Defense Quotes · Page 27

I tell the truth, and truth is the ultimate defense against libel.

— Tucker Max

Defense is the thing we can control and bring every night. But I want to be great on both ends.

— Rudy Gobert

We know that good defense is something we have to work on, and it's something that we have to get better at.

— Lauri Markkanen

I learned the technology and tradecraft of electronic security in self defense, with a lot of expert help.

— Barton Gellman

Regardless of how well you can be offensively, if you have a great defense, you can deal with any offense.

— Ray Lewis

“The best defense is great offense. . .We fight through our mistakes and failures by maximizing our forward motion.”

— Wayde Goodall

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.

— Ron Paul

I think the more aggressive I am on defense helps me to get easier buckets and get in a good grove.

— Baron Davis

First, separate ground, sea and air warfare is gone forever. If ever again we should be involved in war, we will fight…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“This is an aspect of crime stories I never fully appreciated until I became one: it is so ruinously expensive to mount…

— William Landay

The charges [government] brought against me, for example, explicitly denied my ability to make a public-interest defense.

— Edward Snowden

To be really honest, I do not mind whether it is offense or defense. I just like being in on plays and…

— Julian Edelman

The nuclear bomb is the most useless weapon ever invented. It can be employed to no rational purpose. It is not even…

— George F. Kennan

Part of why I was attracted to the idea of owning a gun was self-defense, and part of it was that I've…

— Jonathan Gottschall

By nominating Chuck Hagel to be his Defense secretary, President Obama is putting forward an aloof contrarian who doesn't suffer fools -…

— Ron Fournier

That is why it is so important not only to have excellent treatment but also to try to get back the immune…

— Luc Montagnier

...chess is "a lot like football because you have to set up your offense and your defense, every once in a while…

— Priest Holmes

When I first started comedy, before I kind of gained any national prominence, I - in a weird way - went back…

— Moshe Kasher

I struggled in my mind with all kinds of defenses. Should I be hurt? Surprised? Should I laugh it off? I wanted…

— Jeanette Winterson

In evaluating the way in which ball possessions are gained during the course of a game, we find that 60 to 80…

— Ralph Miller

Imagine a country that flies into space, launches Sputniks, creates such a defense system, and it can't resolve the problem of women's…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, conservatives have succeeded by adhering to a platform that rests firmly on three legs: smaller government,…

— Frank Gaffney

I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. This was discrimination enshrined in law. It treated…

— Barack Obama

Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should…

— Milton Friedman

In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.

— Dean Koontz

A nation with a goofy foreign policy needs a very serious policy of defense.

— P. J. O'Rourke

We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense.

— Oswald Chambers

I need to be more of a take-what-the-defense-gives-me player and not force the issue.

— Gerald Green

I'm just trying to take advantage of whatever the defense is giving me.

— Bojan Bogdanovic

I'm looking for activity. I put players in and take them out based on effort and defense, not making or missing shots

— Doc Rivers

People always say defense starts with the heart. I try to have as much heart as I can.

— A'ja Wilson

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it

— Douglas William Jerrold

We are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense.

— George Wald

Most of the time when people act out of defense, it's because they're guilty about something.

— Anonymous

Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.

— Philip Sidney

Yeah, I mean, if you're bracing yourself playing defense, you shouldn't play defense, one.

— Patrick Chung

It works out that my hitting is a little bit better, but I really do enjoy defense, saving a run any time…

— Xander Bogaerts

I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and believe that law-abiding Americans have the right to self-defense.

— Donald Trump

I'm one of the best defenders to ever play basketball, so I'm still the first option on defense.

— Metta World Peace

God calls us to be humble... Humility is a great defense against humiliation.

— Rev Run