Offend Quotes

234 quotes by 208 authors

Back in the old days, everyone was shocked if a band had a sponsor for their tour. Now, Bob Dylan can do a commercial for… — Judd Apatow
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. — Benjamin Franklin
This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it… — Neil Gaiman
My family was all born in Sicily and I'm Italian-American. They're the real thing. They're authentic Italians, and honestly they're the most open-minded, nicest people… — Vinny Guadagnino
I don't aim to offend. — Billy Connolly
If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment. — Larry Flynt
Let's face it: It's difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom. — Alan King
A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her… — Jerry Lewis
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… — Rush Limbaugh
When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Why don't the names of Buddha, Mohammed, Confucius offend people? The reason is that these others didn't claim to be God, but Jesus did. — Josh McDowell
I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended. — Taslima Nasrin
It seems no matter what you say and how politically correctly and carefully you say it, you offend someone. Or at least I always do. — Gary Numan
You can only offend me if you mean something to me. — Chris Rock
Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an observation that's not… — Jeff Ross
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls. — Jean Rostand
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. — Salman Rushdie
The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. — George Bernard Shaw
I don't set out to offend or shock, but I also don't do anything to avoid it. — Sarah Silverman

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