“We live in this irreparably broken world, and I don't wish to deny reality, but the amazing thing to me is not that we refuse to relinquish hope as a species. The amazing thing is that we're right to hold on to hope. The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy. ... Obviously not all stories end happily. We don't always have good fortune, but hope gives us, as a species and as individuals, what we otherwise wouldn't have: A chance.” WorldGivingMayEndsStoriesRealityIndividualWishChanceCrazyBrokenFortuneSpeciesRefuseDenyGood FortuneAmazing ThingsBroken World Author:John Green
“Not what we wish, but what we want, Oh! let thy grace supply, The good unask'd, in mercy grant; The ill, though ask'd, deny.” WantAsksWishPrayerGraceMercyIllDenyGrants Author:James Merrick
“Fight if you wish. Deny what is before you if it comforts you. But nothing you do can change your fate.” IfsFightingWishFateComfortDeny Book:Inheritance: Book Four Source: Inheritance: Book Four
“We wish our Christian brothers would be honest and permit us our heroes. We do not deny them theirs.” Would BeChristianWishAtheismHonestBrotherHeroDenyPositive AtheismBeing HonestPermitChristian Brothers Book:What on Earth Is an Atheist! Source: What on Earth Is an Atheist!
“Sneering springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be that wishes to take refuge in doubt.” MindStatesWishDoubtSpringDenyState Of MindRefugeRidiculeWretched Author:Letitia Elizabeth Landon
“He who wishes to maintain that the past of mankind no longer has any absolute value in lifemust also be ready to deny his ownlife until the present moment, indeed in advance until the last moment, as worthless. He who realizes that culture is the giving of form will also see that the highest forms that it is given to the human spirit to recognize have always been, psychologically considered, such evasions from the present. Considerations such as these do not at all square with the direction of America's mind.” GivingMindHumansMomentsLastsAmericaPastFormSpiritValuesCultureGivenWishRealizingHistoryMankindReadyHighestAbsolutesDenyConsiderationPresent MomentSquaresWorthlessHuman SpiritValue Of LifeEvasion Author:Johan Huizinga
“I'm a massive fan of the Stones, and I don't think anybody should deny them the right to carry on making music. I just wish they wouldn't wear leggings.” ThinkingShouldWishFansStonesDenyMassiveLeggings Author:Noel Gallagher