Quotes About Parry

In the middle of the shower, she'd dozed off and started snoring. Crick had taken footage on his camera, and Deacon had been in the middle of telling him to knock that shit off when she'd farted, choked on a snore, and rolled out of the recliner and onto all fours, screaming, "I'm up, Parry, I'm on my way!

It was one of those pointless arguments you enter without any strong formulations, but then, by dint of the opening parry, find yourself heatedly defending a position in which you don't really believe, yet from which you can no longer withdraw.

About the reason why scholars hold inclination towards Arabic as a heresy): [...] one must not accept the customs of a people whose language one loves, nor cover up small coups d'état with the gold plate of language, nor dupe young people and Maecenases into believing that one can fence as soon as one knows how to parry and thrust and hold the épée and body.

They missed every time, and with that wary judgment that comes with experience, I watched the dirty snowballs coming at me, behind and in front, and, sick with wonder, kept walking slowly, determinedly, ready to parry a good hit before it struck. But none struck, and with a tolerant smile that was a superior lie, I walked on.

It is of course also possible that the attacker is deliberately feinting to draw the parry to bind it, and will strike on the same side if he manages to open the line, or on the other side if not. Feints

The rules of feinting are pretty simple: you must create a credible threat. As your opponent responds, your strike should take less time than his second parry. Your end position should also close the line of his riposte. He may not notice that his parry has failed, and may hit you as you hit him. That he has made a mistake doesn't make his blow any less effective. In

Carter delivered his diagnosis of America's malaise, Reagan responded, "I find no national malaise. I find nothing wrong with the American people." He even had the daring to tell voters they should reelect Carter "if he instills in you pride for your country and a sense of optimism about our future"—a brilliant parry that just reminded people how much they wanted to feel patriotic again.