Brett Young Quotes

Free speech is one of the most important things to me, but I think it gets confusing when it comes to offense. Because for one, just because you have the right to say anything, it doesn't mean you have to.

Most of my thoughts, you couldn't print.

Certain things were deemed to be offensive. It was usually bad language.

I am pro-expression. I am pro - you know, as long as you don't hurt anyone.

Try not to offend someone who writes a weekly column.

At times, you have to maybe speak out of turn or say a little bit too much which upsets a few people.

I generally feel that the solution to speech that people find offensive is more speech. You should talk about it, discuss it.

If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is "poontang".

You're not going to get anything politically correct out of me.

I do ask myself why I make people so enraged, because I only ever say what I think. And while I know it might not be everyone's point of view, that doesn't seem particularly intolerable to me.

I find a lot of swearing in films. And I guess that shows my age. But I also feel that where they say those words, they could just as easily have written other words.

I don't find anything comes out of getting in someone's face during an interview and screaming.

My focus has always been: I can be an incredibly conservative, principled idea person, but that doesn't mean I have to shout at people.

Good grief, we're getting offended by everything these days! People can't say anything without offending somebody.

I don't condone bad language.

We don't want people to be afraid of saying something interesting on the off chance it's taken the wrong way.

You may dislike what somebody else has said; that is perfectly valid. You may not agree with what somebody else has said. But saying something cannot possibly amount to sedition.

I'm always interested in what is seen as obscene or profane or unfit.

If you have a point of view regarding my style of work, keep it to yourself. You are not entitled to express your opinion.

I am very sweet generally, but if someone tries to be over-smart by speaking to me in fancy English, then I go: 'who are you?' It isn't right.

I believe in choosing your words very carefully. It's funny: I'll get comments like, 'Oh I love you. You don't care; you have no filter.' On the contrary, I absolutely have a filter, because I understand decorum, and my objective is not to upset people.

I have to watch my language. I think a lot about the words I use in both the public environment and the dressing room. The language you use is a direct insight into how you are feeling.

I don't look at comedy as a sliding scale of offensiveness.

I'm not PC all the time in my phrasing, because that meets a wall; people won't hear it.

I'm not a politically correct person.