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Quotes About Offense

Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role.
~ Heinz Guderian
I don't know exactly what covetous is, but in my experience it is not so much desiring someone else's virtue or happiness as rejecting it, taking offense at the beauty of it.
~ Marilynne Robinson
If you let fear dictate your decisions, you will live defensively, reactively, cautiously. Living by faith is playing offense with your life.
~ Mark Batterson
Matthew 11:12? "From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it." Are you playing offense in your marriage? Or are you playing a prevent defense that leaves romance on the sidelines?
~ Mark Batterson
I'm willing to die on, but there are some I'm not willing to die on. I won't engage in the combat of criticism. It is sideways energy, and it doesn't have a redemptive purpose. I overlook the offense so I can keep playing offense.
~ Mark Batterson
Yep. We spread five out, shotgun, no huddle, throw fifty times a game. Call it the NASCAR offense 'cause we never slow down.
~ Unknown
The life cycle of public disgrace has been condensed to where the actual offense gets washed away, leaving just a neutral sheen of notoriety.
~ Mark Leibovich
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
~ Mark Twain
Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an observation that's not funny. It's gotta offend somebody somewhere.
~ Jeff Ross
What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny.
~ Denis Leary
I learned pretty early is I never defend my material; it's for other people to if someone is offended. It's so subjective, and if you don't find it funny, it's definitely going to be offensive.
~ Sarah Silverman
Mother, you have my father much offended.
~ William Shakespeare
That you exist, is offense enough to arrest you.
~ Fakeer Ishavardas
The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed.
~ Ayn Rand
What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal.
~ Jimmy Hill
Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there are three ways to do that. Pass, dribble and offensive rebound.
~ Phil Jackson
When Bobby came into the league he was a rushing defenseman, a goal scorer and a point getter. He just opened the game up to more offence and that's the way the game is played now.
~ Unknown
I think boring is a team that plays at home and can not score a goal.
~ Jose Mourinho
When someone offends me, I think it's a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.
~ Ibn Taymiyyah
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
~ Dave Barry
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.
~ Unknown
Being inoffensive, and being offended, are now the twin addictions of the culture.
~ Martin Amis
The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult.
~ Martin Luther
Those speak foolishly who ascribe their anger or their impatience to such as offend them or to tribulation. Tribulation does not make people impatient, but proves that they are impatient. So everyone may learn from tribulation how his heart is constituted.
~ Martin Luther