A Quote by Sam Harris

Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried.

Sam Harris

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Sam Harris
American - Author
Born: April 9, 1967

Just finding ways to be not provocative for provocative's sake, but to show an idea that hasn't been shown before, I mean that's interesting to me.

S.E. Cupp

The reason why everything I do is so different is not because I'm trying to be provocative; it's simply a reflection of whatever was happening to me at the time I wrote that particular record.

Devin Townsend

The writer's intention hasn't anything to do with what he achieves. The intent to earn money or the intent to be famous or the intent to be great doesn't matter in the end. Just what comes out.

Lillian Hellman

Intent is not a thought, or an object, or a wish. Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated. It operates in spite of the warrior's indulgence. Intent is what makes him invulnerable. Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity.

Carlos Castaneda

Running for attorney general troubled me. Because I was worried I would simply become just a figurehead and that's not me.

Pam Bondi

I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin, and offend your Lord, in your sufferings.

Samuel Rutherford

Personally, I try to be provocative but not needlessly provocative in my work.

Steve Breen

Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an observation that's not funny. It's gotta offend somebody somewhere.

Jeff Ross

I don't like to be provocative for the sake of being provocative.

Madonna Ciccone

What you discover about people you try not to offend is that you can offend them without trying.

Robert Breault

It's OK to offend people with the Gospel, but, good grief- let's don't offend them with something else.

Andy Stanley

We should never intentionally offend, but if you follow Jesus, you will offend religious people.

Darrin Patrick

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

Sam Brown

I assure you that even the most beautiful women are not pretty all over. They have merely learned to use clothes deftly enough to give others the impression that they are.

Edith Head

The spells are made up. I have met people who assure me, very seriously, that they are trying to do them, and I can assure them, just as seriously, that they don’t work.