Controversial Quotes

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

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

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

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

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

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.

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

Who says we didn't have controversial subjects on TV back in my time? Remember Bonanza? It was about three guys in high heels living together

I just have my characters say my controversial opinions and then hide behind them.

We are not supposed to have an opinion. If we have an opinion, it has to be controversial – that is how we are always projected. It is difficult.

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

I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view.

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

Contraception really shouldn't be all that controversial because it's a tool a woman can use to delay her first birth until she's, say, 18 or 19 years old.

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.

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

There are some current 'theories' that, when divested of begged questions, reduce to the non-controversial statement, 'Here are some facts and there may be some relation between them.'

The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent.

Everyone claims to be okay with freedom of religion, but the moment you mention God there is a strange tension that fills the air. If there was a 6th sense, that would be it.

If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.

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

Abortion is a hard thing for Hollywood to deal with because it is so controversial and you don't want to alienate half your audience by sending one message or the other.

The point is that if you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you.

I try not to get political, I don't want to get religious, I don't want to get controversial, I just want to have a show that relates to everybody.

What makes me vulnerable is speaking up about topics that may be controversial to others.

[A formula for answering controversial letters -- without even reading the letters:] Dear Sir (or Madame): You may be right.

The problem of sexual minorities in Russia has been deliberately made controversial in Russia. There is no such problem in Russia.

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

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

I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.

Imagine a legal system in which lawyers were equated with the clients they defended and were condemned for representing controversial or despised clients.

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

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!

Obviously this prison has been controversial ever since the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo more than 14 years ago.

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.

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

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

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

To be honest, after all the crap that happened with 'Summer Heights High,' I was like, 'I'm not going to write anything controversial or edgy ever again; I just can't handle the blame.'

What world leader is considered the most controversial and everyone has a view of him? That's Putin.

I played a girl. There's really nothing controversial about her. She's just fine. She has to be fine in order to make Sarah Jessica's character pop, I say I just play a white girl in that movie.

There have been so many examples of highly qualified judges of enormous integrity who lost their positions because they were in fact disabled from speaking out to defend a controversial opinion.

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

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

Immigration reforms are always controversial. Our Congress was created to muster political will to answer such challenges. Today we didn't, but tomorrow we will. I yield the floor.

I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact.

I'm constantly changing, I'm constantly growing. I think I'm a little controversial... I just try and keep some mystery, so hopefully people can't really put their finger on it.

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 don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go out there and tell some stories, and people can relate.

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.