People Quote by Jean de la Bruyere

I'm interested in offence and why people take offence in certain ways about certain things.

— Nish Kumar

Crude men who feel themselves insulted tend to assess the degree of insult as high as possible, and talk about the offense in greatly…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.

— Leon Trotsky

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

— Marcus Brigstocke

Taking offense has become America's national pastime; being theatrically offended supposedly signifies the exquisitely refined moral delicacy of people who feel entitled to pass…

— George Will

Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They become focused and energized by taking offence; it makes…

— Michael Leunig

“In my experience, when people take offence at something, it is invariably because they know that there is a large grain of truth in…

— arthur mathews

“One of the most extraordinary examples of adaptation to immaturity in contemporary American society today is how the word abusive has replaced the words…

— Edwin H. Friedman

The robust English view used to be that the correct response to offensive words is to ignore them, or to answer them with a…

— Roger Scruton

To take offence is a great folly, and to give offence is a great folly - I know not which is the greater.

— Amelia Barr

Somebody saying something offensive to you or insulting to you is not pleasant, but it's part of life.

— Megyn Kelly

Offensive is a word that describes what a person is talking about.

— Grass Hopper