He possessed that quality in his profanity of not…

In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God; we are not qualified to profit by…

— Matthew Henry

Let's start with some of the reasons that the press holds its tongue and some of the things that you don't know because of…

— Geneva Overholser

Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.

— Billy Graham

The habit of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional.

— Walter Savage Landor

Sometimes God offends our minds in order to reveal our hearts.

— John Wimber

The miscegenation laws of the South only operate against the legitimate union of the races; they leave the white man free to seduce all…

— Anonymous

I'm really proud of Gunsmoke. We put on a good show every week - one that families could all watch together without offending anyone.

— Ken Curtis

Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

— Daniel Defoe

There is speaking well, speaking easily, speaking justly and speaking seasonably: It is offending against the last, to speak of entertainments before the indigent;…

— Jean de la Bruyere

If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong.

— Noam Chomsky

Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace.

— Thomas a Kempis

There is a strange taboo in our society against ending something merely because it is not pleasant-- life, love, a conversation, you name it,…

— Helen DeWitt

It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it,…

— Michel de Montaigne

He would be guilty of mortal sin, because he exposes himself to the danger of grievously offending God. Hence, before he acts he must…

— Alphonsus Liguori

It's very irresponsible as a parent to follow Tipper Gore or the Religious Right's advice and just take the offending CD or game away…

— Jello Biafra