Defying Quotes

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn't supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat.

The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

All is amiss. Love is dying, faith's defying, heart's denying.

I'm healthy, have a loving and adorable family, great hunting dogs, a gravity defying musical career and most importantly, fuzzy-headed idiots hate me.

To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life.

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

Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.

Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.

We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with terrorists, and which allows itself the luxury of not respecting the law and of defying the international community.

Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will.

I keep defying the odds, you know.