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

The only way we can touch the heart of men is to overlook an offense. — Lailah Gifty Akita

She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense. — Henry James

People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense. — John Wesley

I want to become the player that the offense gameplans around, that the offense fears coming into the game. — Rey Maualuga

Masquerading in the attire of the opposite sex was a criminal offense, except on Halloween. — Ann Bausum

You'd think old age was a criminal offense, not a destination we're all heading to. — David Mitchell

Every offense is not a hate at first. — William Shakespeare

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself. — Mark Twain

It was the feet they'd do, for a first offense. They used steel cables, frayed at the ends. After — Margaret Atwood

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. — Dwight Howard

Amid this din of complaint and trivial offense, how to know what really mattered, how to identify the true crisis when it came along? — Scott Anderson

The gospel of Jesus Christ is an offense to both religion and irreligion. It can't be co-opted by either moralism or relativism. — Timothy J. Keller

Concentrate on defense because the offense will come. — Andrew Bogut

Somebody will be upset and say I got rich and deserted my female people; No offense, but the only black woman I ever loved is my mama — Taye Diggs

Lack of education," old Mrs. Sharpe said thoughtfully, "is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive. They had no resources at all. — Josephine Tey

For the longest time, it's always been Aaron Rodgers and the offense. It's nice to have a little notoriety on defense. — Clay Matthews III

A comic book in mint condition is an offense against the multiverse. I only collect damaged comics with torn covers and missing pages. — Stephen Evans

Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer! — Shaquille O'Neal

'Take offense at the drop of a hat' is the unwritten eleventh commandment. — Richard Dawkins

No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed. — Clarence Darrow

A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense. — Vince Flynn

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball. — Ken Harrelson

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense. — Phaedrus

I don't use a ring of any kind on my phone. This is so that I am always on offense and never defense. — Dave Morin

Every offense is avenged on earth. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. — George Santayana

Even last year I was watching the Celtics and I could see the offense was disheveled. — Kenny Anderson

It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. We are rigorous to offenses as if we had never offended. — Hugh Blair

If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem. — John Avlon

Individuals who deliberately decide not to take offense lead happier, more productive lives. — Lloyd D. Newell

Defense is something I take pride in. I feel it's just as important as offense. They should have RBIs for defensive plays. — Derrek Lee

I know I'm asking a lot. You'd need to start talking, stop growling, and bathe. No offense meant, but you look like a crazy man the way you are. — Melissa Haag

Hope is a punishable offense. The verdict is always death; one more death of the heart. — Tanith Lee

Getting offended is the bait of Satan for the believer. — David McGee

You have to give it to the Packers. They are a good team. They have a great offense and a great defense. — Rob Gronkowski

Patriotic to the point of arrogance, quick to take offense at any seeming slight of his beloved country and government — Craig Pittman

Imagine what the world could be if we were on the offense with love instead of on the defense with hate. — Carlos Salinas

Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up to punish the offense. — Epicurus

No offense, Dorian. Oh, what the hell, take all the offense you want, it's not like I give a shit. (Savitar) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships. — Bear Bryant

The very existence of the bicycle is an offense to reason and wisdom. — P. J. O'Rourke

It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak. — Brett Favre

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

More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense. — Tacitus

Defense is on the fly, it's reactive; you have to react to the offense. I have to prevent someone from doing something when they want to do it. — Charles Tillman

The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent. — Criss Jami

We've got a lot of potential on offense. But really potential doesn't mean much if you don't realize it. — Brian Griese

You will do very well to refuse offices; for a man seldom fails to give offense in them. It ought to weary you simply to hear them mentioned. — St. Catherine Of Siena

My apologies. I meant no offense." Except that his tone told her he didn't mean a word he'd just spoken. — Jean Oram

He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool. — Brigham Young

My responsibility is to get people into the offense. — Deron Williams

We have to back each other up no matter what. Defense, you have to do your job, and offense has to do theirs. — Lawrence Timmons

I feel like with me being a big part of any offense, then the numbers are going to come. — Terrell Owens

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense. — Amos Bronson Alcott

But there comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense ... a — Dan Brown

And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me. — Anonymous

Tom Ford once told me that he found French women sexier than American ones. He said, 'Americans are too clean ... ' I took no offense. — Linda Wells

Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry. — Anonymous

The Truth An Offense But Not A Sin — Bob Marley

When there is no offense I make no defense. — Charles Grandison Finney

Anything designed to be inoffensive isn't worth your time
life itself is pretty offensive, ending as it does with death. — Holly Lisle

No offense to people who go on Tinder but I just feel like it's ruining romance, I really do, — Sam Smith

Our universities teach non-white, non-Christian, and female students to find offense everywhere. American students get degrees in Finding Offense. — Dennis Prager

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense. — Solomon

Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense? — William Shakespeare

Winning is more related to good defense than good offense — Jack Ramsay

A poet's purified truth can cause no pain, no offense. True art is above false honor. — Vladimir Nabokov

As your captain, I'm going to push you to not fall back on defense, but to play offense, and to play our match
the Gospel, together. — Pope Francis

For the first time in Rex Ryan's career as a head coach, his offense is now better than his defense. — Sterling Sharpe

Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are laughing. — Robin Williams

This is not suitable for me"- to say this is indeed madness, it is nothing but egoism. To say 'will not suit' is an offense. — Dada Bhagwan

Nick grew up with a father who never ever apologized, so when Nick feels he has screwed up he goes on offense. — Gillian Flynn

The chief offense in bad fiction: we sense that characters are being manipulated, forced to do things they would not really do. — John Gardner

More of a cookie person, myself. No offense to the other baked goods. I just like cookies. — Victoria Schwab

Am I going to have to die first before I come here every time? Because no offense, but for fuck's sake, I can just give you a cell phone to call. — J.R. Ward

Stupidity is the only natural capital offense. — Robert A. Heinlein

And no offense, but it does smell like a squirrel crawled up your ass and died there. — James S.A. Corey

The best defense is great offense ... We fight through our mistakes and failures by maximizing our forward motion. — Wayde Goodall

I look like an accountant. And no offense to accountants! There's some really cool accountants out there. — Jake Lacy

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society. — James Anthony Froude

Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense — Barack Obama

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense. — Ambrose Bierce

At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense. — Alexander Pope

Offense is what people take when they can't take argument. — Richard Dawkins

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

It ought to be an offense to be excruciating and unfunny in circumstances where your audience is almost morally obliged to enthuse. — Christopher Hitchens

My head isn't messed up."
"Darlin', you're in my heart, you know that,so no offense, but you're right, it isn't messed up. It's fucked up. — Kristen Ashley

They let dangerous men out of prison now, yes sir, I'm afraid it's so. Cause they're over crowded and it was only his fifth offense. — Hank Williams Jr.

No offense, right. "No offense" stood for "I'm going to insult you, but you can't be mad at me. — Ilona Andrews

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must. — Branch Rickey

No offense, but I'd rather kiss the horse. — Anthony Horowitz

The two major ways people fail financially: 1) Spend when they should save. 2) Save when they should invest. — Orrin Woodward

Jesus does not cherish an offense, loving us as well after the offense as before it. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher. — George Whitefield

Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working. — Adolph Rupp

Nudity isn't something people should take offense to. — Emily Ratajkowski

Is she okay? I mean, no offense, she sounds more mental than I do. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

The most interesting nerds are the ones who take offense to being called nerds. — Greg Fitzsimmons