History Quotes / IRejectYourReality

->''"You know, very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."''

->'''Ronaldo''': But- But the truth...\\

-->''There was a definite suggestion that, deep inside, he knew this was not really happening. It could not be happening because this sort of thing did not happen. Any contradictory evidence could be safely ignored.''

->Major Barkison had a sure method of foretelling weather, or anything else for that matter: He would, for instance, select a certain patch of sky and then slowly count to three; if, during that time, no sea gull crossed the patch of sky, the thing he wanted would come true. This method could be applied to everything and the Major had great faith in it.\\\
He looked at a certain section of sky above a distant volcano. Slowly he counted. At the count of two a gull flew across his patch of sky. The Major frowned. [[MovingTheGoalposts He had a way, however, of dealing with this sort of thing.]] He would use the best two counts out of three. Quickly he counted. No gull appeared. The trip would not be bad.
-->-- '''Creator/GoreVidal''', ''Williwaw''

->It's like you have this belief that if you say things enough times they suddenly become true.

->SKEETER ISN’T BLUE! I refuse to believe it! I went to school for the first time today, and everyone was DIFFERENT! Nobody was beautifully colored anymore, NOBODY! Skeeter! He was blue, I swear it, or at least I swore it until I came home. I checked the photo album of pictures I took since we became friends, and even in those pictures, he ISN'T BLUE! They all are so bland and boring now, with very few colors. Mr. Dink isn't purple, Roger isn't green, and Skeeter isn't BLUE! I can’t take it anymore. I miss Porkchop doing more than pooping on the carpet and sleeping, I miss everyone’s beautiful colors. I don’t know what happened. I don’t want to believe this is how things really are. I have spent so long enjoying life as it was that now I feel I really am going crazy. Other people say I am more attentive, and I don't space out as much, but I do not even know what they are talking about! I just want things to return to normal, to the way I know they should be. Please!
-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/{{Doug}} Doug Funnie]]''', ''Fanfic/DearJournalImCrazy''

->When you're able to see only what you want to see, it's remarkably easy to live in a problem-free world.

->The mind imposes this framework which it calls "reality." That arbitrary framework has a tendency to be quite independent of what your senses report.

->You know, very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.

->What you're opposing isn't Helheim or Yggdrasill. It's the iron rule that says the world [[EquivalentExchange demands sacrifice]] in exchange for hope. Destroy that rule itself. Destroy it and change the world.

->Rapture is coming back to life. Even now, can't you hear the breath returning to her lungs? The shops reopening, the schools humming with the thoughts of young minds?

->It takes a strong man to deny what's right in front of him. And if the truth is undeniable... you create your own.

->That's not how I choose to remember it.

->It's like a blindfolded man sitting in broad daylight saying "I love the dark" and swatting anyone who tries to take the damned thing off.

->Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

->People don’t like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

->The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

->Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

->Reality is something the human race doesn't handle very well.

->If delusion needs inspiration on how to be more delusional, it should spend time with Heather Mills.
-->-- '''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/03/15/qotd-heather-mills-says-paul-mccartney-is-irrelevant/ Michael K.]]''', "Heather Mills More Famous than Music/PaulMcCartney, Says Heather Mills"

->Yes! In that way, I'm GLAD he was accused of rape! Really steels you for the rigors of pro football. If only EVERY prospect were accused of rape. It's the Oklahoma Drill of legal entanglements. [[MiseryBuildsCharacter TOUGHENS THE BODY AND THE MIND.]]\\
Of course, now that the Bucs have procured Winston, they're taking it one step further by trying to change the narrative and paint him as some kind of mutant football savant... Not only is this cynical -- even craven -- but it could also all be a pack of lies. Let's [[http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--oHDMSOQj--/1349338838676040296.gif see that gif one more time...]]
-->-- '''[[http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2015-tampa-bay-buccaneers-1718991122 Drew Magary]]''', "Why Your Team Sucks 2015!: Tampa Bay Buccaneers"

->If Zamenhof didn't mean to name his creation [[UsefulNotes/EsperantoTheUniversalLanguage "Esperanto"]], what name did he intend it to be known by? The answer is, ''la lingvo internacia'' - "the international language". Here the definite article [[SmallNameBigEgo is an absurd boast]], since there were already plenty of other tongues with a history of use as an international lingua franca. [[OlderThanTheyThink Esperanto wasn't even the first]] ''constructed'' auxiliary language to attract a cosmopolitan following. And yet I still get emails denying the existence of any other international language. From foreign countries. In English.
-->-- '''Justin B. Rye''', [[http://jbr.me.uk/ranto/w.html "Learn NOT to Speak Esperanto"]]

-->-- ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions''

->The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't change their views to fit the facts. They change the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs changing.

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