Controversial Quotes · Page 8

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

— Vladimir Putin

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

— Rowan Williams

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.

— Colin Powell

My most famous drama in England is quite controversial. It's something called Men Only, and it's rather a shocking exploration of male…

— Peter Webber

I am a visible person. I'm visible and I'm controversial. I don't mind if you crave the limelight - but make it…

— Angela Alioto

There are opportunities that I have because I'm a white dude, and it's controversial because that's just the way that the world…

— Diplo

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

— Rick Santorum

There will always be excuses, arguments, and questions of timing when moving on difficult and controversial issues.

— Lara Giddings

Neurobiological research has shown that in people with chronic PTSD, both stress hormone secretion and areas of the brain connected to memory…

— Siri Hustvedt

The Anthropocene essentially would be the time of human influence on the planet. That's controversial though, because geology is a retrospective discipline.…

— Kenneth Lacovara

Controversial issues are always more interesting but I don't create material about a subject I have opinion on just because it's controversial.…

— Doug Stanhope

Essentially, I mean the almost self-evident fact that individuals, ethnic groups, and races differ among themselves in intelligence and in many other…

— Murray Rothbard

I played a girl. There's really nothing controversial about her. She's just fine. She has to be fine in order to make…

— Claire Danes

I think all of us could insist on preserving the truth and preserving the peace. We could insist that political candidates tell…

— Jimmy Carter

In July 2011, U.S. Soccer announced that they'd fired Bob Bradley and hired Jurgen Klinsmann as head coach. Jurgen had once been…

— Tim Howard

Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite…

— Pete Townshend

I don't have any option. I'm not going to be less gay or more pretty. I can't try to have less personality…

— Rachel Maddow

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

— Michio Kaku

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

— Anonymous

It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about…

— Kacey Musgraves

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

— Liam Neeson

I'm one of those controversial celebs or whatever you want to call it, but I am actually a musician - people forget…

— Tulisa

Custard is controversial: what makes it a custard, how best to cook it and, crucially, is it to be eaten or put…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

Now that I exist in the mainstream majority, I'm not really so controversial any more, am I? Not really news.

— Michael Moore

Decentralisation is controversial - but that's fine. We should be fearless about having a debate.

— Charles Kennedy

School prayer, abortion, and school busing are indeed controversial issues. I doubt that there ever will be complete agreement on the public-policy…

— Max Baucus

“It was fucking weird. They had gone from a sickening, "in love" couple doing a duet to the complete opposite in the…

— Karina Halle

Everything about The Bradshaws is controversial, fluid, uncertain: their age - perhaps 30,000 years old, perhaps older, perhaps more recent - who…

— Richard Flanagan

I do like making things a bit controversial - I think that's what sells and what catches people's ear.

— Perrie Edwards

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

— Rush Limbaugh

A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

— Mike Jackson

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

— Nora Ephron

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

— Noam Chomsky

I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her,…

— Shakira

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in…

— Jimmy Carter

I'm not a lawyer, but I do know this: we need to protect our ability to tell controversial stories.

— Robert Redford

Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial.

— Kalle Lasn

I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity…

— Rick Santorum

I don’t think it’s that controversial. I’m really in favor of legalizing marijuana. I thought people would be more offended by [this…

— Mary-Louise Parker

I think controversy has this allusion of being controversial but it's totally not, which is why I'm trying to get away from…

— Bo Burnham