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69,742. Delay is the deadliest form of denial. (Delay & Denial) C Northcote Parkinson
69,777. Deny yourself! You must deny yourself!
That is the song that never ends. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832, German poet and novelist, Faust
767. Since becoming a journalist I had often heard the advice to believe nothing until it has been officially denied. (Journalism & Belief & Denial & Truth & Propaganda) Claud Cockburn, A Discord of Trumpets p190
73,468. I never deny; I never contradict; I sometimes forget. (Forgetfulness & Denial & Contradiction) Benjamin Disraeli, of Lord Esher's relations with Queen Victoria
21,480. Standard program of denial recommended. (GBH Films & Spy Films & Denial) The Falcon and the Snowman 1985 starring Sean Penn & Timothy Hutton & Sean Penn & Pat Hingle & Joyce van Patten & Rob Reed & Richard Dysart & David Suchet & Chris Makepeace et al, director John Schlesinger, teletext
44,991. Pilger’s Law: If It’s Been Officially Denied Then It’s Probably True. (Journalism & Denial) John Pilger
67,920. When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid – in which case all comment is superfluous – or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem. (Comment & Denial) Percy Bysshe Shelley
69,778. It is tempting to deny, but if you deny, you confirm what you won’t deny. Tony Benn
69,779. Hope is the denial of reality. (Deny & Hope & Reality) Margaret Weis
69,780. It’s not denial – I’m just selective about the reality I accept. Bill Watterson
69,781. Never underestimate the power of denial. Wes Bently
69,782. How often it is that that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him. (Deny & Anger) Frank Herbert
69,783. To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s life. It is no less than a denial of the soul. Oscar Wilde
69,784. Crimestop means the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought. It includes the power of not grasping analogies, of failing to perceive logical errors, of misunderstanding the simplest arguments if they are inimical to Ingsoc, and of being bored or repelled by any train of thought which is capable of leading in a heretical direction. Crimestop, in short, means protective stupidity. (Deny & Stupidity) Oscar Wilde, 1984 ch17
69,795. I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
69,785. Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt. Mark Twain
69,786. I believe we’re all in denial about the people we love. David Geffen
69,787. This night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. Matthew 26:34
69,788. 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. (Deny & Peace & Victory) J Donald Walters
69,789. Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature's way of letting in only as much as we can handle. (Deny & Grief) Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
69,790. I feel that as long as you're honest, you have the opportunity to grow. It’s when you shut down, go into denial, and try to start hiding things from yourself and others, that's when you lock in certain behaviors and attitudes that keep you stuck. (Denial & Honesty) Tracy McMillan
69,791. 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. Christopher Hitchens
69,797. [P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification. Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
69,792. Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life. (Denial & Security) Germaine Greer
69,793. If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can’t reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity. (Denial & Identity) Jean-Francois Cope
69,794. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
69,796. 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. D H Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
69,797. I moved in front of the medicine cabinet. If I looked in the mirror while I did it, it would be like watching somebody else, in a book or a play. Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
122,434. 2016 was the hottest year on record, topping a decade of increasingly warmer years: powerful storms, heatwaves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, declining ice-caps, and drought stalked the planet. Yet how did a climate change denier get elected president of the United States? Donald Trump has claimed that climate change is an expensive hoax. (Climate Science & Dissent & Denial) Donald Trump, the Koch Brothers, and Their War on Climate Science, The Real News.com
122,435. Climate change deniers now inhabit the most powerful positions in the world’s most powerful government … This is largely the handiwork of two brothers – David and Charles Koch. (Climate Science & Dissent & Denial) ibid.
122,436. Greenpeace soon dubbed the brother’s aparatus – the Climate Change Denial Machine. (Climate Science & Dissent & Denial) ibid.
122,437. Koch money has gone to more than half of all senators and nearly 40% of all congressmen. (Climate Science & Dissent & Denial) ibid.