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Quotes About Defiance

And dar'st thou, then,To beard the lion in his den,The Douglas in his hall?
~ Walter Scott
Stood for his country's glory fast,And nail'd her colors to the mast!
~ Walter Scott
Dance like you're stamping on a human face forever, love like you've been in a serious car crash that minced the front of your brain, stab like no one can arrest you, and live like there's no such thing as God.
~ Warren Ellis
Listen, when some asshole pulls a gun on me, he loses his right to a warm milky drink and fucking cuddles, okay?
~ Warren Ellis
Free spirit" sounded way better than "drunken slack-ass.
~ Weldon Burge
We have forgotten that Vietnam, and Iraq resent being invaded and know the ground better than we do.
~ Wendell Berry
But we haven't come looking for safety. We're not afraid of death." And it's true. We don't have a problem with death. Our problem is life without dignity.
~ Wendy Pearlman
At the interrogation center, they made us take off all our clothes. They mocked us and spat on us, but it was actually more dignifying than humiliating. You didn't do anything but say, "Freedom," and that was enough to rattle the entire regime and make them panic. For me, that was victory.
~ Wendy Pearlman
Life will not approve of my escape.
~ Wesley D'Amico
GET THAT CRAZY-ASS MULLET OFF YA SKULL
~ Wesley Willis
Should five slaves dictate to a king? If five baboons bark, must the black-maned lion tremble?
~ Wilbur Smith
Akla uygun oldu?u sürece bütün yasalara uyar?m, ama kat? ya da anlams?z kural ve yasalarla sava??r?m.
~ Wilhelm Reich
Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.
~ Will Durst
Y, por encima de todo, leemos contra la muerte
~ Daniel Pennac
And they were in love in spite of the ban on reading-even better. They were in love in spite of Mom and Dad, math homework, a French essay, a bedroom that needed tidying. They were too in love to go down for supper, they loved each other more than desert. They were too heads over heels to join in the soccer game or go mushroom picking. They had chosen each other and preferred each other to anyone else. My God, how beautiful love is. And how short that novel was.
~ Daniel Pennac
We dare to fight back, and the terrorists accuse us of being the real terrorists." "It's their secret weapon, Mikhail. Get used to it.
~ Daniel Silva
He felt suddenly like Winston Smith in Room 101 of the Ministry of Love.
~ Daniel Silva
I have not only labored solely for the benefit of others (receiving for myself a miserable pittance), but have been forced to model my thoughts at the will of men whose imbecility was evident to all but themselves" — Edgar Allan Poe
~ Daniel Stashower
boys by civil calculations, we had by now roughed up the swami and slept where the elephant shits, Shocking us would have required some kind of genius. Woe To Live On
~ Daniel Woodrell
Don't fight if you can help it. But if one of you gets whipped by somebody both of you best come home bloody, understand?
~ Daniel Woodrell
shut. Wiping off her dress, Whitney stomped
~ Danielle Girard
Bye Felicia get the fuck off my property." "Who is Felicia?" "You bitch! Now, bye.
~ Danielle Santiago
Borise Davidovi?u, ne dajte se pasjim sinovima!
~ Danilo Kiš
But unlike the classically trained, my dancing had no respect for so-called boundaries; I wasn't afraid to break the rules.
~ Danny Wallace