Offense Quotes

405 quotes by 322 authors

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… — Stanley Baldwin
What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense. — Charles Baudelaire
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. — Henry Ward Beecher
In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real estate, copyrights, leasing, entertainment, intellectual… — James Belushi
An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens. — Robert Benchley
To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense. — Ambrose Bierce
Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses. — Robert Burton
Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one… — Luc de Clapiers
Individuals who deliberately decide not to take offense lead happier, more productive lives. — Lloyd D. Newell
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. — Edsger Dijkstra
Every offense is avenged on earth. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We teach offense 5-0/5-5 (whole method) and defense by part (1-1/3-3). — Dick Bennett
Criticize on defense and encourage on offense. — John Brady
In planning any type of offense, when a player leaves a spot always replace him with another offensive player. — Hubie Brown
Offense is spacing and spacing is offense. — Chuck Daly
Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his… — Bobby Knight
As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense… — Bobby Knight
I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the… — Bobby Knight

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