Offend Quotes

234 quotes by 208 authors

Ever since taking office, the Obama administration has sought to accommodate Islamist demands that freedom of expression be curbed, lest it offend Muslims and stoke… — Frank Gaffney
Be circumspect how you offend schollers, for knowe, a serpent tooth bites not so ill, as dooth a schollers angrie quill. — John Florio
I think if a book has the power to move a reader, it also has the power to offend a reader. And you want your… — Katherine Paterson
Be yourself. If you water yourself down to please people or to fit in or to not offend anyone, you lose the power, the passion,… — Don Coppersmith
To offend and judge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures. — William Shakespeare
Offend her, and she knows not to forgive; Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live. — Alexander Pope
Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin. — Philip Massinger
Often extraordinary excellence, not being rightly conceived, does rather offend than please. — Philip Sidney
Those who offend us are generally punished for the offence they give; but we so frequently miss the satisfaction of knowing that we are avenged… — Anthony Trollope
It is difficult to offend a New Yorker. — Alan Dershowitz
try to understand that there is more thoughtlessness than malice in the world. People are not out to offend you deliberately and maliciously. But all… — Lawrence G. Lovasik
There is in some men a dispassionate neutrality of mind, which, though it generally passes for good temper, can neither gratify nor warm us: it… — Sir Fulke Greville
Humility is the mother of many virtues because from it obedience, fear, reverence, patience, modesty, meekness and peace are born. He who is humble easily… — Thomas of Villanova
So the horns of the stag are sharp to offend his adversary, but are branched for the purpose of parrying or receiving the thrusts of… — Erasmus Darwin
There is a magic formula for resolving conflicts. It is this: Have as your objective the resolving of the conflict, not the gaining of advantage.… — Peace Pilgrim
Good teachers are not known for telling you what you want to hear, and consequently they're rarely popular because they tend to offend people on… — Frederick Lenz
Naturally I never had the intention to offend or alienate Slavs. â€¦ What makes me different from the â€˜nazisâ€™ are basically three things; unlike them… — Varg Vikernes
Let what offends God offend me, and what God pardons, I pardon. — Criss Jami
Political correctness is as exploitable as any other progressive ideal, but its aim is to stifle the incessant noise of those who flap their careless… — Marcus Brigstocke
To speak and to offend is with some people but one and the same thing. — Jean de la Bruyere

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