Offense Quotes - Page 6

• Sometimes the best offense was avoiding self-destruction.

  Brandon Mull

  Self, Sometimes, Destruction

  Brandon Mull (2012). “Seeds of Rebellion”, p.213, Simon and Schuster

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• She raised a sharp eyebrow at him. "Vlad, no offense, but look at you. If you're not a vampire, you're clearly the most anemic goth I've ever seen."... "We believed you. Because that's what friends do." pg267 October to Vlad

  Heather Brewer

  Eyebrows, Vampire, Looks

  Heather Brewer (2011). “Twelfth Grade Kills #5: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod”, p.162, Penguin

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• Hey, no offense, but do you mind if you put both your palms where I can see ’em?

  J.R. Ward

  Mind, Ems, Hey

  J.R. Ward (2012). “Lover Reborn: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.263, Penguin

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• ...William wondered why he always disliked people who said 'no offense meant.' Maybe it was because they found it easier to to say 'no offense meant' than actually to refrain from giving offense.

  Terry Pratchett

  People, Giving, Easier

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• Disappointment mixed with bitter acceptance flashed in her eyes. "Maybe you are real," she said. "It would require a dark side I don't have to create someone like you." "You forgot to say 'no offense' before making that statement." "No, I didn't. I meant offense." Bold little human, wasn't she? -Annabelle and Zacharel

  Gena Showalter

  Disappointment, Real, Eye

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• And please, don't take offense. It's not an insult if it's true. - Devyn

  Gena Showalter

  Insult, Please, Ifs

  Gena Showalter (2009). “Seduce the Darkness”, p.285, Simon and Schuster

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• Human vanity is so constituted that it stiffens before difficulties. The more an object conceals itself from our eyes, the greater the effort we make to seize it, because it pricks our pride, it excites our curiosity and it appears interesting. In fighting for his God everyone, in fact, fights only for the interest of his own vanity, which, of all the passions produced bye the mal-organization of society, is the quickest to take offense, and the most capable of committing the greatest follies.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Atheist, Passion, Eye

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Illustrated)”, p.1810, Delphi Classics

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• Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true.

  Rick Riordan

  Powerful, Guy, Demigods

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• Phaedra shook her head. “If your people mean no offense, they should not speak their thoughts out loud in front of their children, Tesadora. Because it will be their children who come to slaughter us one day, all because of careless words passed down by their elders who meant no harm.

  Melina Marchetta

  Children, Mean, People

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• There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist

  Dan Brown

  Ignorance, Moments, Inferno

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• And trying to break it down this way, to minor and major offenses, maybes and what-ifs, was like arguing over the origin of cracks in a broken egg. It was done. How it happened didn't matter anymore.

  Sarah Dessen

  Eggs, Broken, Trying

  Sarah Dessen (2013). “The Moon and More”, p.93, Penguin

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• No offense, but if you want to be with my niece, you should think about getting a haircut. My mother is very conservative.” “No offense taken,” John said mildly.

  Meg Cabot

  Mother, Niece, Taken

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• What are these guys?" He whispered "Canadians," Percy said. Frank leaned away from him. "Excuse me?" "Uh, no offense," Percy said. "That's what Annabeth called them when I fought them before. She said they live in the north, in Canada." "Yeah, well," Frank grumbled, "we're in Canada. I'm Canadian. But I've never seen those things before.

  Rick Riordan

  Guy, Annabeth, Canada

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• Like Cammie is fine," Macey said, then glanced at me. "No offense." "None taken," I said. "I think.

  Ally Carter

  Taken, Thinking, Said

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• Hope is the strongest driving force for a people. Hope which brings about change, which produces new realities, is what opens man's road to freedom. Once hope has taken hold, courage must unite with wisdom. That is the only way of avoiding violence, the only way of maintaining the calm one needs to respond peacefully to offenses.

  Oscar Arias

  Wisdom, Courage, Freedom

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• It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.

  Horace

  Forgiveness, Grants, Asks

  "Satires" by Horace, I. 3. 74 in,

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• I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Freedom, Sacrifice, Bravery

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• Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you. Football is the same way. I study so much film that I know exactly what teams are going to do. I love knowing what a offense is going to run and stuffing that play.

  Junior Seau

  Football, Running, Team

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• Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

  Patrick Henry

  Country, Religious, Kings

  Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, delivered 23 March 1775 at Henrico Parrish Church St, Richmond Virginia, Second Virginia Convention

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• We've been like that all season. They're starting to have the vision I've been asking them to have for a while. Our settled, normal offense stuff, we need to work on that.

  Linder Sterling

  Vision, Needs, Asking

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• I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What does it come down to? Nothing but something horrible and useless, nothing but a way of shedding blood that is called a crime when an individual commits it, but is sadly called "justice" when society brings it about. Make no mistake, you lawmakers and judges, in the eyes of God as in those of conscience, what is a crime when individuals do it is no less an offense when society commits the deed.

  Victor Hugo

  Mistake, Eye, Direct Action

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• Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Winning, Games

  Pat Head Summitt (1998). “Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do”, Broadway

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• There's a lot of forces opposed to legalization marijuana, so I don't want to put the cart before the horse. It's looking like it's going the legalization route, which, you know, a lot of people thought it needs to for a long time outside of recreational and medicinal use, just for crime reasons. We're pumping our prisons full of petty weed offenses and it's partially to feed that industry, but it's not good. It's not good for society, people go in there as a minor criminal and come out as a real criminal.

  John Buffalo Mailer

  Weed, Horse, Real

  Source: bigthink.com

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• The simple fact is, offense is taken, not given.

  Ricky Gervais

  Taken, Simple, Facts

  "Ricky Gervais: My Golden Globes mission". ew.com. January 06, 2012.

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• The system functioned relatively automatically, and the prevailing system of racial meanings, identities, and ideologies already seemed natural. Ninety percent of those admitted to prison for drug offenses in many states were Black or Latino, yet the mass incarceration of communities of color was explained in race-neutral terms, an adaptation to the needs and demands of the current political climate.

  Michelle Alexander

  Race, Color, Racism

  Michelle Alexander (2013). “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”, p.58, The New Press

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