Offensive Quotes - Page 15

• I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.

  Richard Steele

  Giving, Praise, Closing

  Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison (1710). “The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq”, p.302

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• Let us hear the dangers of thralldom to our consciences from ignorance, extreme poverty, and dependence; in short, from civil and political slavery. Let us see delineated before us the true map of man. Let us hear the dignity of his nature, and the noble rank he holds among the works of God-that consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory from our own honor or interest or happiness-and that God Almighty has promulgated from heaven liberty, peace, and goodwill to man!

  John Adams

  Peace, Ignorance, Men

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• I try to be outraged by things that other people are just very accepting of, as though they're normal and can't be changed. A lot of what I write about is, "Hey, you know, this stuff is really awful, and it doesn't need to be, and that's why it's so offensive." Things should be better.

  Matt Taibbi

  Writing, People, Trying

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. July 11, 2008.

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• When I would play pop music at underground shows, it was offensive to some people. I wasn't doing it to piss people off: I just didn't believe in those strong divisions that you're supposed to listen to this or that.

  Girl Talk

  Strong, Believe, Play

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• The nation of Dubai banned the movie Charlie's Angles because it's "offensive to the religion of Islam." Apparently, the religion of Islam is offended by anything without a plot.

  Jon Stewart

  Movie, Dubai, Religion Of Islam

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• I don't know why, but I always feel a kind of necessity to write things that are beyond acceptance, that are too offensive or something. For people to read them and say, Ha-ha-ha, very funny. No, we can't print that.

  Terry Southern

  Writing, Acceptance, People

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• I really like to play inside. I really like being able to go one-on-one with an offensive lineman every play. At defensive end, you're more running up the field and containing more than you are just against an offensive lineman.

  Darrion Scott

  Running, Play, Able

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• I am for decriminalization. The significant aspect of that is that we don't force prostitutes to have to get a license to work. I think the whole idea of licensing consensual sex between adults is offensive.

  Chester Brown

  Sex, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Of all noxious animals, the most noxious is a tourist. And of all tourists the most vulgar, ill-bred, offensive and loathsome is the British tourist.

  Francis Kilvert

  Animal, Tourists, British

  W. Plomer (ed.) 'Selections from the Diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert' (1938-40) 5 April 1870

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• Property is the foundation of every right we have, including the right to be free. Every legal claim, after all, is a claim to something-either a defensive claim to keep what one is holding or an offensive claim to something someone else is holding.

  Roger Pilon

  Foundation, Claims, Property

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• I had to choose: Either leave the country, where it's become dangerous for me, or go on the offensive.

  Bidzina Ivanishvili

  Country, Goes On, Dangerous

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Of all the doctrines of the Bible none is so offensive to human nature as the doctrine of God's sovereignty.

  J. C. Ryle

  Doctrine, Human Nature, Sovereignty

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.74, Editora Dracaena

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• A single word that can be offensive to someone is a horrible thing for anyone who has iman. In other words, filthy language out of your mouth and faith inside your heart cannot coexist. You cannot have iman in your heart and ugly words come out of your mouth. If you have no control over whatever four letter words you keep using every time you get frustrated, there's a spiritual problem, it's not just a habit problem.
  How can you use a terrible word for anyone who has iman?

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Spiritual, Heart, Frustrated

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• In my judgment, the only way to deal with terrorists is to stay on the offensive, is to find them and bring them to justice before they hurt us again.

  George W. Bush

  Hurt, Justice, Way

  "Raw Data: Text of Bush Interview". Interview with Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. September 22, 2003.

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• Josh Bard is a catcher with excellent defensive tools and someone ... whose best days are ahead of him. He's not coming off his best [offensive] season, but we still think there is some ceiling on him. He has outstanding makeup and calls a good game. [He's] a solid receiver with a plus arm, and he's going to be coming to camp with a chance to open some eyes.

  Theo Epstein

  Eye, Makeup, Thinking

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• Anybody who objects to cloning on principle has to answer to all the identical twins in the world who might be insulted by the thought that there is something offensive about their very existence. Clones are simply identical twins.

  Richard Dawkins

  Principles, Cloning, Answers

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• The most offensive egotist is he that fears to say "I" and "me." "It will probably rain" - that is dogmatic. "I think it will rain" - that is natural and modest. Montaigne is the most delightful of essayists because so great is his humility that he does not think it important that we see not Montaigne. He so forgets himself that he employs no artifice to make us forget him.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Rain, Humility, Thinking

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2696, Delphi Classics

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• In one decade, women had gotten more protection against offensive jokes in the workplace than men had gotten in centuries against being killed in the workplace.

  Warren Farrell

  Men, Workplace, Protection

  Warren Farrell (1993). “The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex”

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• It is not just that it is profoundly offensive to the leaders and people of a democratic Germany to paint Hitler on the wall (or on the remnants of the Wall). It is also consummately counterproductive. Such sauce does not make the meat of substantive criticism more interesting. It means that the whole dish is pushed away. It does not mean that Britain's voice is listened to more attentively in the councils of Europe. It means that it is listened to even less.

  Timothy Garton Ash

  Wall, Mean, Europe

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• I understand that in the UK there have already been 10,000 complaints from viewers about these remarks, which people see, rightly, as offensive. I want Britain to be seen as a country of fairness and tolerance. Anything detracting from this I condemn.

  Gordon Brown

  Country, People, Tolerance

  "Reality TV Racism Row Grips Viewers". uk.reuters.com. January 19, 2007.

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• In representing criminal defendants - especially guilty ones - it is often necessary to take the offensive against the government: to put the government on trial for its misconduct. In law, as in sports, the best defense is often a good offense. The courtroom oath - to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth - is applicable only to witnesses... because the American justice system is built on a foundation of not telling the whole entire truth.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Sports, Government, Law

  "The Best Defense: The Courtroom Confrontations of America's Most Outspoken Lawyer of Last Resort - the Lawyer Who Won the Claus von Bulow Appeal". Book by Alan Dershowitz, 1982.

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• This is really hard to do but I'd like to change the tone now and briefly mention today's terrible tragedy in France. Twelve people were killed because a satirical newspaper made jokes that some group found offensive. All of us are accustomed to bad news from around the world. But this story hits home for anybody who mocks anyone.

  Conan O'Brien

  Home, People, Tragedy

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• That's not to say that I don't find anything offensive.

  Sarah Silverman

  Comedy

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• I think there are some things that we got accomplished in the last two weeks. Our defending was good and our offensive line took some strides, but we will look at it and analyze it so it will be a long day tomorrow.

  Les Miles

  Thinking, Lsu, Two

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• I think it's offensive to equate evangelical Christians, Catholics, others that view marriage as between a man and a woman, as being racist. We're not racist. We love our fellow man, we think we're all equal under God's eyes, we don't believe we should change the definition of marriage simply because of opinion polls or because of a court that quite frankly isn't looking at the constitution.

  Bobby Jindal

  Christian, Believe, Eye

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. June 28, 2015.

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