The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive.
The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary.
By going on the defensive. . . libertarians are, inadvertently, conceding that speech should be policed for propriety, and that those who violate standards set by the PC set are somehow defective on those grounds alone and deserve to be purged from "polite" company.
I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive.
I've been trying to work on my positioning and defensive game.
I learned through apprenticeship. I was an assistant to a defensive coach, and I'm still learning.
I don't think I was awake for much of my childhood. I did a lot of napping. This might have been a defensive measure against encroaching depression. Until about the age of eleven or twelve, I had zero interests other than trying to steal gumballs from supermarket gumball machines.
When you see those in healthcare who don't get this burn-out, they are very motherly, fatherly, or loving and attentive with the patients. [These] wonderful caretakers, doctors, and nurses don't get as much burn-out as people who are more defensive of the feelings and suffering of others.
Relationship between human beings is based on the image-forming, defensive mechanism. In our relationships each of us builds an image about the other, and these two images have relationship, not the human beings themselves.
Children have an unerring instinct for knowing when they are being patronized. They go immediately on the defensive against head-patting adults who treat them like strange beings.
I don't like defensive shots-you can only get threes
The first reaction is, get defensive. Second reaction is, what are we going to do about it?
Early evening traffic was beginning to clog the avenue with cars. The sun slanted down behind him. Harry glanced at the drivers of the cars. They seemed unhappy. The world was unhappy. People were in the dark. People were terrified and disappointed. People were caught in traps. People were defensive and frantic. They felt as if their lives were being wasted. And they were right.
I used to get defensive and react. Like you, I get pushed and pulled [backstage]. . . . Sometimes people are rude to me, and I feel like, 'You know, guys, I'm just here trying to do my job. . . . ' And the reality is, everyone else is just trying to do their job. . . and sometimes they get on a power trip [and] you feel disrespected. But that's their problem. It's not my problem.
Today, I wanted to spend some time reading and responding to comments of fans on my Facebook page. Yes, there are great comments, but there are also a lot of people who are very opinionated and judgmental. So, initially, when I read these judgmental comments, I don't feel vulnerable, but rather I get defensive. But once I get past that anger, it sort of becomes hurt. It becomes pain.
A defensive referendum is for avoiding war and to help keep the Taiwanese people free of fear.
The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around.
The growth of violent extremism is partly a consequence of how the developed world has become complacent and defensive about its own greatness and ambition.
Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters - and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
