Offensive Quotes

415 Offensive quotes by 336 unique authors

People misinterpret what I say all the time: They think I'm being offensive, when really, I'm only being opinionated. — Taylor Momsen
I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people. — Viggo Mortensen
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive. — Friedrich Nietzsche
What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not… — Barack Obama
Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself. — Chuck Palahniuk
So we're considering doing a new Christmas album, because there's been Christmas episodes since then, and maybe finally do the version of 'The Most Offensive… — Trey Parker
I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's emotional buttons, and… — Steven Pinker
I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild. — Iggy Pop
We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I am not now, nor will I ever be, a candidate for offensive coordinator of Iowa. — Marco Rubio
It's one thing to say, 'I don't like what you said to me and I find it rude and offensive,' but the moment you threaten… — Salman Rushdie
A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation. — Bertrand Russell
When I was in college, my school newspaper accepted an ad from a Holocaust revisionist organization. This would have been offensive on most college campuses… — Simon Sinek
An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Some people can do things and get away with it. Comics are famously like that. Why is it that some guys can say the most… — Christopher Walken
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated… — George Washington
Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe. — Alfred North Whitehead
I am edgy, raw, offensive, vulgar, untruthful, but intelligent. My jokes are always realistic. I do not make fun of children or people who cannot… — Vir Das
I have a rule - 'funny is funny!' When I write comedy, it's not my aim to upset people. I will be offensive, edgy and… — Vir Das
People in Britain see Richard Quest as a kind of an offensive cartoon character. — John Oliver
The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was… — Sam Harris
People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The commentator may be excused for repeating what he has stressed in his own books and lectures, namely that "offensive" is frequently but a synonym… — Vladimir Nabokov
Painting is not made to decorate apartments. It's an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy. (about Guernica). — Pablo Picasso
They trespassed upon my thoughts. They were intruders whose knowledge of life was to me an irritating pretense, because I felt so sure they could… — Joseph Conrad

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