Famous Defensive Line Quotes & Sayings

It's okay for someone to tell me who they think I am, but it's not okay when they try to impose that idea on me. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Merciful death. How you love your precious guilt — Anne Rice

Stop worrying about the 'dumbing down' of our language by bloggers, tweeters, cableheads and MSM thumbsuckers engaged in a 'race to the bottom' of the page by little minds confined to little words. — William Safire

There's courage involved if you want to become Truth. — Rumi

There is competition, .. Can any Microsoft endure future competition without innovation? The answer is no. We've got to keep changing. — Bill Gates

I don't know why it is, but sometimes I feel like I'm 60. It's like I've been around for a long time. I felt that way even when I was 8. — Ricky Schroder

Do you know what a free mind is? Have you ever observed your own mind? It is not free, is it? You are always watching to see what your friends say about you. Your mind is like a house enclosed by a fence or by barbed wire. In that state no new thing can take place. A new thing can happen only when there is no fear. And it is extremely difficult for the mind to be free of fear, because that implies being really free of the desire to imitate, to follow, free of the desire to amass wealth or to conform to a tradition - which does not mean that you do something outrageous. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

I don't think there are in life, pure darkness or pure light. Everyone's got a little of everything. — John Hawkes

The Werewolf crossed the rutted path just as Bill pedaled into the middle of Neibolt Street. Blood splattered its faded jeans, and looking back over his shoulder, filled with a kind of dreadful, unbreakable fascination that was akin to hypnosis, Richie saw that the seams — Stephen King

I'll remember you. When I've forgotten all the rest.You to me were true. You to me were the best. — Bob Dylan

As you worry less about going through conflict and focus more on growing through conflict, you will enhance that process and experience the incomparable blessing of being conformed to the likeness of Christ. — Ken Sande

I should have kissed more than your hand ... thought I'd have more time," he whispered between liquid, panting breaths. " ... too late now."
I looked into his eyes and completely forgot the rest of the world. In that moment, all I knew was that I was holding Stark in my arms, and I was going to lose him very, very soon. — P.C. Cast

A city like Ankh-Morpork was only two meals away from chaos at the best of times. — Terry Pratchett