(337 quotes found)
“In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.”
Eldridge Cleaver
“Never deny in the dark, what you know to be true in the light”
Proverb
“She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it.”
Anthony Trollope
“He who denies all confesses all”
Spanish Proverb
“The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.”
Frank Miller
“I do not deny that many appear to have succeeded in a material way by cutting corners and by manipulating associates, both in their professional and in their personal lives. But material success is possible in this world and far more satisfying when it comes without exploiting others.”
Alan Greenspan
“In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.”
John Stuart Mill
“Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.”
Dag Hammarskjold
“Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions”
“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.”
Zora Neale Hurston
