Quotes of: Defied Keyword

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

Patricia Clarkson

I defy any woman that doesn't feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry.

Tamsin Egerton

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

Mike DeWine

You can't be trapped by other people, you can only be trapped by your own fear. Defy and win.

Michael Grant

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

Martin Short

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.

David Wilkerson

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.

Naomi Watts

My religious beliefs also defied convention, leaning towards agnosticism and pandeism.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Faith is one of only two things in mankind's consciousness that defies discussion. The other is one's marriage.

Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

Laughter is a powerful weapon for it carries the light. To laugh is to defy the darkness.

The Gathering

It is not in my nature to be interested in the living. But there are many things, I have found, that defy nature.

The Girl from the Well

Grief is one illness that defies all remedies; it must ever run its course.

The Boleyn Bride

There is evil in all of us, and it is the mark of a man how he defies the evil within.

Waylander

My beloved dog defied treatment from the best and most expensive veterinarians, holistic practitioners, trainers, and animal communicators. He was simply beyond my ability to repair or control.

Jon Katz

Unless individuals have the power to defy commoditization and define their own lives, their potential is vulnerable to the crushing forces of objectification.

Tom Hayes

A good story defies the reader's expectations, and in doing so, brings them satisfaction.

Thomas Maltman

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

Samuel Alexander

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.

Ted Nugent

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

Robert Green Ingersoll

I hate to say 'chain restaurant,' but we're sort of a corporation now. How do we defy that concept, where people assume each restaurant can't be good?

David Chang

The human creature, humiliated and offended in ways that are inconceivable to the mind and heart, defies the blind and deaf divinity.

Françoise Mauriac