Inappropriate Quote by Kazuo Ishiguro

It is all very well, in these changing times, to adapt one's work to take in duties not traditionally within one's realm; but bantering…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Perhaps if we say it straight, we suspect, if we express our sentiments too excessively or too directly, we'll find we're nothing but banal.

— Leslie Jamison

I am talking about anything that is a provocation - ignore it. When something falls under freedom of expression, you can read it and…

— Tariq Ramadan

“Terribly rude expressions (if pronounced grimly) are: ‘I am afraid that…’ ’unless...’ ‘nevertheless…’ ‘How queer...’ and ‘I am sorry, but…’ It is true that…

— George Mikes

The risk of insult is the price of clarity. To be clearly understood one must speak the simple, essential truth as plainly as he…

— Roy H. Williams

It is frequently said that speech that is intentionally provocative and therefore invites physical retaliation can be punished or suppressed. Yet, plainly no such…

— Thomas I. Emerson

The risk of insult is the price of clarity.

— Roy H. Williams

Saying something completely inappropriate and still is charming

— Mazher (@mazher50

Some people find clarity threatening. They like muddle, confusion, obscurity. So when somebody does no more than speak clearly it sounds threatening.

— Richard Dawkins

“In every generation there have been matters which the general public is irresistibly tempted to ignore, partly through actual lack of information, but far…

— G. G. Coulton

“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh…

— William Lloyd Garrison

Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.

— Christian Nestell Bovee