#offense

Welcome to the Salvation Army. I've never been associated with an offense so nice about giving the ball away. ↗

— Hayden Fry

#army #associated #away #ball #been

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

If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes. ↗

— Robert Greene

#failures #forgetfulness #mistakes #offense #patterns

The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience. ↗

— Criss Jami

#conditional #conditional-love #conflict #conscience #defense

The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly that the enemy if you want to save yourselves. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

#bomber #children #defense #enemy #get

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

#defense #enemy #kill #means #more

Excessive literary production is a social offense. ↗

— George Eliot

#literary #offense #production #social

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense. ↗

— Max Frisch

#certain #certain level #citizen #every #guilty

Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes. ↗

— George Will

#imprisoned #more #offenses #property #than

If I was going to play offense, I'd love to play running back. In high school I played quarterback and wide receiver, but I wouldn't mind running over some folks. ↗

— Ronnie Lott

#folks #going #high #high school #i