Controversy Quotes

When you know in your heart why you did something, and you feel and you know that in spite of all the controversy that it was right, doesn't matter.

I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.

Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.

The e-mails are mainly about a controversy over a particular data set and the ways a particular small group of scientists have displayed that dataset.

In light of the recent controversy surrounding foreign management of U.S. Ports, a thorough review of foreign management of U.S. airports needs to occur.

I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.

Controversy chases the Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin the way a dog chases a stick.

The controversy as to whether socialism is possible has been settled by the fact that it exists, and it is a fundamental axiom of my philosophy, at any rate, that anything that exists, is possible.

If it's controversy out there, or if it's some false stories out there, I want to clear it up. That's just what I'm all about.

Whether thats positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

First, I hate all theological controversy: it is wearing to the temper, and is I believe (at all events when viva voce) worse than useless.

History is the arbiter of controversy, the monarch of all she surveys.

Political success is often dependent on the ability to be heard above the din of controversy and debate and to set a course with one's own compass.

I don't seek controversy. I don't seek to antagonize. Sometimes it happens, but I'm not there to argue politics.

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

A man does not measure its height in moments of comfort, but in terms of change and controversy

The unknowable creates the greatest controversies.

It also seems beyond controversy that moral responsibilities are greater to the extent that people "have the resources, the training, the facilities and opportunities to speak and act effectively."

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.

Give Ireland back to the Irish, don't make them have to take it away.

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.

I am disappointed by this controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces because I rely on the publishers to define the category that a book falls within and also the authenticity of the work.

Oh my God, I don't think you can say anyone looks forward to controversy.

I confess I take perverse delight as a theologian in the controversies surrounding postmodernism.

I don't have time to think about the false controversy.

Part of the issue around communal land, which became a matter of controversy, is that we are saying that this land must go back to communities. Not chiefs and traditional leaders.

There is no dispute managed without passion, and yet there is scarce a dispute worth a passion.

American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy.

I stay as far away from politics as possible, or any controversy.

Precisely because intelligent design does not turn the study of biological origins into a Bible-science controversy, intelligent design is a position around which Christians of all stripes can unite.

Economy is the first and great article (economy such as I understand it) in my financial creed. The controversy between direct and indirect taxation holds a minor, though important place.

The enemy of a writer is not controversy but obscurity.

Touch, touch, touch, touch me love, I'm shaking inside.

People who always want to be at convenient places won’t make a change at controversial places.

I have always thought that if women's hair posed so many problems, God would certainly have made us bald.

No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.

Controversy is a last resort for the talentless.

Does giving your piece of mind, bring a peace of mind? Or is it better to be silent and let the war inside subside?

This is almost always the case: A piece of art receives its f(r)ame when found offensive.

I'm starting to think that my level of intrigue outweighs my fear of controversy.

Bitter people are not interested in what you say, but what you hide.

Don't judge a man by his controversies. Anyone could find him or herself dealing with issues. What matters is how they deal with it.

Unable to understand why you think so, when you chose a different path.

Takes birth in me, also, dies in debris.I am a Potpourri.A mix of dead petals, effusing divine fragrance.Walking on the journey, of controversy.I am a Potpourri.

Bring on the controversy. I write real life. It's harsh and sometimes gritty, but it's real. Why should we tip toe around that?

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good

Many a time, we let go of some really good ideas just because we feel they are too controversial.

Trying to be offensive for the sole purpose of being offensive should always deem one the least offensive of offenders.

Washington DC is happiest when in indignation overdrive.

Look at the language. If a scientist delivers the simple, unconditional, absolutely certain statements that politicians and journalists want, he is talking as an activist, not a scientist.