Offensive Quotes
On bluntness, boundaries, and speaking your mind.
These offensive quotes span sharp humor, sports strategy, and the tension between honesty and hurting others, much like ideas explored in Act quotes.
When we have the ball, we're all offensive players. When we lose the ball, we're all defensive players.
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Absurd Quotes
American products are marvels of production and functionality, but were unnecessarily and unbearably ugly, noisy smelly and offensive.
I've been called 'Bruce Lee.' I've been called other less offensive, but equally stupid and racist kind of terms.
I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want to not be me.
Act Quotes
I don't find offensive that I'm being labelled a babe by blokes. I'm absolutely flattered.
One of the most offensive actions by the IRS is its continued unlawful seizures of money and assets of innocent Americans, called civil asset forfeiture.
Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.
Against Quotes
Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments.
If you have a defensive concept, you're going to play defense. If you don't have a defensive concept, and you have an offensive concept, then you're going to play offense.
Always Quotes
The state has an offensive and defensive role to play as promoter of industrial policies, as regulator and as shareholder.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do these quotes describe "offensive" in a sports context?
Do these quotes present being offensive as always negative?
How does one quote balance authenticity with not wanting to offend?
Do these quotes claim nothing is ever offensive to the speaker?
What two meanings of "offensive" appear across these quotes?
Some quotes wrestle with intent, insisting they don't mean to hurt anyone even while speaking bluntly, a tension also present in Against quotes.
