Offended Quotes · Page 8

Those who want to be offended don't have the right to try and close down the newspaper that offends them.

— Christopher Hitchens

Opinions are like noses, everyone has one, and they often stick them where they shouldn't go.

— Anonymous

Whatever I wrote was heretical. It offended the editors of the women's magazines.

— Betty Friedan

A rather painful aspect of using an unknown language is that you dont even realize that you've offended someone unknowingly.

— Anonymous

We have to get up in the morning and do what's right, and if that offends people then they're just going to…

— Leigh Anne Tuohy

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

— Rene Descartes

What harm has he ever done to you?' 'You know what harm he's done me. He offended me with his terrible taste.

— Nick Hornby

Opinions are like feet. Everybody's got a couple, and they usually stink.

— Jim Slattery

Those who become offended do not fully realize how great a debt He has already paid for them to be free. They…

— John Bevere

The true reason of Ms. Rice's attack against Russia is very simple. Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks…

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Having a book censored means something. It means you have deeply offended one or more people who felt they needed to protect…

— Felice Picano

C'mon, Tabitha. You stabbed me the night we met without even blinking. (Valerius) Yeah, but you were a dirtbag then. (Tabitha) I…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes…

— Aristophanes

If I do get offended, you'll probably know about it because I'm very honest and I don't hold back when it comes…

— Liz Cambage

“He wasn't yours to get hurt by. He was someone else's and you knew that, so why are you offended? What right…

— Donna Lynn Hope

I do walk with a bit of a swagger. I do swear a lot. And people are going to be offended by…

— Danny Dyer

“Do I shock you? I think I do. That’s the problem these days – nobody speaks their mind. No, don’t smile. They…

— Alexander McCall Smith

When Jesus came to earth, demons recognized him, the sick flocked to him, and sinners doused his feet and head with perfume.…

— Philip Yancey

During intervals of humanity, some disposition has been manifested to permit the return of those who have never offended, who have been…

— John Marshall

I'm offended by the kind of smarmy religiosity that's all around us, perhaps more in America than in Europe, and not really…

— Steven Weinberg

I actually had an up-and-down relationship with the media. There were so many times where I think I offended people, or I…

— Ryan Clark

It is an absurd law [Section 295A of the Indian penal code] but also extremely dangerous because it gives fanatics, whether they…

— Richard Dawkins

Love is all around you like the air and is the very breath of your being. But you cannot know it, feel…

— Barry Long

“Claiming to be offended is a great way to elevate yourself at the expense of others: “Look at me! I'm a much…

— Oliver Markus Malloy

Don't get offended, there's no need for insecurity, Age is but a number, it's all about maturity.

— Chi-Ali

It's pretty hard to offend me. I actually think people are a little too easily offended.

— Andy Dick

“...the laws of nature have continually all my life offended me more than anything.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the ones I keep to myself.

— Anonymous

People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.

— John Wesley

Don't change your mind just because people are offended; change your mind if you're wrong.

— Criss Jami

The row of dolls watched her impassively from the bookshelf, their tea party propriety almost certainly offended.

— Holly Black

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did…

— William Shakespeare

“People who are easily offended should live on an island to avoid offenses!”

— Mary Hall-Rayford

I would give my life a thousand times that God might not be offended.

— Gerard Majella

My advice is toughen up, work hard. Start taking responsibility for yourself. Stop being so offended.

— Sara Evans

We apologize for the fact that the cartoons undeniably have offended many Muslims.

— Carsten Juste

Our justice system is a punitive one that's there to sort of deal with what happens after someone's already offended.

— Zoe Quinn

Don't be offended by your lack of purity. Purity is a seed that will grow and develop.

— Frederick Lenz

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

— Marcus Brigstocke