Controversial Quotes

“No controversy, no PR.”

— Tim Fargo

Innovators are inevitably controversial.

— Eva Le Gallienne

Everything controversial is good for boxing.

— Chris Eubank Sr

James Toney is too controversial.

— James Toney

I never really expected to be controversial.

— B. F. Skinner

Whatever I do becomes controversial.

— Amitabh Bachchan

People have an interest in the controversial.

— John F. Kennedy Jr

“To the union of all honest men.”

— Aaron Burr

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

— Seth Lloyd

“Can I get a two-thumbs up for a fatter America?”

— Andrew Sturm

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

— Michael Morhaime

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

— Edward Abbey

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

— Howard Dean

I don't mind being controversial. Even Jesus wasn't loved in his day.

— Elvis Presley

Personaly I think you pick up lot of germs while you kissing each other.

— Sfiso MaAphula Ngema

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

— Simon Cowell

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

— Bjorn Borg

It would be normal for anybody running a high-profile, politically controversial operation in China to anticipate worst-case scenario, and to do everything…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I don't understand why guys want to be controversial and in the press all the time. It's just not my nature.

— Troy Aikman

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

— Christopher Ruddy

Down the road, the most controversial approach to neuroenhancement could be a way not of stimulating the brain but of reengineering it.

— Maria Konnikova

When you become controversial, when you want to promote new ideas, you need to be the face of it and not be…

— Olivier Rousteing

I'm comfortable having a specific audience to write to. I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as…

— Dave Sim

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…

— M.I.A

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

— Max Tegmark

I have to say, as a young woman of color, and this may sound controversial, in sci-fi, anything is possible. In sci-fi…

— Kandyse McClure

Nobody wants to know a colored woman's opinion about her own status of that of her group. When she dares express it,…

— Mary Church Terrell

Mention the name George W. Bush in mixed company, and you're likely to spark a lot of debate and emotion - hot…

— Mark McKinnon

I knew Arizona's SB 1070 would be controversial when I introduced it, but I did not expect the national immigration debate to…

— Russell Pearce

For instance, when "Gender trouble " is translated into Japanese, it produces a problem of vocabulary and a way of thinking about…

— Judith Butler

To the citizens of Israel, I say: We have passed difficult years, faced the most painful experiences and overcome them. The future…

— Ariel Sharon

I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now…

— Rick Santorum

It's the reason why I am always interested in engaging in people who are pushing us and pushing against the status quo.…

— Barack Obama

Music critics are, for the most part, bitter people who are intent at dragging people down for being successful at what they…

— Paul Stanley

People already think the court is there to become the final word on controversial political questions. So everybody looks to the Supreme…

— Rush Limbaugh

Foreign news is considered an expletive. Thoughtfully written analysis is out, 'live pops' are in. 'Action Jackson' is the cry. Hire lookers,…

— Dan Rather

Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied to. Convinced…

— Bill Cosby

There's a stronger and more kind of controversial element of Plotinus' view of matter, which is that he actually identifies it with…

— Peter Adamson

PW spent time with Sigel in a New York recording studio shortly before he went away on his federal gun possession charge.…

— Beanie Sigel

They [candidates] say, "I don't want to say anything controversial." And so nobody covers them. Then they blame the journalists, saying "Why…

— Roger Ailes