Defense And Defence Quotes & Sayings

And the PRCS [Palestinian Red Crescent Society] had not lost just one hospital: thirteen clinics and nine hospitals all over Lebanon had been destroyed in this way. Only Gaza Hospital, for a reason I was to discover three years later, was still standing. At the height of the air raids, when the Palestinians found out that every single PRCS hospital and clinic was a bomb target, they put three Israeli soldiers captured in south Lebanon on the upper floors of Gaza Hospital, and radioed a message to the Israeli Army saying that any further military action on Gaza Hospital would result in Israeli lives being lost. That saved Gaza Hospital from further destruction. — Ang Swee Chai

Man and wife, the Bible said. It was a nice thought, but only in the limited way that theoretical things often are. — Chinelo Okparanta

Hope is when against all odds a tiny flame keeps burning for the possibility. — Tilicia Haridat

Our lives consist of a series of internal battles, deep within us, where weapons don't exist and technology is unable to create devices that better the best of yesterday. Our knowledge is our only defense; caution, our only friend. — A.J. Darkholme

When [Imam] Samudra was tried, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, 'His lawyer, Qaidar Faisal, later delivered an official defence submission.' The defense summation praised the Taliban and its version of Islam and concluded with this telling detail: 'Mr. Faisal also quoted from American satirist Michael Moore's book Stupid White Men and other anti-western texts.' — David T. Hardy

I think it's a response to terrorism. From the time we're little girls, we're taught to fear the bad man who might get us. We're terrified of being raped, abused, even killed by the bad man, but the problem is, you can't tell the good ones from the bad ones, so you have to wary of them all. We're told not to go out by ourselves late at night, not to dress a certain way, not to talk to male strangers, not to lead men on. We take self-defense classes, keep our doors locked, carry pepper spray and rape whistles. The fear of men is ingrained in us from girlhood. Isn't that a form of terrorism? — Sarai Walker

When Luke's ready, mark my words, he'll get his own f**kin' woman and God save us all. — Kristen Ashley

Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work. — Elbert Hubbard

if we allow several hundred or maybe a thousand people to dictate how life is run on a planet of over seven billion of us, then we're the ones at fault for letting that happen. Somehow enough people need to realize that governments require our cooperation to survive, and if we withdraw it, they can't function. That's — Robert A. Kezer

Just this once, be the stubborn bastard I know. Don't die. — Zoe Forward

Being self-conscious. Treating one's self as an other. Supervising oneself. — Susan Sontag

DENIAL
Defense mechanism in which the existence of unpleasant realities is disavowed; refers to keeping out of conscious awareness any aspects of external reality that, if acknowledged, would produce anxiety. — Benjamin James Sadock

In the mirror, I look the same. But I am a different person inside.I am a prodigy who knows the truth. I know exactly what I'm going to do. — Marie Lu

The Net
I made you many and many a song,
Yet never one told all you are
It was as though a net of words
Were flung to catch a star;
It was as though I curved my hand
And dipped sea-water eagerly,
Only to find it lost the blue
Dark splendor of the sea. — Sara Teasdale

I can't believe we broke out of the Ice Court but we're trapped in our own town," Wylan said. — Leigh Bardugo

Self-defense was an accepted motive for murder. — Farrah Naseem

Good gracious, he was sexy - a word that had not existed in my personal vocabulary until that moment. This guy was sexy like it was his job or something. — Wendy Higgins

Method is the arithmetic of success. — Josh Billings

A damsel in complete distress was a burden to her protectors; one familiar with self defence, not as much. — Grace Draven

Look, it comes down to whether or not you love me! That's all! That's it! The rest is detail — Tom Branson

My mother died, and I couldn't stand to look at her bedroom any more. I'd get sick. I've always been a momma's boy. — Little Richard

People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job. — Dane Cook