Neal Brennan Quotes

It seems no matter what you say and how politically correctly and carefully you say it, you offend someone. Or at least I always do.

When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.

We want everybody in this country to be a NASCAR fan, and you can't do that by being insensitive in any one area.

There are some people who are way too sensitive about things. If you're not using the vocabulary that's new that they've helped define, then you're not on their team, even though you want to be. And at the same time, the fact that our president Donald Trump said on record, "You could just grab women by the pussy," and a lot of people in America were like, "Yeah, it's fine, that's something that's said..." There are people that are not sensitive or aware enough about other people and what that means.

If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies.

We take a lot of care with lyrics because we don't want to offend anybody.

Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate.

I think people should have the common courtesy and judgment - the good judgment - not to be - not to offend other peoples' faiths.

I'd never do a film that would hurt anyone's sentiments, be it Indian or not.

The wider your readership, the greater the chances of offending your readers.

I try to be an ethical, moral person and a nice person, and I like to have that reflected in my comedy. I'm not a mean comedian, and I don't think that my comedy is mean. I think that for the most part, it's more focused on the diversity that we all handle and try to provide a distraction from the disaster of modern living.

If I catch one of my fans saying something improper, a gay slur or any derogatory term, I instantly tweet directly at them and say, 'This isn't how we do it.'

Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry.

I guess we're living in a pretty sensitive world and there's nothing you can do about that.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

What is political correctness, if not essentially redemptive speech? Soon liberalism had become a cultural identity that offered Americans a way to think of themselves as decent people. To be liberal was to be good.

I think people are a lot more sensitive than they used to be, and quite rightly so. I don't think we should be using racial jokes and things like that.

I'm actually not a fan of the word 'woke.' I think the connotation of that means being socially aware, which is a beautiful thing to be. But it does not take into account being self-aware.

I'm going to make mistakes. I'm going to say things I may not understand have hurtful impact on people. I always call people to call me in, to educate me. And to love me enough and to see my contributions in a way that, when I become better, our country becomes better.

You grow up and recognize that in any educated secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognize in yourself, and challenge yourself, that if you see racism or homophobia or misogyny in a secular society, as a member of that society, you should challenge it. You owe it to the betterment of society.

I believe being a true Global Citizen means you have the willingness and openness to step outside of your own boundaries, and I'm honored to represent that with TUMI.

We are expected, somehow, not to offend anyone on our way to liberation. There's an absurd expectation that the women's movement must be the first revolution in history to accomplish its goals without hurting anyone's feelings.

We speak for the entire Giants organization when we say that there is no place in society for hatred and bullying against anyone.

The danger with mentioning names is that you hurt the feelings of people that you leave out.

sorrow...is a wound that bleeds when any hand but that of love touches it