Best 85 quotes in «controversial quotes» category

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Innovators are inevitably controversial.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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?

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

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

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.

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

Paparazzi will try to get the most controversial picture of you in a compromising position because that's how they're going to sell it.

Requiem has been controversial because people dont feel I gave it closure.

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.

The proposal that men and women should be treated equally under the law is hardly a controversial concept.

The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for.

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

There are things going on in galleries recently that have shocked me. What I'm going to say is really controversial, but what I find the most provocative is the commerciality of art in general. And the fact that a lot of people have forgotten what the meaning of art is and what the intention behind it is.