Quotes About Defiance

Surely, only a lunatic would walk off a cliff, drink cyanide, fire a loaded gun at his head, or walk into a Texas country & western bar with a T-shirt reading "Willie Nelson Sucks

So fuck off to fuck-off land and leave me alone.

If you don't like my queer ways you can kiss my fucking ass

Kiss my ass, ya shiksa!

You can't be a rebel if there aren't any rules.

The other major alternative is resistance. It may be argued that even nonresistance is a form of resistance, for it may be regarded as an appositive dimension of resistance. Resistance may be overt action, or it may be merely mental and moral attitudes.

Armed resistance is apt to be a tragic last resort in the life of the disinherited. Armed resistance has an appeal because it provides a form of expression, of activity, that releases tension and frees the oppressed from a disintegrating sense of complete impotency and helplessness.

The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such a way as to shake up not only the self-assurance of their enemies, but the complacency of their friends, are precious catalysts for change.

he suddenly swerved in the other lane and there was the screeching of brakes and screams and curses and he gave them all the finger out the window and continued to weave his way through the traffic, giving his perpetual finger to the horn blowers as he pounded his own, and yelling to them, What else ya get fa Christmas besides a new horn

Thus it is better to oppose the forces that would drive me to self-murder than to endure them. Although I risk the likelihood of death, there is at least the possibility, if not the

I said no thank you a dozen times, and fuck off once.

When I was a boy I noticed I didn't have a fortune line on my palm... so I took my father's razor and... zak... I made myself one, just the way I wanted.

Quando ero bambino mi accorsi che non avevo la linea della fortuna sulla mano e allora presi il rasoio di mio padre e zac... Me ne feci una come volevo.

Let's go drink our beers and thumb our noses at those who would do us harm.

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

The only good reason to have money is this: so that you can tell any SOB in the world to go to hell.

Somehow this is what I wanted to happen. I was holding my ground under attack from my enemies, lashing out at them until they killed me, not giving a damn.

Never do it, never make it, too far, too high, too much," and she shouted down to them, "Of course I can, of course I will, watch me, watch me!

The universal lubricant. A known thing, a comfortable thing. A fine thing, a small defiance in a glass. When the stars fall, when worlds collide, when seers and prophets cry: the only thing. A glass of tea.

A bitch aint shit without a man's good whip, & 1 monkey wont stop my show.

One of those arrogant repeaters went to the hole for having a sassy look in his eyes. The charge was 'visual insubordination.

I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit.

one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap

freedom is not given... it's taken.