Controversial Quotes

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 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 mind being controversial. Even Jesus wasn't loved in his day.

I think everyone should be with who they love. I don't want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble but people are going to love who they are going to love. I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals. Ha ha ha!

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

From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition.

But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be.

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.

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

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

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

Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial theory of perception - that one perceives the world by perceiving one's sense-data, or something like that.

Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed.

I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor.

At any rate, when a subject is highly controversial-and any question about sex is that-one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold.

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

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

The question is, and this is what Barack Obama didn't want to answer, is that human life a person under the constitution. And Barack Obama says no. Well, if that person, human life, is not a person, then I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say no, we're going to decide who our people, and who are not people.

I kicked down doors to show that Hiphop has matured. And it may be a little controversial.

That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.

I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial.

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

Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person.

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

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

I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.

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

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

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

I'd like to think I'm going upriver in talking about world-view topics rather than particular political or controversial topics.

My "home" is a controversial topic. I don't exactly have one. I live all over the world.

Ask two people to tell you anything, you’ll get two versions. Even easy things like directions, let alone important or semi-controversial topics like why a fight started or what a person was generally like. If you don’t know something for yourself, you just can’t be sure.

For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.

It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.

The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue.

For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don't care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is.

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.

For a lot of women, one of the hardest things about leadership is the desire to be liked by everyone. That's often inconsistent with leadership. It's certainly inconsistent with taking positions on very controversial issues.

Schools provide safe spaces to talk about controversial issues, and literature presents characters portraying human experience in all its richness and contradictoriness.

A mutual friend, Benjamin Rush, brought [Tomas Jefferson and John Adams] together in 1812, and they went on to exchange letters for the rest of their lives. But in their correspondence they tended to avoid the most controversial issues, such as slavery.

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

They said it was against the rules to take sides on a controversial issue. I said, 'I wish you had told me that during World War II, when I took sides against Hitler.

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

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

Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing concluded, just as his civil rights record and views had been the most controversial part of his record when the hearing began.

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.

I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.

When you're a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you're president of the United States. Everybody around the world's paying attention. Markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure that you don't make mistakes.

The lunatic populism that preceded the Pearl Harbor bombing is astonishing in its permutations, its crisscrossings. Guys like [Catholic priest and controversial radio broadcaster] Father Coughlin and [racist and anti-Semitic agitator and founder of the Christian Nationalist Crusade] Gerald L.K. Smith started out as share-the-wealth socialists.

What must it be like to live in Rush Limbaughs world? A world where when anyone other than conservative, white men attempts to do anything or enter any profession, be it business, politics, art or sports, the only reason theyre allowed entry or, incredibly, attain excellence is because the standard was lowered. Be they liberals, people of color, women, the poor or anyone with an accent.... Edgy, controversial, brilliant. What a way to shake up intelligent sports commentary. Hitler would have killed in talk radio. He was edgy, too.