Quotes About Defiance

Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.

I'm challenging the powers that be.

There's always something heroic and romantic about taking a stand against the powers that be.

The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely.

Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice.

I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty, so I don't feel badly. Most of the world is not with me, but I don't care.

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face.

I'm always captivated by stories of women who find a way to be daring - misbehaving women.

I'd rather be dead than dying.

Cockroaches can't survive me, and neither can Dean Ambrose.

I don't think any professional accepts defeat.

No human being, or party can defeat me.

There's no more bad feeling than when you get a defeat.

We're caught, but we're not defeated. Long live the armed struggle!

I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, 'I'm a boy, but I wear make-up sometimes.' But, you know, to me, it doesn't really matter.

I'm kind of used to people trying to define me or, you know, lying about me.

I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

Women throughout history have had to defy rigid conventions about what is and is not expected of them.

We at the Women's March tried intersectionality, and we were the group that said we're going to do it right, and we're going to defy our women-of-color elders who told us, 'We did this with the white woman before, and it doesn't work.'

I like the idea of defying the convention of what it is to be in your 40s, or 50s, or 60s.

No one can live under degradation.

There ain't no way the state of Delaware is gonna tell me how to sign my own license!

I don't think I have the face - may have the voice but not the demeanor for an anchor. And I defied it.