#defensive

The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over. ↗

— Eric Snow

#better #deeper #defensively #get #into

Defensiveness is usually someone silently screaming that they need you to value and respect them in disguise. When you look for deeper meanings behind someone’s pain you can then begin to heal not only yourself but others. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#compassion #defensiveness #emotional-pain #forgiveness #anger

Often, vegan advocates assume that a person's defensiveness is the result of selfishness or apathy, when in fact it is much more likely the result of systematic and intensive social conditioning. ↗

— Melanie Joy

#animal-advocates #animals #apathy #defensiveness #social-condition

It's often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven't been made. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#defensiveness #noam-chomsky #september- #iraq

Murder is an offensive act. The term cannot be applied legitimately to any defensive act. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#any #applied #cannot #defensive #legitimately

This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare. ↗

— James Forrestal

#cannot #country #deceptive #defensive #luxury

Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#apologize #battle #bring #carry #defensive

And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#capital #capital punishment #defensive #however #ignorance

If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire. ↗

— Edmund White

#america #contemporary #defensive #desire #did

Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel. ↗

— Katharine Whitehorn

#defensive #divide #generally #hats #into