Offence Quotes:
I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.
John Woolman
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
Thomas Aquinas
Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don’t live angry, let go now!
Joel Osteen
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
Thomas Carlyle
How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?
Alexander Pope
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
William Hazlitt
We should play free football, defend lively with a passion, and have the best understanding in offence.
Jurgen Klopp
People seem to take as much offence as they possibly can these days – it’s almost a new type of greed, a new kind of road rage.
Michael Leunig
Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They become focused and energized by taking offence; it makes them feel meaningful and alive.
Michael Leunig
The robust English view used to be that the correct response to offensive words is to ignore them, or to answer them with a rebuke. If you invoke the law at all, it should be to protect the one who gives the offence, and not the one who takes it. Now, it seems, it is all the other way round.
Roger Scruton
I don’t mind causing offence when I intend to, but I don’t like causing it accidentally.
Stewart Lee
The idea of what’s acceptable and what’s shocking, that’s where I investigate. I mean, you can’t be on ‘Top Gear,’ where your only argument is that it’s all just a joke and anyone who takes offence is an example of political correctness gone mad, and then not accept the counterbalance to that.
Stewart Lee
Controversy seems to be a by-product of what I do, rather like offence is the by-product of a dog urinating on the pavement. It just happens.
Stewart Lee
Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
I think a bishop who doesn’t give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
James Thomson
‘Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.
James Thomson
We want to always play with pace on offence.
Nick Nurse
Any one of us could fall on hard times. Work and housing have the potential to be unstable, especially for those earning low wages or relying on family and friends. It should not be a criminal offence to sleep on the street.
Layla Moran
For me, as a coach, it is important to put together a team that not only blends but finds the right balance between defence and offence.
Jupp Heynckes
I dislike hatred, offence, unkindness.
Sandi Toksvig
I take offence if I’m called arrogant, because I’ve been brought up in a family that does not endorse arrogance.
Shruti Haasan
I gotta continue within the offence and just understand it, pick and choose when to attack and things like that.
Pascal Siakam