Cool Defiant Quotes

#1. I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church ... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion.

Tom Araya

#2. Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.

Dolly Parton

#3. If you have someone on the set for the hair, why would you not have someone for the words?

Louis Malle

#4. I actually was rebelling as all young adults tend to do at or around the age of 19, to experiment with their lives and have fun.

Brian Bosworth

#5. I think the power of Stieg Larsson's stories is that he has the guts to show the hidden spots in the side of Sweden. That gave us a push to say that for the first time. That they can't have with the American version.

Michael Nyqvist

#6. If I have to make a tackle then I have already made a mistake.

Paolo Maldini

#7. The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy.

James Dyson

#8. According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly, or defiant you are, at the end of the day you're also dead. Which is a little too permanent for my liking.

Jonathan Stroud

#9. Polly had been washing up when she'd heard the men talking late one night, and it's a poor woman who can't eavesdrop while making a noise at the same time.

Terry Pratchett

#10. I started school in public housing. My dad had a sixth-grade education.

Rick Scott

#11. Some people wake up fast. Some people wake up slow. I wake up dead.

John Marsden

#12. Despite everything they say, they are not popular. And the longer they stay in government, the better people will get to know their wickedness.

Ken Follett

#13. Love and being in love are not the same thing. The woman takes the man she loves into her body and absorbs his oils and essence. A part of him enters her and becomes a part of her.

Chloe Thurlow

#14. Through this flesh, which is us, we are you, and you are us!

Alex Haley