Defense Quotes · Page 23

It is absurd to entrust the defense of a country to people who own nothing in it.

— Diodorus Siculus

I am convinced of the necessity to take an effective measure of self defense.

— Seishiro Itagaki

Being betrayed makes you trust less and put up another wall of defense.

— Anonymous

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.

— Thomas Jefferson

I was no suffragette, but I was pretty sure the he-can’t-control-himself defense was a big, stinky load of horseshit.

— Rachel Vincent

A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.

— Irvin S. Cobb

Installing a new offense is harder than a new defense. It just takes time.

— Joe Montana

The passion to change the world for the better is a more powerful force than defense to keep it the same.

— Simon Sinek

We intend to keep the lines of communication open with the Defense Department so we can help our border law enforcement agencies…

— Henry Cuellar

The money-getter who pleads his love of work has a lame defense, for love of work at money-getting is a lower taste…

— Ambrose Bierce

I was the principal negotiator for the Department of Defense, when I was secretary of the Navy, on the issue of Toshiba…

— Jim Webb

They had been monitoring the site for a very long time, and at times, I received over 100 hits from the Department…

— Sherman Austin

The defense usually comes back a little bit sooner than the offense does for some reason. I can't speak for everybody else,…

— Brandon Crawford

More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services - from movies to agriculture…

— Marc Andreessen

Defense is on the fly, it's reactive; you have to react to the offense. I have to prevent someone from doing something…

— Charles Tillman

We often engage the defense mechanism of tunnel vision, just to keep ourselves focused on our daily lives. This makes us terribly…

— Vera Nazarian

We hope to do very well, ... If the [corners] can hold up, then we can do a lot more with the…

— Kevin Ross

In nature, creatures never ended the lives of others except to survive. To women, abortion was self-defense and preservation of the species.…

— Ana Castillo

The poet is no tender slip of fairy stock, who requires peculiar institutions and edicts for his defense, but the toughest son…

— Henry David Thoreau

We want to represent all the French people with ideas that are neither left nor right: patriotism, defense of the identity and…

— Marine Le Pen

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the…

— Barbara Sher

“There are spiritual laws at work that most people know nothing about. So when others hurt us, our tendency is to strike…

— Kyriacos C. Markides

The success of this Government, and thus the success of our Nation, depends in the last analysis upon the quality.of our career…

— John F. Kennedy

Israel is a solid ally of the United States. We will rise to Israel's defense, if need be. So this kind of…

— George W. Bush

I try to take a lot of pride in what I can do in terms of knowing the defense.

— Luke Kuechly

That's what's fun about being a linebacker because you're commanding that whole defense.

— Leighton Vander Esch

I think the more minutes I get, the better my defense will get.

— Christian Wood

A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.

— Vince Flynn

If our air forces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal.

— Anonymous

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

— John Wooden

I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism.

— Sherri Shepherd

I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.

— Vince Lombardi

Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense.

— Richard Scaife

As long as you are still fighting in defense of your dignity and for your occupied land, all is well.

— George Habash

Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object.

— Ernest Hemingway

The defense of marriage is the defense of freedom. Neither of which is obsolete.

— Nancy Pearcey

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

— Anonymous

Dominick Reyes is a great striker, but he doesn't have the best wrestling defense. He has OK jiu-jitsu.

— Corey Anderson

It's just really exciting to have the ball in my hands. Not just on defense but to make plays on special teams…

— Erick Green

“Being love-filled and beautiful is one of the most powerful defenses that one can employ.”

— Bryant McGill