Words matter. These are the best Defying Quotes from famous people such as Matthew Pearl, David Lammy, Freddie Wong, Quentin Crisp, Shruti Haasan, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Beginning in the 1920s and 1930s, film has been a shadow thrown over the minds of all novelists. Ever since, novelists have strained to make themselves more relevant and, whether consciously or not, novel-writing has been influenced by cinematic doctrines – by turns, embracing and defying it.
Many black youths are defying stereotypes, achieving good academic results, finding employment and contributing to their communities. But helping those who fall behind is not an exercise in political correctness, it is a precisely what a compassionate – and sensible – state should concern itself with.
Defying genre conventions is instantly a risky move.
The young always have the same problem – how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
I don’t think I’m defying stereotypes on purpose. If it so appears that way, so be it. For me, I’ve been brought up that way.
It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
Everyday I’m just going to continue defying limitations.
The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.
I keep defying the odds, you know.
‘Defying Gravity’ is a big, theatrical, grand gesture. In film, how do you match that?
To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life.
We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with terrorists, and which allows itself the luxury of not respecting the law and of defying the international community.
My earliest memories of defying my parents were through music. I remember rap being banned in my house, and then getting a Cam’ron album.
Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will.
It’s easier for China to assert its maritime power by creating artificial islands in the South China Sea than by defying the U.S. Pacific Fleet with an aircraft carrier.
I think there’s a sort of satisfaction in defying people’s expectations.
I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes, and people’s expectations of me as an actress.
Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.
