Offensive Quotes - Page 9

• I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me.

  Lena Dunham

  Political, September, Residents

  "Downtown’s Daughter" by Rebecca Mead, www.newyorker.com. November 15, 2010.

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• I don't find the whole cougar word that offensive.

  Courteney Cox

  Cougars, Whole

  "Courteney Cox Opens Up: The Interview". Interview with Anamaria Wilson, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 15, 2011.

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• I understand being less sexy than Osama bin Laden, but not less sexy than Carrot Top. That, I find offensive.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Sexy, Osama Bin Laden, Carrots

  "Gilbert Gottfried revels in being ‘unsexiest’" by Paige Newman, www.today.com. April 18, 2006.

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• 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

  People, Wish, Patient

  Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 10

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• In fact, it's become politically important to offend people, because we have to fight back against this notion that being offensive should be against the law or something, and that everyone supposedly deserves "respect" for their often dopy views.

  Lionel Shriver

  Fighting, People, Important

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Congress has created and funded a huge peacetime military that has substantial abilities to wage offensive operations, and it has not placed restrictions on the use of that military or the funds to support it, because it would rather let the president take the political risks in deciding on war. If Congress wanted to play a role in restricting war, it could - it simply does not want to. But we should not mistake a failure of political will for a violation of the Constitution.

  John Yoo

  War, Mistake, Military

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Painting is not made to decorate apartments. It's an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy. (about Guernica).

  Pablo Picasso

  Enemy, Guernica, Weapons

  Pablo Picasso (1972). “Picasso on art: a selection of views”, Viking Adult

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• 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 for "unusual;" and a great work of art is of course always original, and thus by its very nature should come more or less as a shocking surprise.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Art, Book, Stressed

  Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated”, p.60, Vintage

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• If Islam is so peaceful, why is everybody so damn frightened of offending them? And on the other hand, if Christianity is so violent as people like Whoopi Goldberg and others tell us, why is nobody afraid to offend Christians? People laugh at, make fun of, and mock Christians all day long with no fear whatsoever. But you so much as think anything offensive about Islam, and they descend on you and they accuse you of violating political correctness and they beg you to shut up.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Christian, Fun, Thinking

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• People in Britain see Richard Quest as a kind of an offensive cartoon character.

  John Oliver

  Character, People, Cartoon

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• 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 immature, but I will also be very intelligent and relevant. At my shows, there are no holy cows.

  Vir Das

  Writing, Intelligent, People

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• 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 fight back. That is my limitation.

  Vir Das

  Children, Fun, Fighting

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• Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Life, Math, Mechanism

  Adventures of Ideas (1933) pt. 1, ch. 5

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• I don't understand why we have laws that prevent someone from walking a school campus and selling alcohol or drugs but somehow can't feed our children who attend those schools a healthy balanced diet, which I think is a lot worse. It's offensive and I think anyone who isn't offended by it is an idiot.

  Andrew Zimmern

  Children, School, Thinking

  Source: nyc.brightestyoungthings.com

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• 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 horrible things and it's not offensive, it's funny?

  Christopher Walken

  Funny, People, Guy

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• People say bad things about me. I've had people tell me, "You know, Rush, I've been telling people to listen to you and listen to you, and I finally get 'em to do it, and then you say something so offensive, and they look me, 'You listen to this?' And I'm tired of defending you, Rush. Why do you say stupid things?" I know what this is like.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Stupid, Tired, People

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• When I first came in the NBA League you were slotted into a position and you did what you were slotted to do and there wasn't much room to expand your role. Today's game with the offensive schemes and the defensive schemes, it really allows to have a lot more creativity as a basketball player.

  Shane Battier

  Basketball, Creativity, Player

  Source: www.sbnation.com

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• There are certain things that are probably too mean. I don't particularly like fat jokes. Those kind of bother me. But I guess what I was trying to say is, if I said I would never laugh at this, you could probably dig around and find a situation where I did laugh. I try not to be a hypocrite with that one. I find when there's a controversy about someone saying something offensive, I usually take the angle of, "Well, I don't know if that was offensive; it just wasn't funny." I generally don't gasp, "Oh my God!" I think people have been getting raked over the coals lately.

  Todd Barry

  Hypocrite, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

  Red Auerbach

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• Individuals because of their identity can't render an impartial judgment is just deeply offensive and contrary to all the ideals of the judicial system that we value.

  Deborah Rhode

  Identity, Judgment, Individual

  "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.

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• It is quite clear that as long as the nations of the world spend most of their energy, money, and emotional strength in quarreling with words and weapons, a true offensive against the common problems that threaten human survival is not very likely. A world government that can channel human efforts in the direction of the great solutions seems desirable, even essential. Naturally, such a world government should be a federal one, with regional and local autonomy safeguarded and with cultural diversity promoted.

  Isaac Asimov

  Emotional, World Government, Law

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• God as "he," as a patriarchal thing, is offensive to me. It's standard fare for America - "he, he, he." Every time I hear that, it's like another blow against females. It's very radical talk at this point for females to say this kind of stuff, but nationwide, I still hear females referring to God as "he."

  Patty Griffin

  Blow, America, Female

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• I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive.

  Russell Simmons

  Hip Hop, Hips, Hops

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• Someone on Twitter sent me a page from a textbook. It had a picture of a football player next to a picture of me. The juxtaposition was meant to illustrate two meanings of "offensive." Seriously. It broke my heart. It's that accepted what I do is offensive?

  Sarah Silverman

  Football, Heart, Player

  "Comedian Sarah Silverman". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.mrt.com. March 27, 2011.

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• I think that I have been clear that demonizing and demagoguing about Muslims is not only offensive it is dangerous and it plays into ISIS's hands.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Isis, Hands

  Source: www.npr.org

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