Quotes About Defiance

Wear pink!' her mother had said. 'It confuses the enemy.

Wear pink. It confuses the enemy.

Indigos express their "rage against the machine" in many different ways. Fashion

I felt the joy of knowing that in some small way I had fought back against someone who wanted to rule me against my will. I said no.

Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I would rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.

Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.

I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands.

It struck her as extremely characterless for any human being to sit around waiting for execution. It wasn't that she had so much character, thought Mrs. Pollifax, but rather that always in her life she had found it difficult to submit. The list of her small rebellions was endless. Surely there was room for one more?

You're always cutting your nose off to spite your face. I've never met a woman as stubborn as you. Even when it's not in your interests you'll do something to make a point.

If I didn't care for fun and such, I'd probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.

If I didn't care for fun and such, I'd probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.

Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!

I need to believe in her stories as much as she does. That Lothar Berfelde navigated a path between the two most repressive regimes the Western World has ever known - the Nazis and the Communists - in a pair of heels.

Billy walked up to the car and bent down to look inside. 'Major Foster, what a pleasant surprise,' he said sarcastically. 'I'm glad you've popped round; it gives me the chance to tell you to f**k off.' Foster smiled in response

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Horatius at the Bridge?

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Horatius at the Bridge

Die? That is the last thing I shall do!

I see that the old flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

After Prohibition got under way, alcohol consumption spiked—and continued to rise even as the quality of the spirits plummeted. For a whole generation, across class lines, defying the dry law became an act of self-definition—a necessary rebellion against a sordid, hypocritical ruling class.

Our God is able to deliver us, but even if He does not, be it known, o king, that we will not consent to applaud the use of a man as though he were a woman.

The root of every rebellion (in every culture) must always be identified as pride, and the lust for autonomy.