Quotes About Defiance

People say women shouldn't have long hair over a certain age, but I've never done what everyone says.

I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat me, 'cause I know who I am.

The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.

Sleep is for squares.

Saddam Hussein has set an example of defiance, especially against the first President Bush, that other Arab leaders cannot and should not emulate; the example leads only to empty gestures and developmental stagnation, both of which the Arab nations have had enough of already.

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.

I cannot stand authority.

I want to stand for something, and it's probably going to be something that some people stand against.

I can stand up for what I believe in. I don't take the word 'rebel' in a negative connotation.

My goal is the same as it has always been - to stand up for myself and take back my voice after being bullied and intimidated by President Trump and his minions.

I grew up being very different and being ready to fight people. I wanted to stand up for myself, and I wanted to not let anyone think they know me based on appearances, so I was always just fighting back with people.

I grew up really being able to stand up to authority.

It's important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They're the star.

You must still stand up and say no when society is facing a backslide or a moment of danger.

It is important to stand up to bullies.

Anybody that'll stand up to The Cline is all right.

The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.

I want Ron to stand up to Malfoy and punish him.

I stand up to people.

That's not in my nature to run away - I'll stand up and fight.

I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do.

It's a hard thing when you've got guns pointed at you, to still stand up for what you believe in. Jimmie Lee and his family did that, and several others.

Part of this whole Sleater-Kinney 2.0 is breaking the rules. We wanted to tell our story... we feel like we need to stand up for ourselves.

We've got to stand up for ourselves. That is, draw some lines, make it clear that after awhile, we're not going to get bullied or pushed around, because I think there are some in China who want to push the United States around. They want to bully us.