Quotes about defy
defy majority none senate unilateral
The Senate Majority Leader has the unilateral ability to stand up and say, 'If you defy Congress, if you defy the Constitution, if you defy the American people, none of your nominees will be confirmed.' Ted Cruz
defy large loans numbers sea window
When I look out of my window at all those construction sites, I see a sea of nonperforming loans looming large on the horizon. The numbers defy logic.
defy fanny gentle given heroines jane subversive supposed utterly
She doesn't do the things heroines are supposed to. Which is rather Jane Austen's point - Fanny is her subversive heroine. She is gentle and self-doubting and utterly feminine; and given the right circumstances, she would defy an army. Susanna Clarke
defy fictional fill magic places science seeing supposed talking technology truly wink
This is magic we're talking about. It's supposed to go places science can't, defy logic, wink at technology, fill us all with the sensawunda that comes of gazing upon a fictional world and seeing something truly different from our own.
defy fall providence readiness special
We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. William Shakespeare
defy organize people program
People will defy the curfew order, and we will organize the program as planned.
defy fall gravity lean seemed swear
Onstage, he would lean way over into the microphone. He seemed to defy gravity and you'd swear he was going to fall over, but he never did.
defying example ultimate
I look to him as the ultimate example of defying the odds. Dana Reeve
defying love
I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes, and people's expectations of me as an actress. Gwendoline Christie
defy fear justify life moment people words
The only thing that can justify this is to give the people a moment to party, and a way to defy the fear of terrorism. In other words we'll have life in all its splendor, Jose Garcia
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Whether it's mending a failing company, fighting corruption, tackling disease, or rebuilding a marriage, the hardest problems defy just-add-water remedies. Indeed, slapping on a Band-Aid when surgery is needed usually just makes things worse. Carl Honore
defy government
We will defy the ban. What the government has done is wrong.
defy describe judge jury
Some of these bathrooms defy description, ... There's no way to go into a judge and a jury and describe what you're seeing. Steve Hamilton
defying free full girls juliet kids love modern relate relevant rivalry seems terms
The rivalry between the Montague and the Capulet kids seems very modern to me. Juliet is a free spirit, full of untapped love and passion. I think a lot of girls can relate to her. And it's very relevant in terms of kids defying their parents. Hailee Steinfeld
defy watch
You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there. Oscar Isaac
defying knows
I don't know whom or what he was defying. [...] [M]aybe the God he had never believed in. Khaled Hosseini
defying public rarely
Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will. Scott Brown
defy gravity joining people
A lot of people think jugglers defy gravity or do stuff. Well, I kind of, from my childhood and golf and all that, it's a process of joining with forces.
defying forces inside means outside powerful
also means defying the powerful forces inside and outside our country. Fidel Castro
defying pattern president wisdom
This president has a real pattern of defying conventional wisdom. Mark McKinnon
defying dollar eventually external fear growth improved lead trade
The story of 2005 was the dollar defying an overwhelmingly bearish consensus. The dollar has little to fear from a slowdown in U.S. consumption growth as this will eventually lead to an improved external trade position.
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In some ways, you have to defy the odds.
defying enforce gambling lose nerve questions rather resolve respect saddam
In respect to Iraq, Saddam is defying every one of us, ... He questions our resolve and is gambling we will lose nerve rather than enforce our will. Jack Straw
defying engaging highest illegal law openly protest rule strike supreme
By engaging in this illegal protest they are sanctioning an illegal strike that is undermining the rule of law by openly defying our province's highest legal authority, the B.C. Supreme Court.
defy half people schools split thinks
It's about evenly split between people who think schools need more money, or the other half who thinks we should defy the courts.