of Defy
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe 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. Quentin Crisp
The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sense of tragedy is that the world is not a pleasant little nest made for our protection, but a vast and largely hostile environment, in which we can achieve great things only by defying the gods; and that this defiance inevitably brings its own punishment. Norbert Wiener
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. G. K. Chesterton
Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it. Camille Paglia
The secret of flight is this -- you have to do it immediately, before your body realizes it is defying the laws. Michael Cunningham