Defy Quotes

It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want.

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

I come from a pop background, but I'm also a Puerto Rican and I do feel this music. My approach to salsa is a humble one, and I defy anybody to prove that I'm faking it.

Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.

I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to be something nasty. I mean, I play a lot of villains and you show up and they think maybe... That's why it's good to defy expectations sometimes.

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors.

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.

I defy anyone to get a decision that quickly these days.

I would defy people to find a more beautifully developed character than Seven of Nine.

The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.

There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear.

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.

I defy anyone to produce any evidence that the word 'happy' has ever crossed my lips. I am not now, nor have I ever been, 'happy.'

Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history.

Everything I have done or attempted to do for Scotland has always been for her benefit, never my own and I defy anyone to prove otherwise.

Knowing that you're the one who's been rejected, God it makes you feel isolated. I defy anybody not to be a bit upset. I felt as though I'd walked into the house trailing all this baggage.

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way.

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.

There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.

If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman can defy stereotypes.

I am a hidden meaning made to defy. The grasp of words, and walk away With free will and destiny. As living, revolutionary clay.

I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent.

Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.

The entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy and deceive their parents.