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Quotes About Defiance

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.
~ Michael Johnson
We come crawling through these cracks, orphans, lobotomies; if you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything. Whole rotten world come down and break. Let me spread my legs.
~ Kathy Acker
You find a glimmer of happiness in this world, there's always someone who wants to destroy it.
~ James M. Barrie
SeLF censorsHIP? Not my strong suit...I dont want to be a total d o u c h e b a g , but a little bit of one.
~ Misha Collins
He shook with rage. 'Look what you have done, you vandal. You have destroyed everything!' 'What did you expect me to do? Bend over and wait for the broom-handle?
~ Stephen Arnott
When it seemed that Lincoln might throw the champion, the entire Clary Grove clan jumped him and drove the tall clerk back against the bluff. But Lincoln, blazing with defiance, offered to take them all on—one at a time. Impressed with his pluck, Armstrong shook Lincoln's hand, turned to the spectators, and pronounced the fight a draw.
~ Stephen B. Oates
Don't let the assholes grind you down.
~ Stephen Coonts
Isn't that why you want to shoot yourself? To make a protest against change?
~ Stephen Dobyns
The short answer to that is 'no.' The long answer is 'fuck no.
~ Stephen Fry
Denorah hates that she'd believed that, once upon a time. And she wants to cry for not getting to believe it anymore. Yes, the deer drank milk, and that left their mouths ringed white. Fuck it. Run, run.
~ Stephen Graham Jones
It was a good day to die, but nobody did.
~ Stephen Graham Jones
If the only good Indian is a dead one, then she's going to be the worst Indian ever.
~ Stephen Graham Jones
Because she's Jade fucking Daniels. And a thousand men like you can't even reach up to touch her combat boots.
~ Stephen Graham Jones
He's not following any of the rules, is he?
~ Stephen Graham Jones
Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to.
~ Stephen King
Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.
~ Stephen King
Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.
~ Stephen King
Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to.
~ Stephen King
Nationalists reflexively rebel against governments they perceive as lackeys of foreign power. In the twentieth century, many of these rebels were men and women inspired by American history, American principles, and the rhetoric of American democracy. They were critical of the United States, however, and wished to reduce or eliminate the power it wielded over their countries. Their defiance made them anathema to American leaders, who crushed them time after time.
~ Stephen Kinzer
Her mother, by showing her off all through childhood, had trained into her the instinct to defeat the expectations of others.
~ Stephen L. Carter
Great Light, the Enemy's power is so fragile! The devils can use only what we ourselves will give them. Do you see? Give them nothing and their power fails; it falls like a spent arrow, like a blade broken and blunted.
~ Stephen R. Lawhead
Once again, off this skinny prick of a copper went. BANG! SLAP! PUNCH! It was more like a Batman movie! He could hit me all night, but it wouldn't make any difference.
~ Stephen Richards
Bongo and Shug seen what was going on and decided to smash holes all over the roof of the hall, just for something to do. Bongo was first on to the roof, where, unknown to him he was being filmed from a cell in the hall straight across from him, but Bongo didn't give a fuck as he never even wore a mask to try and protect his face, he was in his element, so was Shug. And to their credit, they didn't half wreck the roof of the hall.
~ Stephen Richards
Is Bronson mad! Let me ask you! How else can I be? I'm probably the maddest guy on two legs if the truth was known, but prison will never beat me, I'd sooner die today than allow it too!
~ Stephen Richards