(50 quotes found)
“Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.”
Camille Paglia
“I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.”
William Cobbett
“But in action, one defies one's character.”
Daniel Bell
“It defies common sense that stores are fined for selling toy guns to children, but someone who isn't even allowed to board an airplane in this country can purchase as many real guns he wants with no questions asked.”
Carolyn McCarthy
“It defies common sense that no one knows what happened in this instance, and it is way past time for that person or people to come forward and talk to investigators.”
Dan Ferrelli
“As a San Diegan and a pain management specialist, I am appalled that our Board of Supervisors is defying the will of county voters, and doing it in order to wage a war on the sick.”
Claudia Little
“To me, these bids are classic top of the market stuff. The Irish property market can't defy the laws of gravity forever. I'm trying to persuade my wife to sell our house now before prices fall.”
Chris Johns
“We didn't deserve to win that game. If we would have won that game, it would have defied the laws of basketball.”
Udonis Haslem
“We seem to be continuing to defy these natural limits of the economic cycle and we should be able to push forward at a decent pace in the second half without risking inflation,”
Carl Tannenbaum
“I defy anybody to find me any empirical evidence that suggests gambling ... has ever suffered from [recessionary pressures].”
Daniel Davila
