Quotes About Being Offended

#1. Being inoffensive, and being offended, are now the twin addictions of the culture.

Martin Amis

#2. Any man who is capable of being offended or insulted after the age of forty is either immature or a damned hypocrite." (Senator)

Leonard Holton

#3. Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house.

Fran Lebowitz

#4. Blessed is he or she who avoids being offended.

Marvin J. Ashton

#5. That which offends you only weakens you. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that offended you in the first place- so transcend your ego and stay in peace.

Wayne Dyer

#6. Total self acceptance is empowering. It means allowing others to see you as they choose, without being offended.

Deepak Chopra

#7. Being offended by things is the world's big hobby at the moment. It's almost taken over from wearing goatee beards.

Douglas Adams

#8. I'm always flattered when people on the far Left manufacture a new version of being 'offended.' They can be quite creative in finding something that hurts their feelings.

Mike Huckabee

#9. People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.

Patrice O'Neal

#10. We must be very careful when we say that somebody giving you compliments about your looks should be offensive. I think women really should look at why they're being offended by that.

Charlotte Rampling

#11. Those who claim to be hurt by words must be led to expect nothing as compensation. Otherwise, once they learn they can get something by claiming to be hurt, they will go into the business of being offended.

Jonathan Rauch

#12. Being offended has replaced baseball as our greatest national pastime.

Kim Hunt Harris

#13. In the war room, love? What if someone comes in?"
I stood and removed his shirt. "Then they'll have a good story to tell."
"Good?" He adopted the pretense of being offended.
"Prove me wrong.

Maria V. Snyder

#14. ... being offended doesn't, by itself, make me right.

Garon Whited

#15. Come on, come on; you are pictures out of doors,
Bells in your parlours, wild cats in your kitchens,
Saints in your injuries, devils being offended,
Players in your housewifery, and housewives in your beds.

William Shakespeare

#16. The one to whom nothing was refused, whose tears were always wiped away by an anxious mother, will not abide being offended.
- De Ira 2.21.6

Seneca.

#17. Apologies; our cultural obsession with them isn't about actually being offended, or simply needing to hear, "I'm sorry." It's not really about right or wrong. It's about wanting to throw a rock in the dark and hear something break.

Jim Norton

#18. Remember that being offended is not the same thing as being right.

Dave Barry

#19. The feeling of being 'offended' is a warning indicator that is showing you where to look within yourself for unresolved issues.

Bryant H. McGill

#20. Being offended is part of being in the real world.

Courtney Love

#21. Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.

Alan Dershowitz

#22. Being offended is a choice. I believe that. You don't have - you don't hear a word and you have to be offended.

John Bartlett

#23. Far from being offended, Mencheres went over and flawlessly executed a street-style handshake complete with finger slaps, fist bumps, and a high-low finale.

Jeaniene Frost

#24. When it comes to stand-up, people feel this need to voice their objection through groaning or being offended. It's really irritating ... I mean I love what I do, but that's the irritating side of it.

Jim Norton

#25. Hear the crinkle of a condom wrapper being opened. Jesus, does he keep those things in his pajamas? Should I be offended that he assumed we'd fuck this morning and grabbed one for the road or just thankful that he's resourceful?

Tara Sivec

#26. No one's ever successfully insulted him, because he refuses to be insulted. People do their best, but Yung won't even acknowledge the attempt of an affront.

Trish Mercer

#27. Some people get offended with what I write. In their own little pathetic world, they truly believe I should apologize for being a writer.

Daniel Marques

#28. I'm offended by the is-ought fallacy, which has been used to justify slavery, women not being allowed to vote, children working in factories.

Moby

#29. God is loving you into better relationships. He is loving you into being a more loving person. The more we grow in love, the less offended we become. The less offended we become, the more easily and quickly we get healed when people do wound us.

Graham Cooke

#30. There's no reason to be offended if someone is being honest and tactful. To tell the truth in kindness is a huge favor. To help people avoid the wrong path, or get on the right one, can save them years of frustration. In the end, candor grows respect.

Nancy K. Eberhardt

#31. Would you be offended by being promoted to a position called Eye Candy?

J.J. Knight

#32. Lionel Merble was a machine. Tralfamadorians, of course, say that every creature and plant in the Universe is a machine. It amuses them that so many Earthlings are offended by the idea of being machines.

Kurt Vonnegut

#33. Viveca's clients were mostly upper-middle class and lower-upper class.Being of these classes , they're easily offended.

Gillian Flynn

#34. Taking offense has become America's national pastime; being theatrically offended supposedly signifies the exquisitely refined moral delicacy of people who feel entitled to pass through life without encountering ideas or practices that annoy them.

George Will

#35. Should I be offended? (Livia)
Please don't be. I pride myself on being socially inept. But the only people I ever intentionally offend are my bevy of brothers. And speaking of, where's Big Bad Angry One? (Zarina)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#36. Life is going by. Don't waste a minute being negative, offended, or bitter. Choose to be happy.

Joel Osteen

#37. Life is flying by. You don't have time to waste another minute being negative, offended or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward.

Joel Osteen

#38. Suddenly, his brow furrowed angrily as his nostrils detected a stench that offended the core of his being: orcs.

Markus Heitz

#39. Offended you again," her godmother said with satisfaction. "Come along, then. We'll go to my chambers. The butler put me in one of the towers, and it's utterly heavenly, like being stuck in the clouds except for the pigeons crapping on the windows.

Eloisa James

#40. To think that we have offended so kind and good a Lord is more than sufficient reason for being constant weepers. Lord, smite our rocky hearts, and make the waters flow.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon