Offended Quotes
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I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
Vanity -
I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Jokes that are gratuitously offensive are synonymous with bad writing to me. I'm offended as a writer first and as a person second.
Rachel Bloom -
If you're offended, it's your problem.
Salman Rushdie -
Darcy, the heroine of 'Something Blue,' is quite shallow and opinionated. At one point, she commented that she dislikes 'gingers,' i.e., men with red hair. I received several emails from fiery redheads who said they were offended by 'my' comments. I had to remind them that it is fiction.
Emily Giffin -
Taking offense has become America's national pastime; being theatrically offended supposedly signifies the exquisitely refined moral delicacy of people who feel entitled to pass through life without encountering ideas or practices that annoy them.
George Will -
Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky -
I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.
Dolly Parton
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Blessed is he or she who avoids being offended.
Marvin J. Ashton -
I was much less offended than others were by the CIA's interrogations in the years after September 11.
Benjamin Wittes -
I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.
Tom Stoppard -
Personally, I think people need to get over this 'being offended' thing. Being offended does not give you the right to silence people. I get offended by things all the time - it's just part of life. The right not to be offended is not a human right, especially in a democracy.
Ben Miller -
Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.
Sean Covey -
Kate felt very offended. 'I am not an elf,' she insisted. 'I'm an Englishwoman!
Clare B. Dunkle
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It always offended me when I was in the studio and the engineer or the assumed producer for the session would start bossing the band around. That always seemed like a horrible insult to me.
Steve Albini Big Black -
In our opinion, the 12 drawings were not intended to be offensive, nor were they at variance with Danish law, but they have indisputably offended many Muslims, for which we apologize.
Carsten Juste -
We apologize for the fact that the cartoons undeniably have offended many Muslims.
Carsten Juste -
We [Desaparecidos] have to make the message and the music and the packaging as appealing as possible - as Taco Bell as possible: mediocre and no one can be offended by it and everyone can sort of enjoy it and we can play it on the radio.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes -
I get offended when people say, 'So, being a white rapper...and growing up white...after being born white...' It's all I ever hear!
Marshall Bruce Mathers III Bad Meets Evil' -
Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody's fine feelings may be offended.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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We offend God because we do not know His greatness.
Benedict Joseph Labre -
In civilized societies, if you are offended by a cartoon, you do not burn flags, take up guns and raid buildings, chant death to your opponents, or threaten suicide bombings. You write a letter to the editor.
Michelle Malkin -
These cartoons were not in violation of Danish law but have irrefutably offended many Muslims, and for that we apologize.
Carsten Juste -
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.
William Francis Buckley