Quotes About Defiance

Napoleon in his classical manner at one time declared: 'I have the right to answer any complaint against me with an eternal "this is what I am."' [He] stands aloof from the whole world and accepts conditions from no one.

Unconditional love also includes—the ardent desire to be abused: at that point it is a defiance directed against itself, and out of its devotion the very wish for self-annihilation finally arises: Drown in this sea!

Oh, no," Fafhrd told her as he buckled on his sword. "You wanted the head of Krovas heaved at your feet in a great splatter of blood, and that's what you're going to get, like it or not!

When Marcus Crassus had constructed a ditch around the forces of Spartacus, the latter at night filled it with the boddies of prisoners and cattle that he had slain, and thus marched across it.

I shan't marry a prince!

Instead of making me docile, Lucinda's curse made a rebel of me. Or perhaps I was that way naturally.

curse made a rebel of me. Or perhaps I was that way naturally. Mother rarely insisted I do anything. Father

Instead of making me docile, Lucinda's curse made a rebel of me

Y sin embargo, se mueve! (Eppur si muove)

The Tunisian people will not bow. We will stay united against terrorism until we wipe out this phenomenon.

I don't want to look at myself like I'm some superhero. But I'm not going to let people wipe their feet on football on my chest.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models.

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

Like all good stories, there are universal things that 'Moana' has - a young, resilient, strong woman goes against the wishes of her people and sets out on her own - that's a pretty universal bravery.

I don't find it humiliating when they call me a psychopath or witch.

I'm like a witch! You can't kill me!

I am living against all predictions. The doctors say I am a sort of witch.

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

Rap always has that undertone of rebellion and I just wanted to explore it. I felt there was a rebel within me who was against everything - the education system and teachers, and even my parents.

There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles!

The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting.

I've carried witty banners against laws that would curtail my freedoms.

To be honest, I think affiliation is anathema - if you're a rock 'n' roller, you're a lone wolf.