Quotes About Sensitivity

I think most five-foot-two people would be quite offended if they were to be called dwarves.

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

You don't get to tell people why they can't be offended. That's not how that works.

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

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

I don't want to go about offending people; that's not my plan.

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.

We don't like offending anyone.

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

We'd never do anything tasteless. There's enough to make fun of without offending.

Private emails between friends and colleagues written in haste and without much thought or sensitivity, even when the content of them is meant to be in jest, can result in offense where none was intended.

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.

What is offensive is different for everyone.

That's not to say that I don't find anything offensive.

Certain things were deemed to be offensive. It was usually bad language.

All labels are offensive in some way.

I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.

Sometimes people can be offensive and not even realize it.

I make it a point to listen to a song before being a part of it to ensure that there is nothing offensive or downgrading.

I don't really see the point in offensive comedy.

A lot of times I go to a comedy show, I sit there and wait for the comedian to run out of ideas and look at me and make an Asian joke. Which is very different for blacks and Latinos. You can't say certain things because everyone is cognizant of when things are and should be offensive. Asians don't have that luxury.

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.

It's made me more expectant of the imminent return of Jesus, and also more sensitive to the people around me. Knowing Jesus will return soon makes me want all the more to tell people about him and all that he offers.