Point Defiance

Point Defiance may refer to:

  • Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, USA
    • Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium within the park
  • USS Point Defiance (LSD-31), a dock landing ship
  • Point Defiance Elementary School, a school located within Tacoma, Washington

Famous quotes containing the words point and/or defiance:

    “It may be well to remember that the highest level of moral aspiration recorded in history was reached by a few ancient Jews—Micah, Isaiah, and the rest—who took no count whatever of what might not happen to them after death. It is not obvious to me why the same point should not by and by be reached by the Gentiles.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    “The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail—its roof may shake—the wind may blow through it—the storm may enter—the rain may enter—but the King of England cannot enter!—all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!”
    —William Pitt, The Elder, Lord Chatham (1708–1778)