My parents are really well intended, and I think their way of dealing with things is denial and guilt. Nobody wanted to talk about it. But all I did was blame myself.

You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten.

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 clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

In one way, I suppose, I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light.

I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that the government that we have today is not what the people want as a government.

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button.

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.