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Offensive Quotes - Page 2

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.

Robert Burns, James Currie (1844). “The Works of Robert Burns: With Dr. Currie's Memoir of the Poet, and an Essay on His Genius and Character”, p.276

People say the customer is always right, but you know what - they're not. Sometimes they are wrong and they need to be told so.

"Ryanair puts 32% jump in profits down to being nicer" by Gwyn Topham, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2014.

Are we going to say sorry for our lack of customer service? Absolutely not.

"Ryanair shows how much it cares" by Julia Day, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 2002.

No fruit dies so vile and offensive a death as the banana.

Kiran Desai (2007). “The Inheritance of Loss”, p.43, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.

Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.25, Paladin Press

Not to him who is offensive to us are we most unfair, but to him who doth not concern us at all.

Friedrich Nietzsche (2016). “Thus spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None”, p.110, Friedrich Nietzsche

The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.

Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.26, Courier Corporation

Things that are really offensive make me laugh because I like things that push the envelope, go out on a limb, and are bold.

"Courteney Cox Talks Directorial Debut JUST BEFORE I GO, Gus Van Sant’s Advice, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 26, 2015.

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

Hugh Blair (1827). “Sermons ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the life and character of the author, by James Finlayson ... A new edition, etc. With a portrait”, p.45