Offense Avoidance Quotes

Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody's fine feelings may be offended.

I'd never do a film that would hurt anyone's sentiments, be it Indian or not.

I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.

I think very long and hard about every possibly offensive joke I want to make. I really hate mean humor and would hate to make anyone reading my jokes feel truly bad.

We do appreciate that we have a very conservative audience and we do try to walk the fine line of that and not offend anybody.

We don't want to cross too many lines or offend the parents at all.

Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.

Who fears t' offend takes the first step to please.

Going to a movie so you won't be offended is like eating potato chips made with Olestra; you avoid the dangers of the real thing, but your insides fill up with synthetic runny stuff.

Blessed is he or she who avoids being offended.

We don't like offending anyone.

I tend to show everything I do to my family, to check they won't be offended.

Let's not become so worried about not offending anybody that we lose the ability to distinguish between respect and paranoia.

There is a magic formula for resolving conflicts. It is this: Have as your objective the resolving of the conflict, not the gaining of advantage. There is a magic formula for avoiding conflicts. It is this: Be concerned that you do not offend, not that you are not offended.

It was fun to create characters who had truth to them but were also made up so as not to completely offend!

Thou shalt not offend against the notions of thy neighbor.