Quotes of: Defense-mechanism Keyword

Silence can often be more disturbing than noise, it reveals the complicated mechanism of our thoughts

Life

I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.

Adam Ferrara

Chatty, defensive, observant. My new favorite witness.

Mr. Kiss and Tell

A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.

James Madison

Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.

Katharine Whitehorn

I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.

Matthew McConaughey

But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.

Rafael Palmeiro

So I'd rather have a defense that's successful where everyone's comfortable in their positions.

Michael Strahan

Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will.

Ben Shapiro

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.

Abraham Maslow

Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense.

Richard Scaife

Spending an extra dollar on the D.C. public school system isn't spending an extra dollar on education. Spending an extra dollar with the Pentagon doesn't buy you an extra dollar on defense. Republicans need to look skeptically at military spending.

Grover Norquist

I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run.

Bill Dickey

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible.

Don Nickles

God's first line of defense - and offense - for every situation is prayer.

Joyce Meyer

Being a dandy is a condition rather than a profession. It is a defense against suffering and a celebration of life.

Sebastian Horsley

I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.

Shimon Peres

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.

John Madden

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?

Patrick Henry

Albus Dumbledore: Witness for the defense, Albus Percival Wulfric... Brian... Dumbledore.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Rooster Cogburn: [referring to the defense attorney] Pencil-necked son of a bitch!

True Grit