Offensive Quotes - Page 17

• War is honorable
  In those who do their native rights maintain;
  In those whose swords an iron barrier are
  Between the lawless spoiler and the weak;
  But is, in those who draw th' offensive blade
  For added power or gain, sordid and despicable
  As meanest office of the worldly churl.

  Joanna Baillie

  War, Rights, Iron

  Joanna Baillie (1853). “The dramatic and poetical works of Joanna Baillie”, p.173

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• The country is laid out in a haphazard, sloppy fashion, offensive to the tidy, organized mind.

  Alan Brien

  Country, Fashion, Organized Mind

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• It is one thing to mourn for sin because it exposes us to hell, and another to mourn for it because it is an infinite evil. It is one thing to mourn for it because it is injurious to ourselves; another, to mourn for it because it is offensive to God. It is one thing to be terrified; another, to be humbled.

  Gardiner Spring

  Evil, Sin, Hell

  Gardiner Spring (1813). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.96

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• I still subscribe to the minority view that all horses are offensive weapons and not to be trusted a yard.

  M.M. Kaye

  Horse, Views, Yards

  M. M. Kaye (2015). “The Sun in the Morning”, p.138, St. Martin's Griffin

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• It is one thing to decry the rat race...that is the good and honorable work of moralists. It is quite another thing to quit the rat race, to drop out, to refuse to run any further--that is the work of the individualist. It is offensive because it is impolite it makes the rebuke personal the individualist calls not his or her behavior into question, but mine.

  Paul Gruchow

  Running, Race, Rats

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• Throughout history there have been black people who have played mammies, all sorts of offensive images, who didn't mind doing it.

  Marc Lamont Hill

  People, Black, Mind

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Real Christianity is lovely. There is a quality about a Spirit-filled, radiant Christian that draws and attracts others and causes them to enjoy favor with all the people. The truth is that the gospel is not nearly as offensive as some of its proponents!

  O. S. Hawkins

  Christian, Real, People

  O. S. Hawkins (2005). “Guidestones: ancient landmarks of authenticity for the 21st century church”

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• Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.

  Johan Cruijff

  Football, Play, Convince

  "Cruyff Says 4-5-1 Is a Sign of Bunker Mentality" by Lawrence Donegan, www.theguardian.com. October 01, 2005.

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• Ninety-eight percent of the things that come out of my mouth are intended to be harmless or even charming. They're not ever intended to be offensive or controversial.

  Megan Fox

  Eight, Mouths, Controversial

  "Megan Fox Calls Her Power Over Men 'Supernatural'". Interview with Scott Huver, people.com. September 17, 2009.

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• At what point did we begin to think excellence is offensive to God?

  Jeff Henderson

  Leadership, Thinking, Excellence

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• Conditions to the north of us, in the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts zone of action, and our offensive on Kharkov demands that we not lose time and we commit all forces so that we can draw off as many divisions as possible from Kharkov. And even if we do not draw them off, at least we will not give Manstein the ability to take any of his units from our part of the front. If we attract one or two German tank divisions - it will be the best contribution to the defeat of the enemy in the south.

  Aleksandr Vasilevsky

  Two, Giving, Enemy

  "Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War" by David M. Glantz, (p. 228), 1989.

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• Im not the voice of reason; Im more the guy using these offensive topics as fodder to raise tension in a joke.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Voice, Guy, Topics

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• People ask me, 'Have you ever considered doing stand-up?' To me it would be less offensive if someone asked me, 'Have you ever considered dental implants?'

  David Sedaris

  People, Would Be, Dental

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• You cant be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.

  Tom Lehrer

  Satirical, Cant

  "Tom Lehrer" by Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. May 24, 2000.

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• I'm not afraid to take on somebody or say something that somebody will find offensive because unfortunately in comedy, you can't say anything really good without offending somebody.

  George Lopez

  Offending, Say Anything, Comedy

  "George Lopez Discusses His New Late-Night Talk Show". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. March 26, 2009.

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• The offensive presence of Greg Ostertag is quite overwhelming sometimes!

  Bill Walton

  Sometimes, Overwhelming

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• Currently under FCC policy, indecency determinations hinge on two factors. First, material must describe or depict sexual or excretory organs or activities. Second, the material must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium.

  Doug Ose

  Determination, Two, Fcc

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• The classic trap for any revolutionary is always, “What's your alternative?” But even if you could provide the interrogator with a blueprint, this does not mean he would use it: in most cases he is not sincere in wanting to know. In fact this is a common offensive, a technique to reflect revolutionary anger and turn it against itself. Moreover, the oppressed have no job to convince all people. All they need know is that the present system is destroying them.

  Shulamith Firestone

  Jobs, Mean, People

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• The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum.

  George C. Marshall

  Maintaining, Momentum, Elements

  Speech to the Overseas Press Club, March 1, 1945.

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• You learn in America to speak two ways. You learn in public discourse not to be very specific about your religious life. Or, if we talk about it, we'll find a secular way of doing it that will not be offensive to people of non-belief. So, that you go through life with these alternate voices.

  Richard Rodriguez

  Religious, Two, Voice

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• Cybersecurity is not only a question of developing defensive technologies but offensive technologies, as well.

  Donald Trump

  Technology, Wells, Cybersecurity

  Source: time.com

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• It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone and can be made as offensive as a brickbat.

  Oscar Wilde

  Stones, Made, Paving

  Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.1056, Wordsworth Editions

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• Are there experts, ethical experts, that's very offensive to all of us? Because it's part of our humanity to have a stake in these questions to feel that we ourselves know the difference between right and wrong. And then along come these experts, philosophers, claiming, you know, an expertise, a special training, a special skill, a special talent.

  Rebecca Goldstein

  Skills, Differences, Humanity

  "What Do We Have To Teach Plato?". "Here and Now" with Robin Young, kbia.org. April 22, 2014.

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• If you paint a building shocking pink, that has no scale, it is just a huge mistake, but it's not in the scale of the city to have things like that. You know. So, not only because it's not appropriate, not only because it's offensive to the environment, I mean but among them also because that quantity of that color in the urban scale, is out of scale.

  Massimo Vignelli

  Mistake, Mean, Color

  Source: bigthink.com

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• It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Dignity, Attraction

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