Offend Quotations

I don't mean to offend anybody, but I think that we get a lot of scientists now who are bent into a system, and we lose some of their boldness by that. Obviously, you have to learn the ropes, but I think it's important to do that without hammering out the radicalness that makes innovation happen.

With anything you put out there, you're going to offend somebody, but most people get that it's a joke, that I'm playing a character, and that I'm actually making fun of what I'm saying by saying it.

I think the biggest insult, the worst way you can offend a Mexican, is to insult their mother. A mother is the most sacred thing in life.

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.

The problem with State of the Union speeches is that they are, by their nature and design, alphabet soup. It's hard to know what a president really cares about when they run down a laundry list and check every issue box under the sun for fear they will offend some constituency if they don't.

My point is simply this: I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and hard core, radical way for the Lord. In the process, if I insult a couple of people, if I offend a couple of people, and if I got to shake it up a little bit, as long as it is led by the Holy Spirit, amen.

People invade your space and offend your sensibilities because, to be plain, they couldn't care less about you.

Can a democratic nation fight a War on Terror and at the same time bend over backward so as not to offend a few visitors' rights?

If I wouldn't offend my religion or God, why would I want to offend an audience because in effect those people are being watched over by the same person.

It's OK to burn a Bible, that's OK. OK to burn a flag, OK, that's all right. But just, you know, for heaven's sake, don't say anything that might offend someone of the Islamic religion.

Don't break me up - I wouldn't offend any person, be they black, Asian or whatever.

Imagine for a moment the result if everyone were to love one another as Jesus loves his disciples. We would have no bickering, quarreling, strife, or contention in our homes. We would not offend or insult one another either verbally or in any other way. We would not have unnecessary litigation over small matters.

I don't believe I can offend you in a comedy club. I don't believe I can offend you in a concert. A comedy club is a place where you work out material; you're trying material.

I never had to look for confidence because I just wore what I wanted to wear. I would never wear anything to offend my husband or my mother, but outside of that, I always figured, I hope I'm not a rebel, and I hope everybody liked it. And if they didn't like it, it really was not going to disturb me because it was their problem, not mine.

My father always wanted to be 'Col-bear.' He lived in the same town as his father, and his father didn't like the idea of the name with the French pronunciation. So my father said to us, 'Do what you want. You're not going to offend anybody.' And he was dead long before I made my decision.

We're not apologizing for printing the cartoon. I do personally to any caller, letter-writer, anybody that comes in. We're not attempting to offend a certain ethnicity, race, or religion. It just so happens in this case that one was offended, and we did know that going in.

We've tried to be consistent from the start by not asking for jail time for any of the players. I don't want to offend anybody by having them pick up trash. Maybe they can work with kids in Indiana and (Detroit). That would be a positive thing and it's the best thing for everybody. Everybody wants to move forward from what happened (last November).

We deeply respect all religions, including Islam, and it is important for me to tell you that the Danish people have no intention to offend Muslims.

When I drive to work, I listen to thuggish rap at a very loud volume, even though the lyrics are degrading to women and offend me to my core. I am mortified by my music choices.

The protests must be pursued everywhere. Bush and Rice should keep quiet and we tell them that we will not forgive those who offend our Prophet.

When you do a film, when you do a television show, eventually someone comes along and will say to you, 'Don't say that because, one, you will offend someone, or, two, no one will get that. Someone's going to be confused by that, not get the reference and feel abandoned, and then they will get angry at the entertainment.'

Moving from the theological to the practical implications of Sony's snafu, the company couldn't have picked a worse time to offend its customers. Sony has already conceded a six-month head start to competitor Microsoft in the upcoming market-share battle for the next generation of game consoles. Microsoft's Xbox 360 is expected to debut this fall; Sony's PlayStation 3 will not arrive until the spring of 2006.

My job is not to bring people together. My job is to teach history. History is not pleasant in many cases, and I made it very clear in class that this is America and you all have the right to offend but you do not have the right to not be offended.

If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out.

I don't know about wearing the 'C' thing and everything. It's a difference -- a difference in the uniform. And I don't know if I agree with that. So we'll have to sit down and talk about it because it is singling out one person on our team. I don't want to offend anybody, but I think this team operates best when everybody is uniformed the same way.

Basically, anything goes, as long as it's not obscene, doesn't offend or present a safety hazard.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

What you might think is ... couldn't you make a religious game where critics, fans and retailers would all line up and universally say 'Here's a game that has some sort of moral or educational value?'. But people tend to take religion extremely personally and therefore have more opportunity to be offended. If you make, say, a Christian based game, are you going to make it a Protestant game? If so, that might offend the Catholics.

There is an endless supply of speech that seems to offend these days.

John Kerry didn't out me, nor did he offend or attack me by calling me a lesbian. I certainly couldn't be offended by the truth.

Jason is an intense guy, and the older, experienced guys don't care about that -- they'll challenge him. When they believe in a player, they're going to tell him, whether he likes it or not. They're not afraid to offend him, and he likes that, too.

I think people should have the common courtesy and judgment - the good judgment - not to be - not to offend other peoples' faiths.

I think everybody pre-censors today. We have a politically correct, obsessed society. The prevailing rule of the day is don't offend anybody.

Maybe she took it a little too far, but even the African-Americans in attendance didn't seem to mind. I don't think it was racism. Maybe it was ignorance. They just didn't know. They didn't intend to offend anybody.

I would like to express very clearly that the European Union people do respect the countries of this part of the world and don't want to offend anybody.

You just don't want to offend anyone in a game like this, but at the same time you don't want to tell your kids not to try. I really didn't know what to do. I really care about a lot of the kids over there, and the last thing you want to do is pound them down.

We have some women travel with us sometimes. We don't want to offend anyone.

We never intended for the team's name to offend any member of the Houston community. We listened hard to the fan reaction and believe that the Houston Dynamo name is an exciting, appropriate and locally relevant new team brand.

When revising, consider whether you have written anything that will hurt or offend a member of your immediate family. If the answer is no, go back and add something.

We arrive at a worrying moment but our position is one of solidarity with President Clinton, ... I do not wish to offend U.S. parliamentarians but it seems to me this goes against what the people want, and that is serious.

We can't allow people to offend our country.

There is a chance I could offend some people here today. I'm going to tell you things you need to hear. That's never easy.

To me, the peace sign is about supporting our troops. I feel like I have to have bumper stickers now. It (angers) some people ... I don't want to offend people ... (but) I can't just sit there and take it.

You have to be willing to offend in order to make progress.

With every company, you walk this line. Who could we offend that we won't be doing business with tomorrow?

We've heard from a very vocal audience that some people are upset about the name. At no time did we want to offend people with the choice of the name ? soccer unites the world, and we want to do that with our league ? so we have had to look closely at changing the name.

We should have killed all those who offend the Prophet and instead here we are, protesting peacefully.

Could it be that the government of the United States feels hurt that Cuba cooperates with a brother nation? Does that offend the U.S. government ... is it antidemocratic, is it a crime?

There's something about uninterrupted singing that just doesn't work for me, because at some point, I need my characters to talk. Without meaning to offend anyone, a musical like 'Les Miserables' would be the last thing I'd ever be interested in.

It was the wrong place at the wrong time, a matter of circumstances, I think. It was never my intention to offend anyone.

Sometimes I will see children with unruly hair and I just want to walk up to their mothers and tell them what they need to do. I'm just always afraid that I will offend them.

People don't enjoy violence in real life, but they love it in their movies. And I think a lot of studio horror movies don't want to offend anybody. If there's anything that's too far out there, they test it and if it offends people, they take it out. But Open Water , Wolf Creek , The Devil's Rejects - these are movies made outside of the studio system, that don't have a happy ending. (The studios and critics) forget that that's what people are paying for - to be terrified and disturbed.

Of course, you are going to offend somebody. But if your life's work is going to be run into the ground, who benefits from that?

The MPC Computers Bowl, whose roots are based on a humanitarian model of service, would never attempt to discredit, humiliate or offend anyone.

After it was clear we'd hit a raw nerve in the community, we didn't want to offend anybody.

The bottom line is that at no time did the team or Major League Soccer ever want to offend any members of the Houston community. We certainly apologize to those who feel wronged or insulted. We're listening to their concerns, and we're carefully analyzing the situation. We want everyone to be part of Major League Soccer in Houston.

You're in front of an audience and thinking off the top of your head - you're going to say things that offend people sometimes. Sometimes I'll be driving home, and I'll be like, 'Oh, crap, I shouldn't have said that.'

You might offend other passengers. Most people don't want to sit across from someone wearing a tank top at the dinner table.

This is pure window-dressing, so the administration can get some new stories out there without offering any solutions that will offend (the Republican party's) biggest contributor -- the oil industry.

A lot of people feel this is such a dicey, contested territory, and they don't want to offend viewers, so they avoid it entirely,

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They feel that if they publish these cartoons, they will offend Muslims, causing more demonstrations, perhaps even riots. And that some of their own journalists may be targeted. I think that is, frankly, what explains it.

This is what I call power joking, ... We've gotten very politically correct at corporations and we don't want to make a joke to offend somebody or another group. So make fun of yourself.

It's a swimsuit calendar. And you have girls in swimsuits in the calendars. There might be somebody who looks at it and says, 'My son is 12, and it's not right.' We just didn't want to take a chance. We are not trying to offend anyone or upset anyone.

It's a real love story in an extreme situation, ... I was afraid of only one thing. I was afraid to offend the memory of survivors on Jewish people, which I respect so much.

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

It's light-hearted. We've taken out all the language -- just things that would offend a Utah audience.

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! / It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

The biggest terrorist is the God of the Quran. I know this is very dangerous and this will offend many people. The more you follow the steps of the prophet of Islam and the God of Islam, the more you get close to being a terrorist.

The administration hasn't given any detail. They're not interested in passing it. They're just interested in talking about it. In the software business, they call this vaporware. They don't want to offend this side or the other side, so they punt.

It's a movie. It's entertainment. If other little people feel like they're being offended, it doesn't offend me, so just take it as it is.

I want everyone to understand that I never intended to offend anyone.

Nothing was intentional ever. He agreed with the statement. He did not come out and try and offend anyone. There was no intent, there was no malicious intent.

The last thing I would ever want to do is offend my favorite pop musical genius icon,

I hope (the ban) doesn't backfire because there's so much stress and so much isolation. They offend because they don't really have good coping mechanisms and I'm afraid more stress is going to (cause the ban to backfire). They're already under Megan's Law -- community supervision for life -- and that's stressful for them. But add to that ... Where are you going to live? Where are you going to go?

In the U.S., for example, we just take a business card and stuff it in a pocket, but that would offend a lead in China.

(In) the European Union we feel a profound respect yesterday, today and tomorrow and we never had wanted in any case to offend their feelings.

I look at it as part of the same kind of mind-set that looks at the tourist industry as paramount, and therefore anything that might offend tourists, the powers that be don't want. So they pass these things sometimes forgetting the fact we're not in a private Disneyland here.

I have to be careful, as I don't want to offend Midlanders, but growing up, it wasn't like growing up in London. Anything you were interested in, you'd be able to find someone also interested in it. In the Midlands, nobody came out as gay at my school at all.

I really don't want to offend anyone's beliefs or impose anything on anyone and it was mistaken to do it,

If you say, 'I don't want to offend anyone,' then don't get on stage. Just ask yourself, 'Do I think it is right? Do I think it is offensive? And do I think that everyone is okay to hear this? If I truly believe this, then I should go and do this.'

I realize the things I said might have been hurtful to many people and I want everyone to understand that I never intended to offend anyone.

But inasmuch as I fear to offend against the truth, or to gainsay the opinion of the doctors of the Church, I cannot abjure any one of them.

By no means was I trying to offend anyone in their organization. It was just something funny for the guys to laugh at in the locker room. They're our rivals, and I apologize if I offended anyone, but it was just a little joke.

I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back.

I don't want to say how old I was when I started watching Bourque, because it might offend him.

'The Truth About Lorin Jones' will undoubtedly shock and offend as many readers as it will amuse, since it dares to make fun of feminism - of its manners, if not its politics.

The Holy Father reiterates his firm and absolute disapproval of such actions that offend God, violate the fundamental right to life and undermine peaceful coexistence.

The lottery has become the white noise of society. It doesn't stand out as it once would have. As long as people here keep the lottery cool and don't offend the North Carolina sensibility as long as it doesn't get tacky I think it'll come off fairly well here.