Quotes About Defiance

To be creative is to look Madness in the eye and challenge it to a spitting contest.

I refuse to settle for what you call reality.

Him the Almighty PowerHurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal skyWith hideous ruin and combustion downTo bottomless perdition, there to dwellIn adamantine chains and penal fire,Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms.

CareSat on his faded cheek, but under browsOf dauntless courage.

What though the field be lost?All is not lost; th' unconquerable will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield.

The brazen throat of war.

Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.

All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.

Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.

France is going to endure, and I'll tell you [ISIS people who attacked Paris ] why. If you're in a war of culture and lifestyle with France, good fucking luck, because go ahead, bring your bankrupt ideology. They'll bring Jean-Paul Sartre, Edith Piaf, fine wine, Camus, Camembert, madeleines, macarons, Marcel Proust and the fucking croquembouche. You just brought a philosophy of rigorous self-abnegation to a pastry fight, my friend. You are fucked.

CAIUS MARCIUS: GO FUCK YOURSELF

Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here!

Surrender? I have not yet begun to fight!

He had made much the same protest against the unfairness of the labels thrust at that world—a protest echoed over and over in that life . Ã¢â'¬Â¦

even the heart rebels-finally against its own anarchy. And that's the most powerful rebellion.

They said that we would be down and out on heroin. The success was a fuck you. There's a lot of fuck you-ness about me – my basic fuck you-ness has survived.

Toral sucked down his last cigarette—a Faro, the slim-jim cheapos that were then the smoke of choice—and faced the firing squad still hollering "¡Viva Cristo Rey!" The term chupando Faros has since become Chilango slang for giving up the ghost.

Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history.

Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.

I am naturally concerned that the Central Intelligence Agency is displeased with me. But then it is an organ of the United States, and not every judgement of that country has been for the best. Please note it was created in Anno Domini 1776. I would point out to you that my local pub, The Bear and Ragged Staff, is two centuries older than your country, and if that's a problem for you I don't care, and nor does my boss.

Beaten armies always shout, "TREASON!

Never bow to the wicked. Never obey the command of someone who is unworthy.

Your hand has reached into our souls and tried to take our dignity, and we remain unbowed. I challenge you to come forth and answer me!

The hard, dark walls threw her song back until the black hub rang with her defiant music.