A Quote by Emile M. Cioran

To defy heredity is to defy billions of years, to defy the first cell

Emile M. Cioran

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Billions Cell Defy First Heredity Years

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Emile M. Cioran
Philosopher
April 8, 1911 - June 20, 1995

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

Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict.

Norman Cousins

I have watched men suffer the anguish of imprisonment, defy appalling human cruelty... break for a moment, then recover inhuman strength to defy their enemies once more.

John McCain

The photographer, like an acrobat, must defy the laws of probability or even of possibility; at the limit, he must defy those of the interesting: the photograph becomes surprising when we do not know why it has been taken.

Roland Barthes

In death as in life, I defy the Jews who caused this last war [WW II], and I defy the powers of darkness which they represent. I am proud to die for my ideals, and I am sorry for the sons of Britain who have died without knowing why.

William Joyce

Teachings that defy reason defy reality; what defies reality defies life. Defying life is embracing death.

Terry Goodkind

Are we aware of our obligations to a mob? It is the mob that labor in your fields and serve in your houses - that man your navy, and recruit your army - that have enabled you to defy the world, and can also defy you when neglect and calamity have driven them to despair. You may call the people a mob; but do not forget that a mob too often speaks the sentiments of the people.

Lord Byron

Matrimony was probably the first union to defy management.

Red Ruffing

Adam and Eve were the first of all unions to defy management.

Evan Esar

Mehmet was the first sultan, and one of the first Muslims anywhere, to defy religious tradition by allowing his portrait to be made.

Stephen Kinzer

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.

Paul Hawken

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them

Paul Hawken

For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or boisterous, is entitled to defy a court of law. If this country should ever reach the point where any man or group of men by force or threat of force could long defy the commands of our court and our Constitution, then no law would stand free from doubt, no judge would be sure of his writ, and no citizen would be safe from his neighbors.