Defied Quotes

38 quotes by 36 authors

Begum Hazrat Mahal of Oudh was the last of the breed of able queens and generals. The queen led her kingdom's army into battle during… — Qurratulain Hyder
Biblical backing for Mormon behavior is easy to find, although Mark Twain is reported to have denied its legitimacy to a Mormon. The Mormon claimed… — Dennis McKinsey
Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the… — Bill Frist
How do you define God? Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely more interesting and relevant than one that defied… — Robert J. Sawyer
My father's mother, my Grandmother Young, was said by the family to have talked herself to death. Convalescing from a fever, she had defied the… — Stark Young
If I were a woman I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me, complexions that liked me and breaths that… — William Shakespeare
I think that standing onstage on January 19th, and my father had just defied all expectations and won Iowa, was by far the most surreal… — Vanessa Kerry
The Germans could not get over the perfidy of it. It was unbelievable that the English, having degenerated to the stage where suffragettes heckled the… — Barbara Tuchman
He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied… — Kit Williams
I settled in with The Uninvited Guests thinking I knew what kind of Edwardian pleasures were in store: the fraught dinner party in an endangered,… — Maile Meloy
Now let me be clear - I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers… — Barack Obama
Dizzee's just my childhood hero. He's definitely the inspiration. He's got himself to a very good place. He's defied the expectations of what British black… — Tinie Tempah
When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of his audience. These… — C.S. Lewis
"Take my own father! You know what he said in his last moments? On his deathbed, he defied me to name a man who had… — Mary Lavin
First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation of international law… — George W. Norris
Bush the Elder's stature as president grows with every passing year. He was the finest foreign policy president I've ever covered and a man who… — Joe Klein
I defied the machinery to make me its slave. Its incessant discords could not drown the music of my thoughts if I would let them… — Lucy Larcom
Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for… — Steven Pinker
I've jumped out of an airplane 34 times. I've dove 212 feet under water. I've done a lot of things that defied death. — Jesse Ventura
Love, I would later conclude, was all things to all people. Love was the breaking and healing of hearts. Love was misunderstood, love was faith,… — R.J. Ellory

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