Turning a Blind Eye Quotes

One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.

I hear nothing, I see nothing, I know nothing!

If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against the revolted Bactrians; but if we pass Tanais and make the Scythians feel, by dear experience, that we are invincible, not in Asia only, it is not to be doubted but that Europe itself, as well as Asia, will come within the bounds of our conquests.

Some people simply bury their heads in the sand and refuse to think about the sorrow of the world, but this is an unwise course, because, if we are entirely unprepared, the tragedy of life can be devastating.

When your head is firmly in the sand, another part of your anatomy is fully exposed.

America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.

There are lots of things we choose not to see. Doesn't mean they aren't there, even if we wish they weren't.

Don't face the facts.

One of the reasons why my album is called 'Forget the World' is because when you listen to the world, you make stupid mistakes.

Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.

sometimes the best thing to do is to pretend it didn't happen

It is easier to look the other way. But if you do, terrible things can happen.

When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

Those who put blinders on their eyes should remember that the set also includes bridle and a whip.

Stop talking about the murders, and we won't know they're happening. And then we can all just live in a bubble that isn't reality.

Sometimes, America, when something's too bad, we don't want to look at it. We want to turn our head.

Once a profound truth has been seen, it cannot be 'unseen'. There's no 'going back' to the person you were. Even if such a possibility did exist... why would you want to?

Folks always seemed to think that as long as they didn't know about something bad, it wasn't happening, so whoever told them actually caused it to be true.

There are times when looking away is simply not enough.

There's none so blind as they that won't see.

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?

It's less a matter of looking the other way than of closing our eyes to what we can't stop from happening.

I'm sure there are some haters out there, but I just put my blinders on.

The negative talk, everything that has been coming my way, I don't care about it.