Defiance Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

“The excessive use of force creates legitimacy problems, and force without legitimacy leads to defiance, not submission.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

“Defiance, Catherine, is a gift of God, who is superior to nature. When nature comes to get you, honor God by treating it, as…

— Mark Helprin

I suppose I'm saying that defiance is actually part of the lyric job

— Seamus Heaney

There came to him an image of man’s whole life upon the earth. It seemed to him that all man’s life was like a…

— Thomas Wolfe

Defiance rose up like vomit. I swung back and yelled, "Don't ever do that again!

— Ellen Hopkins

Mutual defiance made them alike.

— Harper Lee

“When Dr. James Young Simpson sought to apply anesthesia to a woman in childbirth, the clergymen of his day foamed at the mouth and…

— Joseph Lewis

“It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope…

— C.J. Redwine

“Dare to dream, for in the daring there is defiance to live beyond your circumstances”

— Anonymous

I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense.

— Rene Magritte

As one, they leap, laughing, and that is where we leave them - mouths open, arms spread wide, fingers splayed to take in the…

— Libba Bray

There is all the difference in the world between the criminal's avoiding the public eye and the civil disobedience's taking the law into his…

— Hannah Arendt