Roger Scruton Quotes

If you're offended, it's your problem.

Everyone has a right to say what they want, but what they have to say doesn't interest me.

You should live hoping you are going to offend people, because then you're doing something.

I spend a lot of time bathing in a glow of consensus, but you have to be willing to say something to people who might not agree with you and take the consequences of what follows.

One of the reasons some people get so angry with me is because I have the space now that a lot of others who think like me don't.

Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.

It's impossible to go through life not offending people. All you have to do is basically have an opinion on anything, and you're gonna offend people.

I have never claimed to do the right kind of things and make politically correct statements.

People take things too personally - I don't. If someone says something about me, I let it go. But unfortunately, everyone isn't like that. So I'm trying to be more diplomatic - but people always want a headline from me!

So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things.

In the past, I used to argue with those who didn't share my views. I felt this incredible need to 'make my point.' Now I live my life and do my best to be an example of what seems right to me.

I don't like getting people upset, so that's not my goal. But I like putting people in situations where how they respond says a lot about them.

I'm fortunate enough to have learned not to waste time getting frustrated with my kids, or co-workers, or friends and family for not doing everything I wish they would. If someone doesn't respond to me the way I want them to, I understand that it doesn't have anything to do with me.

You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.

Sensitivity doesn't necessarily make you easy to get on with.

It is part of my job description to be offensive.

I held so much in during the weeks prior to my fight with Ronda. I might have said or posted some things at the time that I now realize was not the right thing to do.

I would never say don't have an argument.

Sometimes I wonder which is worse - confrontational people who are afraid of caring or caring people who are afraid of confrontation.

it's good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people

I wouldn't say that I have overcome opposition so much as I have tried to understand it. The lash of judgment carries a wounding sting, and there's a deeply instinctual tendency to want to respond in kind. I am not proud that my thoughts were blackened with vile opinions about the nature of those who were attacking me.

When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.