My "home" is a controversial topic. I don't exactly have…

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…

— M.I.A

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…

— Megan Fox

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…

— Sarah Weddington

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

— Wes Smith

If art is singular expression, then by nature, the best art is controversial. But when art stirs debate for reasons besides its artistic integrity,…

— John Ridley

Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from…

— Ossie Davis

Those who misrepresent the normal experiences of life, who decry being controversial, who shun risk, are the enemies of the American way of life,…

— Henry Wriston

“My personal analysis is that the media have made the AI-safety debate seem more controversial than it really is. After all, fear sells, and…

— Max Tegmark

I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's…

— Tony Judt

I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at.

— Rosie Perez

I get called 'controversial' all the time.

— Michael Moore

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

— Ai Weiwei

“When you fear nothing, you have nothing to fear”

— S.F. Chandler

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

— Jean O'Leary

“At the time, though, vaccination was controversial. Many were opposed.”

— Jennifer Wright