Offending People Quotes

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

If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong.

I don't want to go about offending people; that's not my plan.

I don't worry about offending people - I think most people are a lot more robust than some other people give them credit for.

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.

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 think TV companies don't take as many risks any more, it's a bit more prescriptive. There are more channels but there seems to be actually less main network channel comedy. You can't offend people as easily, people take things very seriously now. I think that's down to social media though because people can have little tribes of offence.

The high-flying rhetoric of 'Making America Great Again' frankly appeals to me. It appeals to many people. But you've got to back that up with substance, and you've got to quit offending people who may not agree with you.

So I swear to God, I took one year where I just said, This year, I'm just going to cop to it and say to people, 'Okay, where did we meet?' But it just got worse. People were more offended. Every now and then, someone will give me context, and I'll say, 'Thank you for helping me.' But I piss more people off. You get this thing, like, 'You're being egotistical. You're being conceited.' But it's a mystery to me, man. I can't grasp a face and yet I come from such a design/aesthetic point of view. I am going to get it tested.

People ask could I have written the show I wrote in 1990 now, and I don't think I could. I think it's much easier to offend people nowadays. People have grown quite sensitive, I think.

Writers who take on polarising issues are apt to step on a few toes.

I delight in offending people. I think the grievance brigade, victimhood, the idea that hurt feelings are some kind of special currency - I think that needs to come to an end.