Michael Specter  - Quotes

 People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free. 

Tags: atheism   denialism   fundamentalism   science   skepticism     


The Deaths of Ian Stone  - Quotes

 Gray:
Your watch stopped.
Ian Stone:
Huh?
Gray:
Your watch. After you left for work this morning, it stopped, didn't it? Whenever a clock stops, they're coming.
Ian Stone:
Who?
Gray:
You know.
Ian Stone:
I'm sorry. I don't know what you're talking about.
Gray:
Listen, you're a smart boy. Don't let denial get in the way of that.
 

Exit Wounds  - Quotes

 Linda, Anger Management Therapist:
Mr. Boyd, denial is a classic symptom of unhealthy rage. Okay? So why don't you just stand up, and tell us a bit about yourself. Mr. Boyd. Mr. Boyd, please.
Orin Boyd:
I'd like to make something very clear: I don't have rage. I'm a happy guy. You see this face? This is a happy face. You'll be lucky to be as happy as I am.
 



The Matrix Reloaded  - Quotes

 The Architect:
You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its every living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated.
Neo:
Bullshit. [the monitors respond the same]
The Architect:
Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.
 

Hubert Selby Jr.  - Quotes

 ...and he just sat back and stared at the tube, almost interested in what was happening, trying to find the ability to believe in that lie so he could believe the one within. 

Tags: denial   television     
Christopher Hitchens  - Quotes

 [P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification. 

Tags: denial   justification   lies   torture     
Susan Griffin  - Quotes

 The mind can forget what the body, defined by each breath, subject to the heart beating, does not. 

Tags: denial     
D.H. Lawrence  - Quotes

 And that is how we are. By strength of will we cut off our inner intuitive knowledge from admitted consciousness. This causes a state of dread, or apprehension, which makes the blow ten times worse when it does fall. 

Tags: denial     
Bill Watterson  - Quotes

 What state do you live in?

Denial.
 

Tags: denial   humor     


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