Offends Quotes

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While we often huddle in groups of like-minded people, those with faith blaze a trail that threatens all of our comfort zones. Faith offends the… — Leonard Ravenhill
Truth offends everyone outside its definitions. But the irony of truth is that the greater its potential for offense, the greater its potential for giving… — David Jeremiah
A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place… — Jonathan Rauch
A modern hospital is like Grand Central Stationâ€”all noise and hubbub, and is filled with smoking physicians, nurses, orderlies, patients and visitors. Soft drinks are… — Herbert M. Shelton
Nothing so offends the doctrinaire intellectual as our ability to achieve the momentous in a matter-of-fact way, unblessed by words. — Eric Hoffer
When someone offends you, you can raise your spirits to heights where offenses cannot reach. — Anthony de Mello
You can deny all you want that there is etiquette, and a lot of people do in everyday life. But if you behave in a… — Judith Martin
Insofar as one can talk of a Vionnet school, it comes mostly from my having been an enemy of fashion. There is something superficial and… — Madeleine Vionnet
I brought this case because I am an atheist and this offends me, and I have the right to bring up my daughter without God… — Michael Newdow
Oh! it offends me to the soul to hear a robust periwig-pated fellow, tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears… — William Shakespeare
A dog can have a friend; he has affections and character, he can enjoy equally the field and the fireside; he dreams, he caresses, he… — Leigh Hunt
The knight departing for new adventures offends his lady, yet she has nothing but contempt for him if he remains at her feet. — Simone de Beauvoir
Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. Â An act of sex is one of the most human things. Â But an… — Hozier
It's easier not to make a particular joke in case it offends. But every joke will offend someone, and I've always believed that the audience… — David Walliams
Those who want to be offended don't have the right to try and close down the newspaper that offends them. — Christopher Hitchens
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind. — Quintilian
When I'm looking for a strong female character, or a strong character at all, I'm looking for a character that has a purpose in that… — Kelly Sue DeConnick
[L]et us work to rid ourselves of our attacks of over-zealousness especially when it offends against respect, esteem, and charity. — Vincent de Paul
Though dissenters seem to question everything in sight, they are actually bundles of dusty answers and never conceived a new question. What offends us most… — Eric Hoffer
Too much zeal offends where indirection works. — Euripides

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