There the poor have another advantage. . . for they may defy not only death, but every loss by sea or land, for they have nothing to lose.
Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict.
Obviously, it's a great privilege and pleasure to be here at the Yale Law School Sesquicentennial Convocation. And I defy anyone to say that and chew gum at the same time.
Physical sickness we usually defy. Soul sickness we often resign ourselves to.
I am proud that I defy your categories. I am proud that I don't fit easily into any box. I am proud of all the things I am and all the things i can be. Question yourself every time you think you only see one thing in me.
The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
I defy any of my coreligionists to tell me they do not laugh at the idea of Dawkins burning in hell.
I say to myself if you believe deeply in your heart you must defy, and if you are willing to pay for your defiance, you must always do it, even though the pain may be much. Too many times in our lives we do not do it, and we pay even more.
The complexities of cause and effect defy analysis.
I don't do ups, ups defy gravity. Gravity is a law. I obey the law
Feed by measure, and defy the physician.
I defy any woman who is pregnant and trying to concentrate really hard not to feel distracted.
Yoga does things with the human body that defy the imagination.
There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.
Christian ethics demand that you should not take revenge. The paradox is, naturally, that Christians worship a God who is the greatest avenger of them all. Defy him and you burn in eternal hell, an act of revenge which is completely out of proportion to the crime
You cant be trapped by other people you can only be trapped by your fear, defy and win!
That's the artist's role - to strike out always for something new, to break away, to defy, to. . . grapple with the unfamiliar.
It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want.
A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed and a little mad.
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
