Best 85 quotes in «controversial quotes» category

Global warming is controversial, of course, but the controversy is mainly over whether human activity is driving it.

Comprehensive, judicious, evenhanded, original. An Unfinished Life has the sober judgment and nuanced accuracy that make it ring true in all the controversial and tricky parts.

Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized.

Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.

I am conscious of the fact that the subject of hell is not a very pleasant one. It is very unpopular, controversial and misunderstood.... As a minister, I must deal with it. I cannot ignore it.

I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk.

How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?

I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.

I am a visible person. I'm visible and I'm controversial. I don't mind if you crave the limelight - but make it work for you!

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.

If something is very, very funny but possibly controversial, if it's truly funny, then it's worth doing. Things aren't worth doing for the sake of being controversial.

I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.

I'd much rather insult people and make 'em angry. Donnie Darko's very controversial. Not all of my friends like it. Honestly, it's almost become a test for me. If somebody says they don't like Donnie Darko, I think, "Oh, I don't know you as well as I thought I did.

I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone.

If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention.

I have never knowingly made a non-controversial speech in my life.

I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'

I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.

I have wondered if I might be placed on a watch list of some sort by the government, though. I know that the documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras, who is a friend and who has made documentaries about controversial Middle Eastern terrorists has had trouble at customs when she travels internationally - but nothing like that has happened to me.

I know that I'm freer as a hip-hopper than as an executive. Even as a black man, I enjoy more freedom as a hip-hopper than as a black man. That, s controversial to say, but it's the truth.

I know Reverend Jesse Jackson is controversial, and not a popular figure with many, but he hired me in 1984. He gave me my first job in politics.

I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was one of those sacrifices I made early on until I could afford it.

I like controversy. The more controversial it gets, the more interesting it is.

I'm really happy I was kicked out of CalArts (for a controversial art piece I made).

I'm not really interested in courting controversy, but I am interested in exploring issues that other people would deem to be controversial.

I'm controversial. My friends either dislike me or hate me

Innovators are inevitably controversial.

I spent my whole career playing it safe, being a gentleman, never doing anything controversial.

It's better to be controversial for the right reasons, than to be popular for the wrong reasons.

I think controversy has this allusion of being controversial but it's totally not, which is why I'm trying to get away from it because it's just easy and automatic.

I think that as I continue to write, my writing I hope will become more controversial and more provocative.

It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.

It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.

It's amazing to me that Glenn Beck can be on the cover of 'Time,' and there can be a whole article about him basically saying, 'Well, you know, he's controversial.' It's like, 'No, he's a dangerous idiot who needs the help of a good psychiatrist!'

It's not controversial to say that human activity is contributing in some way. The question is how serious that is.

It's never my intent to be controversial but I don't shy away from it.

John Lott documents how far 'politically correct' vested interests are willing to go to denigrate anyone who dares disagree with them. Lott has done us all a service by his thorough, thoughtful scholarly approach to a highly controversial issue.

Jews are known for many things, but strength, swiftness, and agility are not among them. There is one trait, as controversial as it is familiar, for which Jews are above all known, and that is shrewdness in business.

I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed.

Let's put it in perspective at the United States Supreme Court, which hears maybe 60 cases a year, most of the cases are resolved without much dispute. The 10 or 15 that are controversial we all know about, and we hear about. The federal courts hear just a tiny sliver of the cases that go to court in this country. Most of the cases are in the state courts. And most legal issues never go to court. So, the legal system is actually not in jeopardy. At the same time, access to law is in jeopardy.

Many cartoons I've drawn have been controversial, perhaps a little before their time, certainly when I was getting started.

My insurance provider probably wouldn't allow me to go into a mosh pit anymore. My brain is insured by Lloyd's of London, you know what I'm saying?

My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.

One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

Now that I exist in the mainstream majority, I'm not really so controversial any more, am I? Not really news.

Of all the subjects I have photographed, the most controversial and the one that has moved me the most has to be the prostitutes who are getting on in years. They are true survivors.

Ninety-eight percent of the things that come out of my mouth are intended to be harmless or even charming. They're not ever intended to be offensive or controversial.

The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial.