Quotes About Offense

Those who are offended by something are most often those who deserve to be offended by it.

A foreign swear-word is practically inoffensive except to the person who has learnt it early in life and knows its social limits.

It's impossible to go through life not offending people. All you have to do is basically have an opinion on anything, and you're gonna offend people.

Offence is important; that's how you know you care about things. Imagine a life where you're not offended. So dull.

You know, one of these days, I'm actually going to take offense if people keep throwing out these slurs. And then things are going to get rather ugly. When we Skandians do take offense, we do it with a battleax.

Gundar isn't so much a ship's captain as a reformed pirate and a heathen." [Evanlyn] looked apologetically at Gundar. "No offense, Gundar." The skirl shrugged cheerfully. "None taken, little lady. It's a pretty fair description. Not sure about the reformed part," he added thoughtfully.

Troy interjected that murder was unlikely to be one of the many ways in which Wells had offended society.

This offense is all about scoring points.

Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.

Had not the guilt of Adam's offense been charged to his posterity, none would die in infancy. Yet it does not necessarily follow that any who expire in early childhood are eternally lost. That they are born into this world spiritually dead, alienated from the life of God, is clear; but whether they die eternally, or are saved by sovereign grace, is probably one of those secret things which belong to the Lord.

we need to stand up for our own principles as liberals. Specifically, we need to say to offended Western Muslims (and their liberal supporters) that it is not we who must accommodate their beliefs and sensitivities. Rather, it is they who must learn to live with our commitment to free speech.

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed.

The point of freedom was that everyone could dress however they wanted, was it not? Was it genuinely such a point of offense to women who dressed more liberally that she, Nour, chose not to?

The regressive Left ranks minority groups in a pecking order to compete in a kind of 'Oppression Olympics.' Gold medal goes to the most offended.

You want to be on the offense and make the defense react. I feel like that.

You have to play offense and defense without thinking, and react like you know what to do, but if you're thinking of where to be and 1,000 other things you can lose focus. You're trying to play hard, but you're overthinking.

I think I've gotten more comfortable and more confident on the defensive end. I've just been able to anticipate things a little bit better instead of reacting to how guys play offensively.

The defense can be affected by certain guys not being comfortable in the offense, and then not just playing and reacting on the other end.

Defense is natural. Defense is a reaction. Offense - you've gotta do the moves; you've gotta get it down pat.

If you're going to do something that's going to cause offence to people, you're always going to get a reaction.

It is a core principle that prosecutors should charge and pursue the most serious readily provable offense.

For the people who are offended about the fact that we have a bunch of criminals and criminal enablers and buffoons and scheisters and con men and frauds and real estate frauds running our country and our government, they like to hear that they're not the only ones that feel that way.

Any guard would love playing with a great big man, one who rebounds, blocks shots, and scores.

You've got to be able to guard hard and then work yourself offensively to get shots.