Quotes About Controversy

I was fired from a movie because I did 'Heathers!' I was cast in a movie, and the director saw an advance screening and was offended by it and fired me.

People, I think, are more interested in being offended than getting to the heart of a situation. And to go after comedians to me is so counterproductive, because comedy is kind of a medicine.

Some people were offended by a show about cougars.

I apologize to those of you I offended for coming out against the Ex-Im Bank. I'm not changing my mind on it, but I just wanted to let you know I apologize for that.

I understand why people could look at things that Donald Trump says and be deeply offended by them and feel that he is not looking out for their best interests.

There is no right to not be offended, nor should there be.

I think the 'New York Times' would rather be offended than dead.

I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity offender.

It's completely beyond comprehension that you just can't say anything without offending somebody or the other.

With my humor, I end up offending everybody!

If you're not offending one group of people, you're not entertaining the other.

There is a demographic catastrophe happening in Europe that nobody wants to talk about, that we daren't bring up because we are so cagey about not offending people racially.

Good grief, we're getting offended by everything these days! People can't say anything without offending somebody.

The root of nearly every free-speech infringement on campuses across the country is that someone - almost always a liberal - has been offended or has sniffed out a potential offense in the making.

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.

I didn't just invent saying offensive things.

Insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive.

Obviously Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive.

Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.

I think that 'Judaizing the Galilee' is not an offensive term. We used to talk like that.

Everything is offensive, so I'm enjoying the fact that I'm anti-kind. You've got to go out and just speak your mind. It needs to be heard.

I wouldn't defend comedy that I find offensive, but there is a lot of comedy that some people find offensive which I would defend. You can't talk usefully in generalisations.

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office.

Abortion is either OK or it's not.