611 Quotes About Denial

He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and his pretension itself is a very great prejudice.

Why do we procrastinate leaving? The denial phase is a humbling one. It takes a while to come to terms with our miserable luck. Rowley puts it this way: 'Fires only happen to other people.' We have a tendency to believe that everything is OK because, well, it almost always has been before.

Maybe we can stay in denial together forever?' I suggest....'No, I mean, maybe there's a town called Denial, and we can literally move there and forget about college.

If I believed a giant Platypus was coming to liberate humanity and save us all, it would still make more sense than the climate denial people do......

Okay, well...how's that water feeling, then?' 'Excuse me?' 'The Nile warm this time of the year?

It's important to avoid mirrors if one is unprepared to accept their daily news, and I think, in something as insignificantly devastating as appearance, denial is more socially constructive than despondency. Not that there's anything especially wrong with me--just the usual.

Not everything needed to be processed. Some things needed to be ignored and slept on.

If you want to know the real character of man, intentionally and timely give him the test of 3d’s; delay, denial and disappointment

In very rare cases, people will be self-satisfied and content within themselves. More often than not the very same people who choose to live alone are simply in denial after a painful experience or the failure in an intimate relationship.