Quotes of: Defending Keyword

Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.

Glenn Greenwald

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I never, ever used my son for publicity. He'll have his say one day if he wants it. He'll have the last word. He has time to defend himself.

Linda Evangelista

Just put down 9/11... I think, on most things I'm liberal, except on defending ourselves and keeping half the money. Those things I'm kind of conservative on.

Dennis Miller

I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.

Georg Cantor

I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.

Rand Paul

I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.

Tanith Lee

That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage.

Jesse Helms

I am strong and skilled in battle, and I know how to defend what’s mine.” - Koll in Mating Season

Allie Ritch

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.

Thom Mayne

Again, it is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs, but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason, when the use of rational speech is more distinctive of a human being than t...

The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle

Atticus Finch: There are some things that you're not old enough to understand just yet. There's been some high talk around town to the effect that I shouldn't do much about defending this man. Scout: If you shouldn't be defending him, then why are yo...

To Kill a Mockingbird

Ignorance defends itself savagely, and illiteracy, as I well knew, can be shrewd.

Four Ways to Forgiveness

The liar was the hottest to defend his veracity, the coward his courage, the ill-bred his gentlemanliness, and the cad his honor

Gone with the Wind

Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected.

The Art of War

Please, I'm a transgender former boy-bander. You think I don't know how to defend myself?

Beauty Queens

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes.

June Jordan

There's no point in defending camp if you guys die. All our friends are here.

The Last Olympian

There are animals we haven't stopped by. Don't think they're harmless. Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.

Life of Pi

Is religion defending our physical integrity or is it just opposed to fashion?

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice.

Voice of Reason