#offend

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#ceases #exist #expression #freedom of expression #offend

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#determined #little #nobody #offend #print

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes. ↗

— Dave Barry

#after #come #offending #people #problem

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. ↗

— Mark Twain

#heart #himself #his #man #much

The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#approaching #bank #convince #evil #go

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#expensive #magnanimity #offenders #punish #state

People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#i #know #offend #people #say

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#how #i #la #manipulates #music

The true reason of Ms. Rice's attack against Russia is very simple. Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

#attack #attention #condoleezza #condoleezza rice #cruel

We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#get #laughing #offend #people #want