Quotes About Offense

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.

We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From this high ground we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities. We take pride in our short fuses. Our anger elevates, transcends.

The idea that any kind of free society can be constructed in which people will never be offended or insulted, or in which they have the right to call on the law to defend them against being offended or insulted, is absurd.

Nobody has the right to not be offended. That right doesn't exist in any declaration I have ever read. If you are offended it is your problem, and frankly lots of things offend lots of people.

We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives is, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From this high ground we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities. We take pride in our short fuses. Our anger, transcends.

The idea that any kind of free society can be constructed in which people will never be offended or insulted, or in which they have the right to call on the law to defend them against being offended or insulted, is absurd... The moment you say that an idea system is sacred, the moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.

Ci offendiamo facilmente, mortalmente. Siamo arrivati a pensare che offendersi sia uno dei diritti fondamentali. Pochissime cose apprezziamo più della nostra indignazione, che ci dà, a parer nostro, la giustificazione morale. Dall'alto di questa posizione possiamo sparare ai nostri nemici e infliggere loro gravi perdite. Siamo fieri della nostra suscettibilità.

Your principal concern appears to be that the creator of the universe will take offense at something people do while naked.

People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.

Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength.

I'm not offended until you think I'm offended.

Obviously defense is my strength, but I still need to improve on that. I need to improve on offense. Every part.

Contempt for flowers is an offence against God. The lovelier the flower, the greater the offence in despising it. The tulip is the loveliest of all flowers. So whoever despised the tulip offends God immeasurably.

To despise flowers is to offend God. The more beautiful the flower is, the more does one offend God in despising it. The tulip is the most beautiful of all flowers. Therefore, he who despises the tulip offends God beyond measure.

cuanto que los orientales no se limitan como Mitrídates, a hacer de los venenos una coraza. Hacen también de él un puñal. En sus manos la ciencia no es sólo una arma defensiva, sino a veces ofensiva. La una les sirve contra sus sufrimientos, la otra contra sus enemigos.

APOLOGIZE, v.i. To lay the foundation for a future offence.

You can't stop the offense from coming, but you can keep it from getting down in you. How much time are you spending offended, bitter, holding on to a grudge? How much more could you accomplish if you would start letting things go?

Clear out the worry, clear out the offense, clear out the negativity. Live from a place of peace, a place of rest, a place of faith. God has you in the palm of His hand. Nothing you're facing is a surprise to Him.

Every one has something in his nature which, if he were to express it openly, would of necessity give offence.

I brought this case because I am an atheist and this offends me, and I have the right to bring up my daughter without God being imposed into her life by her schoolteachers.

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be reguarded as a criminal offense.

A conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men.

Censorship offends me.

You add insult to injury. (Injuriae Addis Contumeliam)