#defensive

If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant. ↗

— Brandon Routh

#affect #angry #away #bad #because

And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#capital #capital punishment #defensive #however #ignorance

The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are. ↗

— Alan Hansen

#euro #good #how #italians #showed

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting. ↗

— John Boorman

#being #defending #defensive #get #good

I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run. ↗

— Bill Dickey

#great #hit #home #home run #i

Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot. ↗

— John Major

#authentic #back #conservative #conventional #course

I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#because #come #defensive #fluidity #i

By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#armies #defensive #endlessly #enemy #field

I'm a little territorial and defensive. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#i #little #territorial

War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#been #defensive #especially #heaven #instances