Why don't the names of Buddha, Mohammed, Confucius offend people? The reason is that these others didn't claim to be God, but Jesus did.
The human creature, humiliated and offended in ways that are inconceivable to the mind and heart, defies the blind and deaf divinity.
Fines are preferable to imprisonment and other types of punishment because they are more efficient. With a fine, the punishment to offenders is also revenue to the State.
I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
All the best writers take risks, offend people often and say fuck you to the critics.
When I went to school, I was already reading and writing. In fact, I was offended that the other kids couldn't.
How many people have had starter marriages? For some reason, mine really offends people.
Yet, when child sex offenders are brought to justice and serve time for their offenses, they are often released into unsuspecting communities and left free to resume their sexual attacks.
John Preston: You're an offender! Reading Room Proprietor: I'm not! John Preston: No? Then why are you so scared of me?
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.
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.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.
If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.
A proverb in the Old Testament states: 'He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city'. It is when we become angry that we get into trouble. The road rage that affects our highways is a h...
[Marwood is in the pub toilets, after walking past a hulking Irishman who's called him a ponce] Marwood: [voiceover] I could hardly piss straight with fear. Here was a man with 3/4 of an inch of brain who'd taken a dislike to me. What had I done to o...
One who utters speech that isn't rough But instructive and truthful So that he offends no one, Him I call Brahmin.
Cora, you can turn around now. Your virgin eyes won’t be offended any longer.
Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.
But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders.
I will only be offended if you refuse to kiss me again, as then I'll be convinced I'm a failure at it.
