#offense

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher. ↗

— George Whitefield

#gives #hearer #himself #makes #neither

I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#anybody #cover #creed #down #guitar

If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem. ↗

— John Avlon

#hitler #offense #only #part #party

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 appreciates them. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#assigns #because #enough #feel #few

I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how many points I could score because if I couldn't guard anybody, I wasn't going to make the team. I knew to make the team I had to become a better defender. If you can play offense, you can defend. It just comes down to competitive will. ↗

— Doug Collins

#because #become #better #care #coach

Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer! ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#like #offense #our #theorem

We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#clear #go #iraq #leadership #needed

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#basically #believe #close #come #decade

Under current law, there is no additional penalty for someone who enters the United States illegally and then commits either a crime of violence or a drug trafficking offense. They simply come under the same penalty as we have in current law. ↗

— John Shadegg

#come #commits #crime #current #current law

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself. ↗

— Mark Twain

#respect #respect