Quotes About Rebellion

It was a place that is trying to destroy the individual by every means possible; trying to break his spirit, so that he accepts that he is No. 6 and will live there happily as No. 6 for ever after. And this is the one rebel that they can't break.

It is forbidden to go east, but I have gone, forbidden to go on the great river, but I am there. Open your hearts, you spirits, and hear my song.

The last part of life is a spiritual concern. You need to find a context to put your life into, that will allow you to go through it with as much grace and balance as possible, even if there is rebellion and adventure and exploration and resistance.

In my 20s, I railed against anything 'spiritual'; I thought it was all crap.

I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.

When he was young and because he was off his nut, Bez would spit when he talked.

I didn't notice my parents' split because I was off doing my own thing. I was very naughty.

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.

I was the one that was always dancing and got along with everybody, but I also spoke my mind. If I didn't agree with something the teacher would say, I'd tell her, so I would get in trouble for things like that. I've always been a good/bad boy.

Nobody in my school knew who Bill Monroe was, or Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, and barely Johnny Cash. Nobody spoke that language. I proceeded to get myself kicked out.

I've always had bizarre, negative feelings about anything traditional, like marriage and family. I never thought something like that worked.

Life begins to happen. My hoppped up husband drops his home disputes, and hits the streets to cruise for prostitutes

I'm a heathen when it comes to marriage.

you see, we live in a cold climate and are not permitted to kiss on the street so I made up a song that wasn't true. I made up a song called Marriage.

One of the signs (you) displayed (said): QUESTION AUTHORITY. Comments or slogans of this nature cannot and will not be condoned.

A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That's just trendy.

I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?

Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?

The reason why wicked men and devils hate God is, because they see Him in relation to themselves. Their hearts rise up in rebellion, because they see Him opposed to their selfishness.

Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist.

Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms.

All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face.