Quotes tagged ‘Political Correctness’

“[Commiserating with Lurasetti about his career during a stakeout] For a lot of years I believed that the quality of my work, what we do together, what I did with my previous partners... would get me what I deserved. But I don't politic and I don't change with the times, and it turns out that shit's…”

— S. Craig Zahler, Brett Ridgeman, Mel Gibson, imdb.com

“Those who are most sensitive about 'politically incorrect' terminology are not the average black ghetto-dweller, Asian immigrant, abused woman or disabled person, but a minority of activists, many of whom do not even belong to any 'oppressed' group but come from privileged strata of society. Politic…”

— Ted Kaczynski, washingtonpost.com

“Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.”

— Don Rickles, esquire.com

“I don't get it. Not allowed to ask a Chinese person where the Chinese restaurant is! I mean, aren't we all getting a little too sensitive? I mean, someone asks me which way's Israel, I don't fly off the handle.”

— Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Tom Gammill and Max Pross, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com

“The feminism that has gotten the media's attention is truly fascistic tyranny—you've gotta be politically correct. In many cases it's male-hating, it's blaming, it's childish and adolescent, and mostly it's pro-censorship. But I'm talkin' about the loud media feminists. I am a feminist, because I hi…”

— Al Goldstein, jimgoad.net

“Politically correct. The ones I hate the most are the knee-jerk Jewish liberals who are in favor of anything sexual as long as it was written a hundred years ago. They're good little boys who wanted to make their mommies happy. Their mommies have generally emasculated and terrorized their fathers, a…”

— Al Goldstein, jimgoad.net

“Sexuality isn't always politically correct.”

— Laci Green, twitter.com

“Political correctness represents the fossilized institutionalization of once-vital revolutionary ideas, which have become mere rote formulas. It is repressively Stalinist, dependent on a labyrinthine, parasitic bureaucracy to enforce its empty dictates.”

— Camille Paglia, weeklystandard.com

“Of course, when I’m dating someone, I want them to value me for my ideas and accomplishments and humor or whatever. But when I’m fucking someone, I want them to value my lack of a gag reflex.”

— Karley Sciortino, vogue.com

“I don’t think we need to file all of our actions under ‘feminist’ or ‘not feminist’—especially since consensual sex kind of exists in a political vacuum: It’s pretty much the one place that we can just do things and move on, no angry think-piece needed.”

— Karley Sciortino, vogue.com

“I stopped playing colleges, and the reason is because they’re way too conservative.”

— Chris Rock, vulture.com

“In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue. It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about. That’s not keeping it real or telling it like it is. That’s not challenging political correctness. That’s just not knowing what you’re talking about.”

— Barack Obama, vox.com

“I never worry about being politically correct. I don't need to read the polls to make my decisions.”

— Donald Trump, amazon.com

“Who in the world could be offended by someone saying "Merry Christmas"?! That greeting isn't critical of any other religion, and it isn't being disrespectful to those who practice another religion. It's a wonderful tradition. I don't understand why the same people who demand respect for their belief…”

— Donald Trump, amazon.com

“Our national educational system was never intended to be limited to the three R’s, history, and science. It was designed to produce well-rounded young people capable of prospering in the world. In addition to an education, kids were supposed to graduate with some basic values, self-discipline, and l…”

— Donald Trump, amazon.com

“Why do you think people tuned in? To hear the nasty questions? To watch a bunch of politicians trying to pretend they are outsiders (like I truly am) so they can be more successful? The fact is I give people what they need and deserve to hear— exactly what they don’t get from politicians— and that i…”

— Donald Trump, amazon.com