Top 558 Controversial Quotes & Sayings

Everything controversial is good for boxing.

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

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

Whatever I do becomes controversial.

All I've wanted to be is someone people look up to. It's funny - everyone says I'm controversial. I've never worked out what it is about me that's controversial. I've never had a DUI; I've never been in a brawl; you've never seen photos of me walking out of clubs at 5 A.M.

I was always controversial, being gay, so nothing was more controversial than that.

In Japan, violence isn't as controversial as it is in the West.

If you see me as a controversial artist or controversial human being, then I could be cashing in on some reality shows. I am not doing anything like that. That's not my aim.

Controversial disputes are a part of democratic culture.

I have never written out of a desire to be controversial.

I never really expected to be controversial.

I'm not going to back down from my controversial positions. If I were to do that, my base would be gone. And so my strategy is just, continue to speak the truth, even if it is controversial.

I'm not a controversial person. I'm not trying to polarise people.

I lost to Lennox Lewis in a very controversial decision.

I don't like to get involved in controversial things.

'Human' was controversial within The Killers way before it was controversial to the rest of the world! It caused some problems within the band. Not to throw anybody under the bus, but it was pretty much me and Dave against Mark and Ronnie for a little while. We were standing up for the song.

When the policy is controversial, you have to go out and defend it.

The nation state law has nothing controversial.

I am really the most controversial artist in the world.

Controversial issues are always more interesting but I don't create material about a subject I have opinion on just because it's controversial. The most fun is having a point of view that the audience is generally against and presenting an argument that challenges their thinking.

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

Margaret Thatcher was Britain's most controversial modern politician.

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.

I've never tried to be controversial. The truth is controversial enough.

I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job.

I get called 'controversial' all the time.

I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot.

I've always been willing to take risks and chances. Often I'm on talk shows and hosts will ask 'How do you feel about it, when people say you're controversial?' And I say that, 'I think if I stop being controversial, I wouldn't be doing my job.

If you're not controversial, you'll never break through the din of all the commentary.

It used to be controversial whether smoking caused lung cancer, it used to be controversial whether HIV caused AIDS. Now, there are a few mavericks who deny those things. In the case of climate change, I think the debate is going the same way in that there is a strong consensus that it is a serious matter.

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.

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

I'm a controversial guy.

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all — except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.

It's a controversial segment, 'Watters World.' There's controversy around it.

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

I'm very... controversial for some reason.

I never thought of myself as a particularly controversial figure.

Just so you know, I am an ex-controversial YouTuber.

I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway.

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

It was controversial when we were settling on what the races should be in 'Warcraft 3!'

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

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

We knew that 'Naked Attraction' was going to be controversial but as long as youre being controversial for the right reasons, I have absolutely no problem with it.

Innovators are inevitably controversial.

I still have this image: I can't be controversial, I can't say things.

Controversial' as we all know, is often a euphemism for 'interesting and intelligent.

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.

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

I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as controversial.

People have an interest in the controversial.

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.

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

I'd be very controversial if I said why, and I don't do controversial anymore. That's too passé. So last year. Being controversial is boring now.

I can imagine Iceland becoming a good place to run a controversial Web site. But... Iceland may find itself forced to defend controversial speech.

A public, unified and integrated railway - hardly controversial.

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.

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