...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.
You know, one of these days, I'm acctually going to take offense if people keep throwing out these slurs. And then things are going to get rather ugly. When we Skandians do take offense, we do it with a battleax.
It is just as much an offense to take offense as it is to give offense.
I'm not worried about offense. I've always had that, but I can get better defensively and that in turn will make my offense better.
He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary.
As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.
And if we could get the local leaders to appreciate their responsibility for the environment then they would be able to explain that responsibility to the people of their faith.
While it's great for a quarterback to have athletic ability, his goal is to get the ball out of his hand, orchestrate the offense and not allow his ability to stand in the way of the offense running efficiently.
You add to the suffering in the world when you take offense, just as much as you do when you give offense.
Tragically, we live in a day when offense to God doesn't matter nearly as much as offense to others.
If it is a first offense, you ground them and have a talk. The second offense would call for counseling.
I want to become the player that the offense gameplans around, that the offense fears coming into the game.
I totally believe that God has blessed me with the unique ability to know offense, to call offense.
Whatever the offense dictates to allow me doing what I or this offense needs to do to win games, I'm going to do it.
I can't tell you the difference between the triangle offense and the Princeton offense.
In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it.