History Quotes / IRejectYourReality

!!!Fiction

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

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

->'''Inara:''' What did I say to you about barging into my shuttle?
->'''Mal:''' That it was [[TestosteronePoisoning manly and impulsive?]]
->'''Inara:''' Yes, precisely. Only the exact phrase I used was "Don't."

->''"What you're opposing isn't [[spoiler: 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."''

->'''[[Manga/DeathNote Naomi]]:''' It's like you have this belief that if you say things enough times they suddenly become true.
->'''Light:''' I do not.
->'''Naomi:''' I'm the god of the new world?
->'''Light''' (''confused''): But [[AGodAmI I am the god of the new world.]]
->'''Naomi:''' [[ShutUpHannibal No you're not.]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist I have good intentions?]] [[TheRival Raye Penber]] [[ExtremeDoormat is wallpaper?]] [[LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt I don't get high off]] [[SerialKillerKiller the murders of rapists and other murderers?]] I can keep going, you know, if I really want to.
->'''Light:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic All true, I don't say them to make them true I just have to remind everyone else that they're true.]] If I didn't say anything people would assume that [[CloudCuckoolander Matsuda's theories]] are correct, and I just won't stand for that.
->'''Naomi:''' Yeah, completely buying that.
-->-- ''Fanfic/AllYouNeedIsLove''

!!!RealLife
->''"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."''

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

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

->''"Only dead fish go with the flow."''

->''"'Nananananashutupshutupshutupnananana I’m not listening anannanaaaaaaa' – my mom after reading the Dr. Oz headline"''
-->--'''''[[http://dlisted.com/2014/10/23/night-crumbs-216/ DListed]]''''' on "[[TheDoctorOzShow Dr. Oz]] Study Was Bogus"

->''"Man, if reality and the feminazis are right, then this rape culture is fucking insane and brutal and I’d be an asshole for supporting it and shitting on the only people trying to fix it… thus, it must all be make-believe because I as the All-Holy Penis-Bearer [[KnowNothingKnowItAll know the lives of women far better ]]than any she-creature."''
-->-- ''Sadly, No!'' [[http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/40017 rebuts]] Jonah Goldberg's "What War on Women?"

->''"These people love the truth, they just hate facts."''

-->--'''HLMencken'''

->''"The nationalist myth often implodes with a startling ferocity. It does so after the lies and absurdities that surround it become too hard to sustain. They collapse under their own weight. The contradictions and tortuous refusal to acknowledge the obvious becomes more than a society is able to bear. The collapse is usually followed by a blanket refusal, caused by shame or discomfort, the acknowledge or examine the crimes carried out...By the time the British had landed on [[UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar the Falklands]] and were rolling over the poorly supplied and ill-clad Argentine soldiers, the Argentine public had retreated into a mythic world that was not unfamiliar to Germans in the last days of the Third Reich. There was [[PropagandaMachine no hint in the national press]] that the Argentine forces were being defeated. It appeared that the British were losing the war. When the Argentine forces surrendered it hit the country like a tidal wave."''
-->--'''Chris Hedges''', ''War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning''

->''"The nationalist myth often implodes with a startling ferocity. It does so after the lies and absurdities that surround it become too hard to sustain. They collapse under their own weight. The contradictions and tortuous refusal to acknowledge the obvious becomes more than a society is able to bear. The collapse is usually followed by a blanket refusal...By the time the British had landed on [[UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar the Falklands]] and were rolling over the poorly supplied and ill-clad Argentine soldiers, the Argentine public had retreated into a mythic world that was not unfamiliar to Germans in the last days of the Third Reich. There was [[PropagandaMachine no hint in the national press]] that the Argentine forces were being defeated. It appeared that the British were losing the war. When the Argentina forces surrendered it hit the country like a tidal wave."''

->''"'Nananannanashutupshutupshutupnanannaa I’m not listening anannanaaaaaaa' – my mom after reading the Dr. Oz headline"''

--> -- '''Music/TheBeatles''', "Nowhere Man"

-->--'''Creator/GoreVidal'''

-->--'''Aldous Huxley''', "Note on Dogma"

-->--'''SarahPalin''', [[HypocriticalHumor resigning as Governor]]

-->--''Sadly, No!'' [[http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/40017 rebuts]] Jonah Goldberg's "What War on Women?"

!!!RealLife
->''“Reality is something the human race doesn't handle very well.”''
-->--'''Creator/GoreVidal'''

->''"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."''
-->--'''Aldous Huxley''', "Note on Dogma"

->''"Only dead fish go with the flow."''
-->--'''SarahPalin''', [[HypocriticalHumor resigning as Governor]]

-> '''Adam Savage''': Ok, so I was off on my percentages. I gave what happened here a 30% chance of happening.
-> '''Camerawoman''': (offscreen) 20%.
-> '''Adam''': No, 30.
->''(Cut to flashback of [[IronicEcho what the audience saw just moments before]], Adam predicting odds of 70%, 20% and 10%.)''
-> '''Adam''': [[BlatantLies No, that wasn't me]], [[ImplausibleDeniability that was somebody else]]. (...) [[BadLiar I said 50, 40, 10]].
->''(Replay flashback)''
-> '''Adam''': [[MemeticMutation I reject your reality and substitute my own!]]
--> -- ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''

->''This world holds only despair! It is not worth existing!''
-->-- '''Tobi''', ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3''

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

->''"What you're opposing isn't [[spoiler: 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."''
-->-- [[spoiler:'''DJ Sagara''']], ''Series/KamenRiderGaim''

->''"That's not how I choose to remember it."''
-->-- '''[[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Red Mage]]''', after [[spoiler:[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/02/20/episode-1221-longest-set-up-in-webcomic-history/ the White Mage team kill Chaos]]]].

->''"Beyond its entertainment values, ''{{Series/Baywatch}}'' has enriched, and in many cases, helped save lives."''
-->--'''Creator/DavidHasselhoff''', world hero

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-> ''He's as blind as he can be,''
->''[[SelectiveObliviousness Just sees what he wants to see]],''
->''Nowhere Man can you see me at all?''
--> -- '''Music/TheBeatles''', "Nowhere Man"

->''"You only see what your eyes want to see"''
-->-- '''Music/{{Madonna}}''', "Frozen"

->''“Reality is something the human race doesn't handle very well.”''
-->--'''Creator/GoreVidal'''

-->--'''Creator/Gore Vidal'''

->'''[[Manga/DeathNote Naomi]]:''' It's like you have this belief that if you say things enough times they suddenly become true.
->'''Light:''' I do not.
->'''Naomi:''' I'm the god of the new world?
->'''Light''' (''confused''): But [[AGodAmI I am the god of the new world.]]
->'''Naomi:''' [[ShutUpHannibal No you're not.]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist I have good intentions?]] [[TheRival Raye Penber]] [[ExtremeDoormat is wallpaper?]] [[LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt I don't get high off]] [[SerialKillerKiller the murders of rapists and other murderers?]] I can keep going, you know, if I really want to.
->'''Light:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic All true, I don't say them to make them true I just have to remind everyone else that they're true.]] If I didn't say anything people would assume that [[CloudCuckoolander Matsuda's theories]] are correct, and I just won't stand for that.
->'''Naomi:''' Yeah, completely buying that.
-->-- ''Fanfic/AllYouNeedIsLove''

->'''Naomi:''' [[ShutUpHannibal No you're not.]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist I have good intentions?]] [[TheRival Raye Penber]] [[ExtremeDoormat is wallpaper?]] [[LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt I don't get high off the murders of rapists and other murderers?]] I can keep going, you know, if I really want to.
->'''Light:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic All true, I don't say them to make them true I just have to remind everyone else that they're true. If I didn't say anything people would assume that Matsuda's theories are correct, and I just won't stand for that.]]

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

->''"You only see what your eyes want to see"''
-->-- '''Music/{{Madonna}}''', "Frozen"

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

-->-- '''{{Madonna}}''', "Frozen"

--> -- '''TheBeatles''', "Nowhere Man"

--> -- ''{{Mythbusters}}''

-> He's as blind as he can be,
->[[SelectiveObliviousness Just sees what he wants to see,]]
->Nowhere Man can you see me at all?
-> --TheBeatles - Nowhere Man

-> --''{{Mythbusters}}''

->''You only see what your eyes want to see''
-->--''{{Madonna}}'' - ''"Broken"''

-> '''Adam''': [[CatchPhrase I reject your reality and substitute my own!]]

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