Offended Quotes - Page 5

• Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.

  Jack Germond

  Groups, Minorities, Sense Of Humor

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• The vanity extended most of all to his library, arguably the real love of Cicero's life. It is difficult to name anything in which he took more pleasure, aside possibly evasion of the sumptuary laws. Cicero liked to believe himself wealthy. He prided himself on his books. He needed no further reason to dislike Cleopatra: intelligent women who had better libraries than he did offended him on three counts.

  Stacy Schiff

  Real, Believe, Book

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• If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: If you pardon, we will mend: And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, We will make amends ere long; Else the Puck a liar call; So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends.

  William Shakespeare

  Good Night, Dream, Liars

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 5, sc. 2, l. 54

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• In the war room, love? What if someone comes in?” I stood and removed his shirt. “Then they’ll have a good story to tell.” “Good?” He adopted the pretense of being offended. “Prove me wrong.

  Maria V. Snyder

  War, What If, Stories

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Fire Study”, p.185, Harlequin

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• “Don't be offended, but you seem to be one of those people who just attract accidents like a magnet. So... try not to fall into the ocean or get run over or anything, all right?” He smiled crookedly. The helplessness had faded as he spoke. I glared at him. “I'll see what I can do,” I snapped as I jumped out into the rain. I slammed the door behind me with excessive force. He was still smiling as he drove away.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Running, Rain, Ocean

  "Twilight". Book by Stephenie Meyer, October 5, 2005.

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• I believe the defining moment was when certain persons, who shall remain nameless, objected to my fuchsia silk striped waistcoat. I loved that waistcoat. I put my foot down, right then and there; I do not mind telling you!" To punctuate his deeply offended feelings, he stamped one silver-and-pearl-decorated high heel firmly. "No one tells me what I can and cannot wear!" He snapped up a lace fan from where it lay on a hall table and fanned himself vigorously with it for emphasis.

  Gail Carriger

  Believe, High Heels, Feet

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• The row of dolls watched her impassively from the bookshelf, their tea party propriety almost certainly offended.

  Holly Black

  Party, Tea, Dolls

  Holly Black (2012). “Tithe”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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• CPR dummy looked like him and had clearly been stabbed. Repeatedly. In the groin. He thought she might have used the dummy for target practice, and tried not to be offended. Key word: tried.

  Gena Showalter

  Keys, Cpr, Practice

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Secret”, p.189, HQN Books

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• Well… don’t be offended, but you smell like a dog.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Dog, Twilight, Smell

  Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

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• a diplomat ... is not worthy of the name unless he can say 'no' and make the other person like it - or at least not be offended by it.

  Margery Wilson

  Names, Diplomats, Worthy

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• Apologies; our cultural obsession with them isn't about actually being offended, or simply needing to hear, “I'm sorry.” It's not really about right or wrong. It's about wanting to throw a rock in the dark and hear something break.

  Jim Norton

  Sorry, Dark, Apology

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• I would never condone violence against women in any form, and for all of those I offended, I am sincerely sorry.

  Russell Simmons

  Sorry, Violence, Form

  "I Get It And I Respect It… The Harriet Tubman Video Has Been Removed." by Russell Simmons, globalgrind.cassiuslife.com. August 15, 2013.

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• I am a big fan of Bleach, as well as other Manga titles. And I am certainly sorry if anyone was offended or upset by what they perceive to be the similarity between my work and the work of artists that I admire and who inspire me.

  Nick Simmons

  Sorry, Artist, Inspire

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• The pastoral labours of the archbishop of Constantinople provoked and gradually united against him two sorts of enemies; the aspiring clergy, who envied his success, and the obstinate sinners, who were offended by his reproofs. When Chrysostom thundered from the pulpit of St. Sophia against the degeneracy of the Christians, his shafts were spent among the crowd, without wounding or even marking the character of any individual.

  Edward Gibbon

  Christian, Character, Past

  Edward Gibbon (1854). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.502

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• The way to stop political correctness is to not do it. If someone says, You offended me then you say I don't care! If they're offended by the truth, that's their issue!

  Brad Stine

  Issues, Political, Care

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• If we choose to be offended when we don't get our own way,
  Then we're going to live constantly on the edge of anger.
  But if we say to ourselves, " A merry heart does good like a medicine,"
  It'll make all the difference in the world.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Heart, Medicine, Differences

  Charles R. Swindoll (1997). “Three Steps Forwards, Two Steps Back”, p.80, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• A free citizen in a free state, it seems to me, has an inalienable right to play with whomsoever he will, so long as he does not disturb the general peace. If any other citizen, offended by the spectacle, makes a pother, then that other citizen, and not the man exercising his inalienable right, should be put down by the police.

  H. L. Mencken

  Exercise, Men, Play

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• You have the right to be offended or not to be offended.

  John Bartlett

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Being offended is a choice. I believe that. You don't have - you don't hear a word and you have to be offended.

  John Bartlett

  Believe, Choices, I Believe

  "How Trump's Controversial Comments Have Been Received By His Supporters". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 12, 2015.

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• It's up to the man to not be offended when she tells him what she needs. He shouldn't say, "I know that!" And he shouldn't say, "The woman that I had before you had ten orgasms without her telling me anything!"

  Ruth Westheimer

  Men, Needs, He Man

  "Ruth Westheimer: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 21, 2010.

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• I know some people are offended by the fact that I'm spending a lot of money trying to win the America's Cup. I could have given all that money to charity.

  Larry Ellison

  Winning, America, People

  "Streets of San Francisco" by Leah Garchik, www.sfgate.com. July 30, 2002.

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• I've learned not to take things personally. We can get offended by anything if we want to. It's not hard to hurt someone's feelings; all they have to do is believe what the offender is saying to be true. No one knows me like I know me, and therefore, no one can hurt me.

  Melanie Iglesias

  Hurt, Believe, Feelings

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• You know what offends me? Offended people. In a country with guaranteed rights to freedom of religion, its citizens are constantly trying to make faith in public spheres illegal, I am offended by that contradiction and want to talk about it as a comic.

  Brad Stine

  Country, Rights, People

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• The most depressing thing about blogging is watching so-called 'citizen journalists' turn in to little more than easily offended partisan hacks. Any remark that is slightly less than completely and totally scripted and can give the slightest opportunity to offend some delicate soul somewhere is used to set off a series of partisan screeches and cries of outrage that would make the Church Lady jealous.

  John Cole

  Depressing, Jealous, Opportunity

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• Many writers do write about their families and their immediate loved ones and love experiences, either as children or as adults. And very often people get offended by it.

  Anne Roiphe

  Children, Writing, People

  Source: therumpus.net

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