Quotes of: Defies Keyword

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

Mike Wallace

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

Napoleon Bonaparte

Sometimes great, banned works defy the censor's description and impose themselves on the world - 'Ulysses,' 'Lolita,' the 'Arabian Nights.'

Salman Rushdie

Still, he was angry--that particular anger of humans defied by the persistence of nature.

Cutter Nick

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

Jeri Ryan

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

J. Paul Getty

A Jewish Barber: We seem to be defying the laws of gravity.

The Great Dictator

Know the adjectives that define you and pay no heed to the verbs that defy you.

Vidya Kumar

Forgiveness is a mystical act, not a reasonable one.

Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason

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

Paul Hawken

The history of science is the saga of nature defying common sense.

Kedar Joshi

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.

Wally Lamb

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.

Giraldus Cambrensis

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

Amelia Barr

It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and there's no problem here whatsoever. That defies logic.

Jeremy Rifkin

I defy any woman who is pregnant and trying to concentrate really hard not to feel distracted.

Jill Scott

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.

Quentin Crisp

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

Anne Frank

Only two things in man’s consciousness defy discussion: faith and one’s marriage.

Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

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

William Shakespeare

There's nothing that can defy the law of movement. Everything was created to move including the biggest of our mountains.

Paul Bamikole