Offense Quotes

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

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

It may not be proper for me, perhaps, to let my feelings carry me further am therefore resigned to stop here, if sir, you think my particular reasons following too free, or will give offense to the House, which I would be sorry to be thought capable of intending.

I look at Syracuse and I love the way that the coaches say they'll use me in their offense. I really like the family atmosphere there and I feel really comfortable there.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.

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.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run the offense. You should still be concerned on the offense side of the ball.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Any quarterback that understands what the offense is really about is going to succeed.

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.

Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.

I think I've got an outstanding defensive assistant staff that's really going to help us have consistent, strong defenses. And offensively, we have an excellent staff. We've got some younger guys on offense, but that's what I coach and have my entire coaching career.

The Bears treat offense as if it's bubonic plague.

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.

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.

An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens.

I hope we can build our offense and go out there and win games.

Installing a new offense is harder than a new defense. It just takes time.

We've got a lot of potential on offense. But really potential doesn't mean much if you don't realize it.

I want each and every West Virginian to have bragging rights. I want to stop playing defense and start playing offense. So, together, let us grab the reins of history.

Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime.

The other thing was that when I was at the University of Miami, we ran a pro-style offense and defense. I started each year by going to a pro training camp, I visited with various pro coaches, and I did this for five years.

We love all kinds of music: We love pop music, we love rock music, we love R & B and country, and we just pull from all our influences. So I don't really take offense as long as people are coming out to the shows and buying the records and becoming fans of the music. At the end of the day, the music is what's gonna speak to you.

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things.