“I’m all for offending people’s religion. I think it should be offended at every opportunity”
Richard Dawkins (1941) English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author
«The world according to Matt Bellamy» — Kerrang! (April 2006) http://mapage.noos.fr/maa3/press/interviews_kerrangAPR06.html
“I’m all for offending people’s religion. I think it should be offended at every opportunity”
Richard Dawkins (1941) English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author
“I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.”
Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker
2010s, Audience Q&A following interview panel at Aalto University Center, 2012
“Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.”
Sam Brown (1943) American diplomat
The Washington Post (26 January 1977)
“The secret of success is to offend the greatest number of people.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
As quoted in Days with Bernard Shaw (1949) by Stephen Winsten
1940s and later
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Nathaniel Emmons (1745–1840) American clergy
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 484.
“People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.”
Richard Stallman (1953) American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
"Sayings" at Richard Stallman's personal site (c. 2001) http://www.stallman.org/sayings.html <br class="br">2000s

