47 Defy Quotes for You to Enjoy

Toxic people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people's buttons. Travis Bradberry

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. Clara Barton

Faith Me Better Tyranny Past Complete Possibility Defy Something Almost New Always How Go Been Precedent Improve Done Anything Irritates Might Things Disregard

When this ugly gangster told Joe Glaser that he must take the name of Armstrong down, off of the marquee, and it was an 'order from Al Capone,' Mr. Glaser looked this cat straight in the face and told him these words: 'I think that Louis Armstrong is the world's greatest, and this is my place, and I defy anybody to take his name down from there.' Louis Armstrong

Words World Ugly Face Down Think Marquee Defy Must Joe Take Cat He Name Looked Him Armstrong Greatest His Off Louis Louis Armstrong Anybody Order Place Straight Capone Gangster Al Al Capone

I have watched men suffer the anguish of imprisonment, defy appalling human cruelty... break for a moment, then recover inhuman strength to defy their enemies once more. John McCain

We all have challenges. We have to face them, embrace them, defy them, and conquer them. Victoria Arlen

Challenges Face Defy Embrace Them Conquer

All European tradition, Marxism included, has conspired to defy the natural order of all things. Mother Earth has been abused, the powers have been abused, and this cannot go on forever. No theory can alter that simple fact. Mother Earth will retaliate, the whole environment will retaliate, and the abusers will be eliminated. Russell Means

Natural Simple Mother Will Earth Has-Been Defy All Things Simple Fact Fact Marxism Retaliate Environment Abuse Powers Alter Mother Earth Tradition Go Been Forever Order Cannot Natural Order Theory European Whole Included Things Eliminated

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

Death You Enemy Fear Drive Ranks Defy Must Him Lads

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

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As children, we have vivid imaginations. We stay up late waiting for Santa Claus, dream of becoming president, and have ideas that defy physics. Then something happens. As we grow older, we start editing our imagination. Brian Chesky

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There is no more potent weapon in any profession than a woman with a feminine exterior and a will of steel, and I defy you to find one man who will disagree. Maryanne Trump Barry

You Man Woman Disagree Will Defy Find Weapon One-Man More Potent Steel Feminine Than Any Who Profession Exterior

Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that. Yoko Ono

You Old Society Defy Tells Retire

When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from years of teaching, it's that there are many ways to produce fabulous kids. I have amazing students; some of them have strict parents, others have lenient parents, and many come from family situations that defy easy description. Amy Chua

Mom Family Me Law School Amazing Strict Parents Others Ways Kids Defy One Thing Easy Fabulous Some Law School Students Clear Come Tiger Yale Years Situations Lenient Them Produce Teaching Many Description Professor Thing

I love doing action. Since I'm not 21, there's some, 'Let me get to the gym so I can do it.' But I love to defy expectations. Angela Bassett

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We live in this thought web; we identify things and put them away and distance ourselves from them. But to be completely present? That is source, that is art, that is spirituality. And meditation is a way to defy fear and experience that source. Ben Foster

Art Experience Fear Thought Spirituality Live Meditation Distance Way Ourselves Defy Web Put Identify Source Them Away Things Present

Whether it's mending a failing company, fighting corruption, tackling disease, or rebuilding a marriage, the hardest problems defy just-add-water remedies. Indeed, slapping on a Band-Aid when surgery is needed usually just makes things worse. Carl Honore

It was my first time in prison. I was there to volunteer with Defy Ventures, along with 500 teammates Tara Graham, Brian Wang, and Aerin Lim. While I didn't feel particularly scared about going to prison, I had no idea what to expect. Christine Tsai

There are millions of people, refugees, who have experienced the same conflicts and struggles I did. They have the same potential to defy the odds and achieve great things. Clemantine Wamariya

Great People Great Things Achieve Odds Defy Potential Struggles Did Same Refugees Experienced Conflicts Who Things Millions Millions Of People

Magic speaks to the child in all of us. No matter how sophisticated we become, there's still a part of us who wants to believe in an alternative reality, where we can defy the laws of nature. Criss Angel

Nature Reality Matter Become Believe Defy Magic Laws Part Sophisticated Alternative How Still Child Where Wants Us Speaks Who

I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined. David Oyelowo

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

Decision Defy Days Quickly Get Anyone

The perfect pop song is a 20th-century creation; it's not a sonnet, it's not an opera, it's something short - three and a half minutes by nature - and has this ability to travel and to defy class and economic structures. Doug Aitken

Nature Travel Class Song Three Half Creation Defy Ability Minutes Something Structures Economic Perfect Sonnet Opera Short Pop Pop Song

The primary way that we know about what lives in the ocean is we go out and drag nets behind ships. And I defy you to name any other branch of science that still depends on hundreds-of-year-old technology. The other primary way is we go down with submersibles and remote- operated vehicles. I've made hundreds of dives in submersibles. Edith Widder

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