#offense

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher. ↗

— George Whitefield

#gives #hearer #himself #makes #neither

If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem. ↗

— John Avlon

#hitler #offense #only #part #party

I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how many points I could score because if I couldn't guard anybody, I wasn't going to make the team. I knew to make the team I had to become a better defender. If you can play offense, you can defend. It just comes down to competitive will. ↗

— Doug Collins

#because #become #better #care #coach

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#dealt #drop #give #handed #less

Rooting for the offense is the safe way to go. You win either way. ↗

— Kate Mara

#go #offense #rooting #safe #safe way

Any quarterback that understands what the offense is really about is going to succeed. ↗

— Joe Montana

#any #going #offense #quarterback #really

Yet, when child sex offenders are brought to justice and serve time for their offenses, they are often released into unsuspecting communities and left free to resume their sexual attacks. ↗

— Bob Ney

#brought #child #communities #free #into

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense. ↗

— Phaedrus

#cause #excess #keep #long #offense

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#beat #better #bobby #cannot #defense

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. ↗

— George Santayana

#conventions #courtesy #doubts #far #kind