Defense Quotes · Page 28

I couldn't add my talent, which is prodigious, to a defense of someone even accused of hurting a child.

— Lynne Stewart

Christians should be among those who speak loudest in defense of civil liberties and the protection of the weak.

— Max Anders

My philosophy of defense is to keep the pressure on an opponent until you get to his emotions

— John Wooden

The best defense is a well-directed fire from your own guns.

— David Farragut

Players act like the floor is slanted; they run downhill on fast breaks and jog uphill when getting back on defense

— Tates Locke

Diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail.

— John F. Kennedy

I wasn't a bad basketball player, but I was far from the world's greatest. Good defense, no offense - that was me.

— Chuck Connors

“The Department of Defense is structured to plan and prepare for war but not to fight one.”

— Robert M. Gates

I asked you to pack your headgear and shoulder pads, but more importantly your defense and your kicking game, because that's what…

— Lou Holtz

I mean, defense to me is something that when you watch a game you don't really pay attention to defense unless you're…

— Rudy Gobert

Using these new funds, I will ask my secretary of defense to propose a new defense budget to meet the following longtime…

— Donald Trump

I think there's a lot of different things that factor into playing good defense, and you just can't say, "All right, if…

— Chip Kelly

The mind of man has no defense To equal plain, old common sense. This homely virtue don't despise, If you would be…

— Don Herold

Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would…

— Bill James

The domestic war against "terrorists" [code for young protesters] provides new opportunities for major defense contractors and corporations who are becoming more…

— Henry Giroux

The authority of the civil defense ... issued a warning to the civilian population not to pick up any of those pencils…

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

During bomb drills, we students were told to crouch under our desks. Apparently the desks used in classrooms in the fifties were…

— Dave Barry

I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot…

— Adam Clayton

Ron and Hermione were still smirking and Harry felt his temper rise; he wasn’t even sure why he was feeling so angry.…

— Anonymous

I'm a Saints guy, and I'm on the defensive side and I'm hearing the hell that the Saints fans are giving the…

— Jonathan Vilma

Fortunately, our immune system can be improved and empowered to such a point that not only can the harmful microbes be halted…

— David Wolfe

We must be strong at home if we are going to be strong abroad. We understand that. So we want to be…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Very few people in the world would care to listen to the real defense of their own characters. The real defense, the…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The charge that an idea is radical, impractical, or long- haired is met by showing that a prominent businessman has favored it?an…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

You have to give it to the Packers. They are a good team. They have a great offense and a great defense.

— Rob Gronkowski

There is no Benitez 'method.' We try to be more solid in defense without losing the quality in attack.

— Rafael Benitez

My players on defense must have a hand-up on every shot. If not, they run sprints.

— Rick Majerus

“Should he plead the insanity defense or the alien-told-me-to-do-it defense?”

— Wesley Chu

Ultimately, when you're shooting the ball and feeling confident, the defense comes easy.

— Dillon Brooks

When you go, 'Listen, I didn't know. I didn't know the rules.' That works. That's a good, solid defense. One time.

— Chael Sonnen

We'll uphold our treaty obligations, including the mutual defense agreement that is NATO.

— Mike Pence

I feel like when people see me locking in on defense, it kind of challenged everybody else to do the same thing.

— Caris LeVert

I've been putting 100% of work into defense like I do hitting because that way I can help my team more.

— Jose Altuve

We teach offense 5-0/5-5 (whole method) and defense by part (1-1/3-3).

— Dick Bennett

It's easier to play defense when you can be a bit more physical.

— Jordan Poole

Nothing is more harmful to the world than a martial art that is not effective in actual self-defense.

— Motobu Choki

Perimeter defense may not matter if the enemy is inside the gates.

— Robert Mueller

I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.

— Matthew McConaughey

A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

— Barry Goldwater