Defend Quotes

1167 Defend quotes by 868 unique authors

You're from where?" "Lay'en. It's near Salt Lake City." "Spell that for me." "Um, that would be S-A-L-T-" "No, the other one. The city you're… — Shannon Hale
My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend… — Christopher Paolini
Dominion does not mean domination. We hold dominion over animals only because of our powerful and ubiquitous intellect. Not because we are morally superior. Not… — Marc Bekoff
Defend the weak, protect both young and old, never desert your friends. Give justice to all, be fearless in battle and always ready to defend… — Brian Jacques
It's a fool boy who mocks a giant, and a mad world when a cripple has to defend him. — George R. R. Martin
You also know you’re surrendered when you don’t react to criticism and rush to defend yourself. Surrendered hearts show up best in relationships. You don’t… — Rick Warren
We defend ourselves with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing. — Iris Murdoch
Like me, he has a searing belief that books are sacred. They might not be to other people, but when you have a passion, you… — Candace Bushnell
Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Let us admit, without bitterness, that the individual has his distinct interests and can, without felony, stipulate for those interests and defend them. The present… — Victor Hugo
Well, better expelled and able to defend yourselves than sitting safely in school without a clue," said Sirius. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
…not a fighter… an adventurer. He doesn’t attack, he engages; He doesn’t defend, he expands; He doesn’t destroy, he transforms; He doesn’t reject, he explores;… — Tom Robbins
Amelie said, “I won’t be your servant in Morganville. Nor should you be mine. Equals.” She offered her hand to him, and he looked down… — Rachel Caine
The queen was my favorite chess piece. Unlike the women I knew in real life, she was powerful. Her job was to defend her husband… — Rachel Vincent
Human groupings have one main purpose: to assert everyone’s right to be different, to be special, to think, feel and live in his or her… — Vasily Grossman
And let's just be honest, there is no such place called 'justice,' if by that we envision a finish line, or a point at which… — Tim Wise
It’s one thing to protect yourself,” Dad yelled at me during our very next lunch. “That I get. Have I ever told you not to… — Meg Cabot
I'll teach you how to defend yourself, how to maim a man. We can use Po as a model.' 'Wonderful,' Po said. 'It's quite boring… — Kristin Cashore
The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become. — Mitch Albom
I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality — Mahatma Gandhi
But I never thought of who he wasn't, I never had to explain or defend him to myself, I didn't even care what we talked… — Curtis Sittenfeld
I watched a lot of YouTube videos of cute geeky girls playing '80s cover tunes on ukuleles. Technically, this wasn't part of my research, but… — Ernest Cline
• The key to fighting is never to fight unless the cause is so great that you couldn’t bear not to defend it and the… — Jennifer Crusie
What was my truth worth, if I was prepared to defend the entire world, but not those who were close to me? If I subdued… — Sergei Lukyanenko
There are animals we haven't stopped by. Don't think they're harmless. Life will defend itself no matter how small it is. — Yann Martel

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