Offense Quotes - Page 24

• Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Tact, Sentences

  Gretchen Rubin (2015). “The Happiness Project (Revised Edition): Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun”, p.13, HarperCollins

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• Honey, no offense, but sometimes I think I could shoot you and watch you kick.

  Raymond Carver

  Thinking, Watches, Honey

  Raymond Carver (2015). “Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories”, p.396, Vintage

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• He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.

  Brigham Young

  Fool, Rage, Paradox

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• It would be a good contest amongst Christians, one to labour to give no offence, and the other to labour to take none. The best men are severe to themselves, tender over others.

  Richard Sibbes

  Christian, Men, Giving

  "Complete Works of Richard Sibbes".

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