Best 85 quotes in «controversial quotes» category

We're so exposed," Elliott said, as people tapped at the window, oohing at our neighbors' dishes. "This place is good, right?" "Yeah," I said. "It's supposed to be awesome. Though the menu is pretty controversial." "Controversial, huh? Well, I'll leave it up to you to navigate the terrain." "Come on, really? Order with me. Please?" "No, no, don't worry about it," he said. "Go crazy!" "Okay..." I said. "What about... gizzard porridge?" That was actually on the menu. "Sounds fabulous." I giggled. "Or what about the pork with three sweetbread jellies?" "Only three? I like at least a half dozen." I held the menu up like an inspector with her clipboard. "What about the strawberry ramen with peanut broth?" I challenged. "Ah, the sweet nectar of my youth." I spread out my elbows. "Okay, Mr. Chambers. I see your palate is quite sophisticated. Which means you simply must have the poached toothfish with nitro-chocolate ribbons." "Darling, it would be heresy to not." Elliott and I burst out laughing and a couple sitting next to us gave us dirty looks, which only made us laugh more. This was beginning to feel like old times. "All right, for real," I said, rubbing his hand from across the table. "What do you want?" "You decide, T. I trust you." I gave in and decided on three of the most talked-about dishes: buttermilk Parmesan flan with maple broth, pork and snail dumplings with effervescent chive oil, and beef meatballs with deep-fried cilantro chips.

About specific social issues, there is a great deal to say that departs very far from truism and is, accordingly, significant and controversial.

All the people who live in the West Bank are Israelis, they're not Palestinians. There is no 'Palestinian.' This is Israeli land.

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.

An extraordinary and controversial interpretation of Shakespeare's origins, which certainly provokes much thought. A radical analysis of Shakespeare's text, leading to a conclusion which is bound to amaze the reader and the scholar. Who was Shakespeare?

A good joke provides tension, and then, release of that tension. You build the tension by saying things that are controversial. The release is the laugh. The bigger the surprise or insight in your joke, the bigger the laugh.

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

Bible Code is a subject that is very controversial - most people in the world would not even know what we are talking about.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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'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!'

Innovators are inevitably controversial.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.