Defiance quotes

Irisa Nyira

When I was a child, Nolan liked to tell me this world has no natives, which means it belongs to everyone.

Amanda Rosewater

This project was commissioned by my beloved predecessor, Mayor Nicolette Riordon.

Ex-mayor, ex-mayor. Took me eight years to quit this lousy job.

Datak Tarr

That smug shtako, he packed that audience with his own miners so he'd get a louder applause than me. What kind of a man does that? I ask you. It's juvenile, petty. It's beneath my contempt, really.

Stahma Tarr

You're annoyed you didn't think of it first.

Stahma Tarr

[discussing Alak] He's young. He's pushing boundaries.

Datak Tarr

Don't handle me, Stahma. Alak running wild reflects badly on this family. I've worked too hard, done too many unpleasant things to achieve legitimacy and respect.

Tommy LaSalle

As long as we're both trapped here, we might as well eat something.

Irisa Nyira

I'm not trapped in here. If I wanted, I could have grabbed your wrist, broken every finger on your hand, taken the key card to this cell, which you left hanging from your belt, and before you knew what was happening, I'd already be out of this cage and separating your hand from the rest of you with one of my blades.

Tommy LaSalle

What is wrong with you?

Irisa Nyira

You wanted conversation.

Amanda Rosewater

We strive for the best, but sometimes we fall short. Sometimes we forget ourselves, and occasionally, this new world rears up and kicks us in the teeth, but we stay. We fight because this town is worth fighting for, and if necessary, it's worth dying for.

Doc Yewll

If you rush me, we all go boom. If you yell at me, we all go boom.

Datak Tarr

[about Elah Bandik] This man is a deserter. He threw down arms and ran from the Volge.

Joshua Nolan

This man was brave to pick up arms in the first place! Plenty of men lose their nerve the first time in combat.

I didn't sign up for this.

You signed up for whatever it takes, Ben.

Stahma Tarr

[to Datak] Think of your life back on Casti. You were at the bottom layer of the lowest caste. Your life was degradation and poverty. Is the Castithan way really something you're eager to preserve?

Stahma Tarr

Your father's putting that much pressure on you, is he?

He's sort of a jackass.

Stahma Tarr

Most men are. It's a characteristic that transcends species.

Datak Tarr

[on Christie] She insists on bathing alone. Who does that, I ask you?

Irisa Nyira

[to Nolan] I'm not like you. I'm an alien. And you made me afraid of that!

Joshua Nolan

Funny thing is he's not looking at me, Datak. He's looking at you and I'm the guy with the gun. Mr. Skevur. Ooh, well, that cut looks nasty. I think Datak's boys got here before me. I think they impressed on you the importance of not cooperating with me. Then I get to beat on you fruitlessly for a while until Datak swoops in, whispers in your ear, and all of a sudden, the information flows. [to Datak] I get to look like a big, dumb ape. You get to look like a hero. How close am I?

Datak Tarr

Close enough. But for the record, I had no intention of whispering in this disgusting man's ear.

Joshua Nolan

You know, I've had my eye on the wrong snake. You're the dangerous one.

Stahma Tarr

You're very sweet.