History Quotes / IRejectYourReality

->Oh, I'm a climate change skeptic, I'm an evolution skeptic, I just inherently believe that all of science is part of [[StringTheory a giant collusion to personally deceive me]]... And also Holocaust, ''what'' Holocaust, I'm just so skeptical! Look at how intelligently skeptically I can put my fingers in my ears and go lalalalala.
-->-- '''[[http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/40475 Cerberus]]''', "My Fedora Brings All the Girls to the Yard"

->The free market has told the producer John Aglialoro they don’t want any ''Film/AtlasShrugged'' but apparently he has responded back with essentially "[[{{Hypocrite}} Fuck you, we are making Part III!]]" I guess he's believed the moochers have taken over but personally I would prefer he go to his own private island rather than subject us to this.
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/atlas-shrugged-part-ii-the-strike-2012-john-putch/ on]] ''Part II: The Strike''

->What we do learn is this: Through the judicious application of lots and lots of money, Stonagal is arranging to have his henchman Todd-Cothran acquire a seat on a reconfigured U.N. Security Council and to have Carpathia himself, whom he regards as a loyal pawn, appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations.

->To you, sitting there in the real world, this may not seem like the most nefarious scheme. How much influence could a pair of compromised diplomats really have? But to appreciate the meaning of this, you need to remember that L&J don't think of the U.N. as a diplomatic forum for the nations of the world. They think of it as a kind of global government. The secretary-general is, to them, a kind of world overlord. (They seem to think the word "general" in that title entails military rank.)

->We've already discussed this quite a bit, but there's one more ramification of this weird, planetary federation idea that we haven't yet explored. L&J, like most of their readers, live in America. They glance at the news, they have at least a vague notion of world affairs. So they surely have noticed on some level that neither their day-to-day lives nor the policies and practices of their government are in any way influenced by the latest proclamations from the global throne of Ban Ki-Moon.

->You might think this would cause them to re-evaluate their misunderstanding of the role and function of the United Nations, but that's not how they interpret this. They interpret this, rather, as evidence that the United States is uniquely able — due to our nuclear arsenal, our Second Amendment, and our ruggedly unilateral commander in chief — to maintain its sovereignty while every other country is subject to the global rule of the secretary-general. If not for our nukes, our guns, and a president willing to use them, then they believe we would be subject to global serfdom under the thumb of the U.N., just like our unfortunate neighbors in Canada and those effete Europeans are.
-->-- '''Fred Clark''' on ''Literature/LeftBehind'', [[https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2007/06/15/lb-the-last-temptation-of-buck/ Slacktivist]]

->”It amazes me that people still get scared about this when absolutely no experts in the field are saying that it poses any danger whatsoever. I’m not a physicist so I naturally trust physicists to know what they’re doing. I don’t understand the mindset of anyone who doesn’t.
->”It’s like if a plumber tells me he’s going to remove one of my taps to fix it and I say, ‘But what if the water comes out and it won’t stop? What if it floods the world and everyone drowns?’ He patiently explains to me that this is impossible and even shows me that all of the world’s plumbers are in agreement that it can’t possibly do that. But still I’m not satisfied. Maybe I read someone on Facebook saying it could happen or maybe my crazy Auntie said plumbers are part of an evil conspiracy! That is essentially the position of anyone who thinks the Hadron Collider might end the world.”
-->-- '''William Else'''

->Oh, I'm a climate change skeptic, I'm an evolution skeptic, I just inherently believe that all of science is part of [[StringTheory a giant collusion to personally deceive me]]... And also Holocaust, ''what'' Holocaust, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord I'm just so skeptical!]] Look at how intelligently skeptically I can put my fingers in my ears and go lalalalala.

->'''Anakin Skywalker''': I should have known the Jedi were plotting to take over!
->'''Obi-Wan Kenobi''': Anakin! Chancellor Palpatine is evil!
->'''Anakin''': From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!
->'''Obi-Wan''': Well then you are lost!

-->-- '''[[MayorOfAGhostTown Andrew Ryan]]''', ''VideoGame/Bioshock1''

-->--''VideoGame/Bioshock2''

-->--''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', "The Coronation"

->'''Scorpia''': Hey, so, I know you made a heat of the moment decision which I totally get, but, um, you didn't really want Entrapta to stay on Beast Island forever. Anyway, I was thinking we cold go back and get her? I mean, she is our friend.\\

-->-- ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'''

->Each week, [[Wrestling/EricBischoff Bischoff]], he's, "''Annnnny'' week, we're beating [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince]]!" He had a meeting every week. "WWE's closing down!" I kept lookin' at him, going, "...[[DisapprovingLook Okay.]]" I don't think you know the same Vince [=McMahon=] ''I'' know. "We're killing Vince! They're gonna be gone!"
-->-- '''Wrestling/RicFlair''' on the death of {{Wrestling/WCW}}

->I know people who have worked with [[Creator/TomCruise Cruise]] and he's in it for life. Imagine if you were Tom Cruise -- to admit to yourself that you were wrong, it's a huge blowout. To admit that you'd been hoaxed, that would be very hard to accept.
-->-- Ex-head of Scientologist security '''Gary Moorehead'''

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

->I'd rather receive false information and keep my conservative views then''[sic]'' receive true information and follow a socialistic agenda.
-->-- '''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/comments/hwg2u1/so_they_admit_they_are_brainwashed/ This person]]'''

->''"Language has always been important in politics, but language is incredibly important to the present political struggle. Because if you can establish an atmosphere in which information doesn't mean anything, then there is no objective reality. The first show we did, a year ago, was our thesis statement: What you wish to be true is all that matters, regardless of the facts. [[PoesLaw Of course, at the time, we thought we were being farcical]]."''
-->-- '''Creator/StephenColbert''', [[https://nymag.com/news/politics/22322/ 2006 interview]] on ''Series/TheColbertReport''

[[folder:RealLife]]

->Each week, [[Wrestling/EricBischoff Bischoff]], he's, "''Annnnny'' week, we're beating [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince]]!" He had a meeting every week. "WWE's closing down!" I kept lookin' at him, going, "...[[DisapprovingLook Okay.]]" I don't think you know the same Vince [=McMahon=] ''I'' know. "We're killing Vince! They're gonna be gone!"
-->-- '''Wrestling/RicFlair''' on the death of {{Wrestling/WCW}}

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

->People don’t like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
-->-- '''Helen Keller''' (attributed)

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

->I know people who have worked with [[Creator/TomCruise Cruise]] and he's in it for life. Imagine if you were Tom Cruise -- to admit to yourself that you were wrong, it's a huge blowout. To admit that you'd been hoaxed, that would be very hard to accept.
-->-- Ex-head of Scientologist security '''Gary Moorehead'''

->Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
-->-- Attributed to '''Friedrich Nietzsche'''

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

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

->I'd rather receive false information and keep my conservative views then''[sic]'' receive true information and follow a socialistic agenda.
-->-- '''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/comments/hwg2u1/so_they_admit_they_are_brainwashed/ This person]]'''

->''"Language has always been important in politics, but language is incredibly important to the present political struggle. Because if you can establish an atmosphere in which information doesn't mean anything, then there is no objective reality. The first show we did, a year ago, was our thesis statement: What you wish to be true is all that matters, regardless of the facts. [[PoesLaw Of course, at the time, we thought we were being farcical]]."''
-->-- '''Creator/StephenColbert''', [[https://nymag.com/news/politics/22322/ 2006 interview]] on ''Series/TheColbertReport''
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->''The truth of a proposition has little or nothing to do with its psychodynamics. The notion that 'truth will prevail' is merely a pious wish; history doesn't show it.''
-->--''Literature/MethuselahsChildren''

[[folder:Fan Works]]

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

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->Convictions are greatest enemies of truth than lies.

'''Rikka''': ...[[TearJerker Reality rejected. Synapses shattered.]] [[BattleCry Be banished from... this...]] ''[[BattleCry WORLD!!!]]''

[[AC:Anime and Manga]]

->'''Touka''': This is reality. [[spoiler: Papa isn't here anymore]]. This is... ''[[ToughLove This is the truth!]]''\\
'''Rikka''': ...[[TearJerker Reality rejected. Synapses shattered.]] [[BattleCry Be banished from... this...]] '''''[[BattleCry WORLD!!!]]'''''

[[AC:Fan Works]]

-->--'''Naomi''', ''Fanfic/AllYouNeedIsLove''

[[AC:Literature]]

->The mind imposes this framework which it calls ‘reality.’ That arbitrary framework has a tendency to be quite independent of what your senses report.
-->--'''Creator/FrankHerbert''', ''[[{{Literature/Dune}} God Emperor of Dune]]''

->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''

-->--'''Greg Sestero''', ''Literature/TheDisasterArtist''

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]

-> 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.
-->-- '''The Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E4TheFaceOfEvil The Face of Evil]]''

->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''

->'''Sitnikov''': I, uh... (clears throat) I walked around the exterior around Building 4. I think there's graphite on the ground in the rubble.\\
'''Dyatlov''': You didn't see graphite.\\
'''Sitnikov''': I did.\\
'''Dyatlov''': You didn't... you '''[[SuddenlyShouting DIDN'T]]!!!''' Because it's not there!
-->-- ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}''

[[AC:Music]]

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

->''"You only see what your eyes want to see"''

[[AC:VideoGames]]

->'''[[ControlFreak Andrew Ryan]]:''' White is not black, Doctor Lamb, down is not up, and straw is not gold. Look around you. [[UnderwaterCity Rapture]] is no miracle: it is a product of ''reason,'' impossible unless one and one are two, and A equates to A.
->'''[[PsychoPsychologist Sofia Lamb]]:''' And yet alone, each man is a prisoner to bias. Dream, delusion, or the pain of a phantom limb - to one man, they are as real as rain. Reality is consensus... and [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating the people are losing faith]]. Take a walk, Andrew. It is ''[[RisingWaterRisingTension raining]]'' in Rapture... and [[HeadInTheSandManagement you have simply]] ''[[HeadInTheSandManagement chosen]]'' [[HeadInTheSandManagement not to notice]].

[[AC:Webcomics]]

-->-- '''[[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]]]].

[[AC:Web Original]]

->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.
-->--'''''Website/UrbanDictionary'''''

-->--'''[[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"

->Oh, I’m a climate change skeptic, I’m an evolution skeptic, I just inherently believe that all of science is part of [[StringTheory a giant collusion to personally deceive me]]...And also Holocaust, ''what'' Holocaust, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord I’m just so skeptical!]] Look at how intelligently skeptically I can put my fingers in my ears and go lalalalala.
-->--'''[[http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/40475 Cerberus]]''', "My Fedora Brings All the Girls to the Yard"

->The free market has told the producer John Aglialoro they don’t want any ''Film/AtlasShrugged'' but apparently he has responded back with essentially “[[{{Hypocrite}} Fuck you, we are making Part III!]]“. I guess he’s believed the moochers have taken over but personally I would prefer he go to his own private island rather than subject us to this.
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/atlas-shrugged-part-ii-the-strike-2012-john-putch/ on]] ''Part II: The Strike''

->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]]

[[AC:RealLife]]

-->--'''Helen Keller''' (attributed)

-->--'''Creator/HLMencken'''

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

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

->Each week, [[Wrestling/EricBischoff Bischoff]], he's, "''Annnnny'' week, we're beating [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince]]!" He had a meeting every week. "WWE's closing down!" I kept lookin' at him, going, "...[[DisapprovingLook Okay.]]" I don't think you know the same Vince [=McMahon=] ''I'' know. "We're killing Vince! They're gonna be gone!"
-->--'''Wrestling/RicFlair''' on the death of {{Wrestling/WCW}}

->I know people who have worked with [[Creator/TomCruise Cruise]] and he’s in it for life. Imagine if you were Tom Cruise -- to admit to yourself that you were wrong, it’s a huge blowout. To admit that you’d been hoaxed, that would be very hard to accept.
-->--Ex-head of Scientologist security '''Gary Moorehead'''

-> Convictions are greatest enemies of truth than lies.
--> --Attributed to '''Friedrich Nietzsche'''

-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/03/15/qotd-heather-mills-says-paul-mccartney-is-irrelevant/ Michael K.]]''', "Heather Mills More Famous than Creator/PaulMcCartney, Says Heather Mills"