Beauty defies all imperfection

One thing is clear: Ron Paul defies labels.

— Mark McKinnon

The mark of the creative mind is that it defies a part of what it has learned.

— Ludwig von Mises

The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies

— Kate Chopin

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

God exists, though He defies reason.

— Kedar Joshi