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Quotes About Rebellion

I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.
~ Mary Wesley
So one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching.
~ Phillip E. Johnson
In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal.
~ Hari Kunzru
No offense but I don't relish being someone's science experiment. Been there, done that, and sold the T-shirt for profit. (Sebastian)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
You can give me detention. Oh, wait, that's right...you aren't the boss of me. So I guess you can just bite me. -Dean
~ Jeff Mariotte, Witch's Canyon
Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.
~ Horace
Oh, I never use a seat belt. I don't believe in gravity.
~ John Guare
Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood, " she said. "make me pretty.
~ Scott Westerfeld, Uglies
She waits for his reprimand or words of disapproval.He kisses her instead. Hard. Lips demanding, fingers tightening on her chin. He consumes her with this single act.
~ Laura Kreitzer, Burning Falls
Maybe the Society was right all along. From the very beginning, that's what they called her. A time bomb.Tick, tick, tick.
~ Laura Kreitzer, Burning Falls
I still have the scars from when they captured me and beat me in the middle of the street.""You don't get scars.""Emotional scars then.
~ Amy Tintera, Rebel
I sort of liked the sound of bones breaking. It was like home.
~ Amy Tintera, Rebel
... You have to pull the feet to break the neck. They let the loved ones do it.
~ Pierce Brown, Red Rising
The revolution lasted six minutes and covered one hundred an twelve meters.
~ Cordwainer Smith
Yes, rules are made to be broken -- but ONLY if you have a damn good reason for doing it.
~ Kevin Hosey
You treat me like a dog and you expect me to smile? You remind me of a jackass.
~ Stone Cold Steve Austin
I will kick you in the nuts and you will smile and like it.
~ CM Punk
It takes 42 muscles to smile. Instead pick up your middle finger and say "bite me!
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
From one king to another, know that I'm giving you the middle finger right now." And he was, with a smile.
~ J.R. Ward
Answer hopelessness with a defiant smile and a raised middle finger.
~ DANIELE BOLELLI
Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts.
~ Robert Crumb
In my life why do I smile at people I'd rather kick in the eye?
~ Steven Morrissey
The new rebels might be artists willing to risk the yawn, the rolled eyes, the cool smile, the nudged ribs, the parody of gifted ironists, the 'Oh how banal.'
~ David Foster Wallace
The mask's back in place. The heard-it-all smile. The seen-it-all eyes.
~ Moira Young, Rebel Heart