It is not just nature that defies us. Human life is as…

“Sublime places gently move us to acknowledge limitations that we might otherwise encounter with anxiety or anger in the ordinary flow of events. It…

— Alain de Botton

“Mystery, like faith, defies human logic.”

— Maureen Moss

“I sit on an outcropping of rock above the lake and try to be angry, but I can’t hold the feeling. I need erupting…

— Francesca Zappia

Truth defies simplicity.

— John Green

I think 'Sightseers' was a bit of an epiphany, a massive learning curve, and it gave me loads of confidence to go out there,…

— Alice Lowe

Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.

— Sharon Salzberg

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward and visible…

— Agnes Repplier

Feminism was for women, and men never had an equivalent movement or discourse in its wake, so of course the sons of men who…

— Julie Klausner

The trout in yonder wimpling burn - That glides, a silver dart, - And, safe beneath the shady thorn, - Defies the anglers art.

— Robert Burns

Whenever one honestly defies a tradition, one becomes, in reality, the more responsible to it.

— Glenn Gould

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

— Thomas Maltman

Story is the vehicle we use to make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic.

— Jim Trelease

Truth lives in the spaces between words. It defies translation.

— Anonymous

One thing is clear: Ron Paul defies labels.

— Mark McKinnon