#offend

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#fear #inspires #less #love #offending

I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity offender. ↗

— Rick Mercer

#equal opportunity #i #like #myself #offender

I brought this case because I am an atheist and this offends me, and I have the right to bring up my daughter without God being imposed into her life by her schoolteachers. ↗

— Michael Newdow

#atheist #because #being #bring #brought

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#change #griefs #heals #longer #more

It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#expressed #hear #may #offend #others

Tabloid stuff just offends. ↗

— William Shatner

#offends #stuff #tabloid

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#greatest number #number #offend #people #secret

The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society. ↗

— John Paul Stevens

#civilized society #decency #evolving #executing #inconsistent

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

— David Sedaris

#everything #family #i #i do #offended

Sometimes when you get older—and I'm not talking about you, I'm talking generally, because everyone ages differently—things you think on and wish on start to seem real. And then you believe them, and before you know it they're a part of your history, and if someone challenges you on them and says they're not true—why, then you get offended. ↗

— Sara Gruen

#belief #challenge #history #life #offended