Quotes About Defiance

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.

I cannot name this, I cannot explain this, and I really don't want to so just call me shameless.

Don't be a slave to society!

You can't erase me.

Publish. Be damned. Repeat.

Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

I suppose I'm saying that defiance is actually part of the lyric job

She dances in a ring of fire and throws of the challenge with a shrug.

Stand tall, my friends, when the fool comes around.

Pledge allegiance to the flag that neglects us.

Institutionalized, I live my life a product made to crumble.

I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity.

Stop bothering me with your pathetic politics - I'd rather go to the whorehouse.

The duty of an Opposition is to oppose.

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance?

Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the wrong.

I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.

Many who tried to enlighten were hanged from the lamppost.

To all my enemies, I will destroy you.

With due respect, Truck-off.