Social Offense Quotes

I think the 'New York Times' would rather be offended than dead.

I think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone.

There's almost nothing that upsets Americans more than the idea that somewhere, somehow, somebody is getting his feelings hurt.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

I'm afraid I don't believe there is such a thing as blasphemy, just outrage from those insecure in their own faith.

Much of a behavior acceptable today would be socially offensive in a saner or more logical arrangement.

Out of nowhere she tells me that Oliver Stone - you know, the director - she's like, 'He has this huge Asian fetish, and I find it totally offensive.' And I'm like, 'Why, Kwan? That sounds awesome.' She's like, 'I'm offended because I'm Asian.' And I was just like, 'Well, I'm sorry, but I didn't even notice that. I thought you were just really tired.

We take a lot of care with lyrics because we don't want to offend anybody.

Ok, here goes: I'm going to see how many people I can offend by suggesting that maybe many little gay boys, like many little girls, are made up of sugar and spice and everything nice.

Unhappily the habit of being offensive 'without meaning it' leads usually to a way of making amends which the injured person cannot but regard as a being amiable without meaning it.

How many people have had starter marriages? For some reason, mine really offends people.

Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight

There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little.