Defend Quotes

1167 Defend quotes by 868 unique authors

There were a lot of rumors spread about me. Of course, I didn't show up to defend myself, so my absence helped create even more. — Sean Young
Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear… — Milan Kundera
As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption. — Wystan Hugh Auden
War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Reader's Bill of Rights 1. The right to not read 2. The right to skip pages 3. The right to not finish 4. The right… — Daniel Pennac
In a time in which Communist regimes have been rightfully discredited and yet alternatives to neoliberal capitalist societies are unwisely dismissed, I defend the fundamental… — Cornel West
The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate. — Edward de Bono
Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared… — Karl Popper
You seize your freedom in a spirit of rebelliousness, exuberance, defiant joy. But to live that choice -- over the weeks and months and years… — Brian Morton
There are few ways in which good people do more harm to those who take them seriously than to defend the gospel with arguments that… — Henry B. Eyring
If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve?" said Manwe. "Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?" All have their worth," said… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Remember this well. There are two kind of fights. As long as we place ourselves in battle, we must always know the difference: fights to… — Tite Kubo
Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. — Simone de Beauvoir
He thinks great folly, child,' said Aslan. "This world is bursting with life for these few days because the song with which I called it… — C.S. Lewis
There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time… — Thomas S. Monson
Muses are fickle, and many a writer, peering into the voice, has escaped paralysis by ascribing the creative responsibility to a talisman: a lucky charm,… — Anne Fadiman
Oh, Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good! — C.S. Lewis
Such was a poet and shall be and is -who'll solve the depths of horror to defend a sunbeam's architecture with his life: and carve… — E E Cummings
Some mothers in today's world feel "cumbered" by home duties and are thus attracted by other more "romantic" challenges. Such women could make the same… — Neal A. Maxwell
The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend… — John Adams
How to defend yourself against a banana — John Cleese
May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies. — Voltaire
You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. — I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it… — John Adams
Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism. — Thomas Merton
The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world will be such… — Albert Einstein

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