#offend

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

Art should offend people because art should challenge people. ↗

— Eriq La Salle

#because #challenge #offend #people #should

It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#any #athlete #athletes #believe #bit

I don't consider myself a martial-arts star. I'd be offended and disappointed if I got a reputation as a martial-arts star. ↗

— Steven Seagal

#disappointed #got #i #myself #offended

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

Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#consciousness #god #hid #human #human nature

For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#cannot #captured #his #king #man

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#bad manners #company #example #flatter #flattery

For a man to come right out and say he does not believe in the Old Testament, I think many Catholics across the nation as well as the world are offended by Bill O'Reilly claiming he's an Irish Catholic. ↗

— Stephen Bennett

#believe #bill #catholic #catholics #claiming