Deny

Famous quotes containing the word deny:

“To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish—to deny him, or define him.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

“The fact that white people readily and proudly call themselves “white,” glorify all that is white, and whitewash all that is glorified, becomes unnatural and bigoted in its intent only when these same whites deny persons of African heritage who are Black the natural and inalienable right to readily—proudly—call themselves “black,” glorify all that is black, and blackwash all that is glorified.”
—Abbey Lincoln (b. 1930)

“Whoever no longer finds greatness in God no longer finds it anywhere—he must either deny it or create it.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)