Denying

Famous quotes containing the word denying:

    “The cynic, a parasite of civilisation, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail.”
    —José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)

    “Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. Some minds are incapable of skepticism.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The waste of moments sleeping,
    The waste of pleasure weeping,
    By denying and ignoring
    The waste of nations warring.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)