Best Defies Quotes

94 Defies quotes by 90 unique authors

I 'm weary of conjectures,-this must end 'em. Thus am I doubly armed: my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me:… — Joseph Addison
Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities. — Nicky Gumbel
The state incurs debts for politics, war, and other higher causes and 'progress'. . . . The assumption is that the future will honour this… — Jacob Burckhardt
We are not peddlers of the fashionable. We believe that good design defies fashion, is truly innovative, eminently sensible, yet a source of inspiration to… — Arthur Erickson
Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it. — Nadine Gordimer
Art, if it can be ascribed value, is most valuable when its beauty (and the beauty of the truth it tells) bewilders, confounds, defies evil… — Andrew Peterson
Every authentic poem contributes to the labor of poetry... to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart... Poetry can repair no… — John Berger
Hunger is isolating; it may not and cannot be experienced vicariously. He who never felt hunger can never know its real effects, both tangible and… — Elie Wiesel
The mark of the creative mind is that it defies a part of what it has learned. — Ludwig von Mises
It defies common sense that stores are fined for selling toy guns to children, but someone who isn't even allowed to board an airplane in… — Carolyn McCarthy
In essence, sin is all that is in opposition to God. Sin defies God; it violates His character, His law, and His covenant. It fails,… — Joel Beeke
Politics can be strengthened by music, but music has a potency that defies politics. — Nelson Mandela
Sin defies God, utterly corrupts each individual, corrodes all social relationships, and issues in death. — D. A. Carson
I do believe it is the first time in history that fire has ever melted steel. I do believe that it defies physics for the… — Rosie O'Donnell
The civil jury is the most effective form of sovereignty of the people. It defies the aggressions of time and man. During the reigns of… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Heavy as they are, the costs of action must be weighed against the price of inaction. If Saddam defies the world and we fail to… — William J. Clinton
Dare to change the world. There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old vocation… — Gioconda Belli
Fact is not truth, but a poet who willfully defies fact cannot achieve truth. — Robert Graves
There are a lot of bleeding hearts around who just dont like to see people with helmets and guns. All I can say is go… — Pierre Trudeau
I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned. — Wally Lamb
The universe defies you to answer the following questions: What good is a high paying career if it leaves you continually stressed out and miserable?… — Ernie J Zelinski
The arrogance of race prejudice is an arrogance which defies what is scientifically known of human races. — Ruth Benedict
Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A… — Ludwig von Mises
It is not just nature that defies us. Human life is as overwhelming... If we spend time in it [the vast spaces of nature], they… — Alain de Botton
Whenever one honestly defies a tradition, one becomes, in reality, the more responsible to it. — Glenn Gould

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