Bob Casey Jr. Quotes

We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable.

If you say something in advance - if you describe a problem as it arises, people always turn on you because they don't want to hear about it. But when it's too late to do anything, they will then turn around and say that you were right. That's human nature.

Elective ignorance was a great survival skill, perhaps the greatest.

There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives.

To deny that human beings are filled with anti-social passions betrays a denial of reality and a lack of self-awareness. One has to be taught nonsense for a great many formative years to believe it.

We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.

Sometimes when things are way too big and I can't control it, I do sort of a weird thing where I kind of check out a little bit. It's all about self-preservation for me.

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Some people would believe anything, especially if it eliminates awkward social and political problems.

Denial is a powerful force.

I'm very good at denial.

I think, sometimes when we face problems and issues in our life, we have a tendency to really deny that a problem exists. Or sometimes we say, oh, it'll go away, or we can handle it. It's - you know, don't worry. I've got it covered. And a lot of times, that's not the case.

We do not like to be robbed of an enemy; we want someone to hate when we suffer. It is so depressing to think that we suffer because we are fools; yet, taking mankind in the mass, that is the truth.

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, till she transforms us into beasts.

The human race's favorite method for being in control of facts is to ignore them.

The destruction of the world is the last, almost desperate attempt to save myself from being crushed by it

I think there is one smashing rule: never face the facts.

Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things.

On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

Fear is always with us, but we just don't have time for it. Not Now!

What state do you live in? Denial.

In a crazy world, it's only your insanity that will keep you sane

To fear to face an issue is to believe that the worst is true.

Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.