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title: "Famous Controversial Quotes"
description: "Browse 486 Controversial quotes by 431 authors. Discover the best Controversial sayings and thoughts."
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> [Nobody wants to know a colored woman's opinion about her own status of that of her group. When she dares express it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-church-terrell/nobody-wants-to-know-a-colored-woman-s-opinion-about-her-own-status/)

[Mary Church Terrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-church-terrell/)

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> [Mention the name George W. Bush in mixed company, and you're likely to spark a lot of debate and emotion - hot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mckinnon/mention-the-name-george-w-bush-in-mixed-company-and-you-re-likely-to/)

[Mark McKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mckinnon/)

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> [To the citizens of Israel, I say: We have passed difficult years, faced the most painful experiences and overcome them. The future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-sharon/to-the-citizens-of-israel-i-say-we-have-passed-difficult-years-faced/)

[Ariel Sharon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-sharon/)

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> [For instance, when "Gender trouble " is translated into Japanese, it produces a problem of vocabulary and a way of thinking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-butler/for-instance-when-gender-trouble-is-translated-into-japanese-it/)

[Judith Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-butler/)

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> [I knew Arizona's SB 1070 would be controversial when I introduced it, but I did not expect the national immigration debate to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-pearce/i-knew-arizona-s-sb-1070-would-be-controversial-when-i-introduced-it/)

[Russell Pearce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-pearce/)

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> [“My personal analysis is that the media have made the AI-safety debate seem more controversial than it really is. After all, fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/my-personal-analysis-is-that-the-media-have-made-the-ai-safety-debate/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

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> [I have to say, as a young woman of color, and this may sound controversial, in sci-fi, anything is possible. In sci-fi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandyse-mcclure/i-have-to-say-as-a-young-woman-of-color-and-this-may-sound/)

[Kandyse McClure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandyse-mcclure/)

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> [Some people feel that it's controversial if I say that because my dad is known as a political artist. But I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-lennon/some-people-feel-that-it-s-controversial-if-i-say-that-because-my-dad/)

[Sean Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-lennon/)

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> [For all its shortcomings, Wikipedia does have strong governance and deliberative mechanisms; anyone who has ever followed discussions on Wikipedia's mailing lists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evgeny-morozov/for-all-its-shortcomings-wikipedia-does-have-strong-governance-and/)

[Evgeny Morozov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evgeny-morozov/)

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> [It's amazing to me that Glenn Beck can be on the cover of 'Time,' and there can be a whole article about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viggo-mortensen/it-s-amazing-to-me-that-glenn-beck-can-be-on-the-cover-of-time-and/)

[Viggo Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viggo-mortensen/)

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> [I worked in an insurance office for six years, and it was there that I just woke up one day and realised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-sives/i-worked-in-an-insurance-office-for-six-years-and-it-was-there-that-i/)

[Jamie Sives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-sives/)

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> [For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/for-me-it-s-more-important-that-i-outline-all-the-facets-of-a/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [Whenever I feel bad, I go to the library and read controversial periodicals. Though I do not know whether I am a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-percy/whenever-i-feel-bad-i-go-to-the-library-and-read-controversial/)

[Walker Percy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-percy/)

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> [When I did the national anthem, I did a soulful, kind of gospel-y version, but it was controversial with the war veterans,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-feliciano/when-i-did-the-national-anthem-i-did-a-soulful-kind-of-gospel-y/)

[Jose Feliciano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-feliciano/)

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> [I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/i-m-always-told-that-what-i-say-is-controversial-why-is-it/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

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> [I'm tired of explaining to Hollywood that people would laugh at me, because I go around America making them laugh every week.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jen-kirkman/i-m-tired-of-explaining-to-hollywood-that-people-would-laugh-at-me/)

[Jen Kirkman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-kirkman/)

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> [Nobody wants to get into controversies, especially in the film industry. I do not wish to be a controversial girl. But sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karishma-tanna/nobody-wants-to-get-into-controversies-especially-in-the-film/)

[Karishma Tanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karishma-tanna/)

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> [It used to be controversial whether smoking caused lung cancer, it used to be controversial whether HIV caused AIDS. Now, there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/it-used-to-be-controversial-whether-smoking-caused-lung-cancer-it/)

[Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/)

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> [Neurobiological research has shown that in people with chronic PTSD, both stress hormone secretion and areas of the brain connected to memory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/neurobiological-research-has-shown-that-in-people-with-chronic-ptsd/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

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> [The most controversial issues of the twenty-first century will pertain to the ends and means of modifying human behavior and who shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goodlad/the-most-controversial-issues-of-the-twenty-first-century-will/)

[John Goodlad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goodlad/)

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> [My own education has been entirely controversial: that is why I know what I am writing about; and appear eccentric to dogmatically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/my-own-education-has-been-entirely-controversial-that-is-why-i-know/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [What matters is not what you photograph, but why and how you photograph it. Even the most controversial subject, if depicted by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-feininger/what-matters-is-not-what-you-photograph-but-why-and-how-you/)

[Andreas Feininger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-feininger/)

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> [All ideas having even the slightest redeeming social importance - unorthodox ideas, controversial ideas, even ideas hateful to the prevailing climate of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-brennan/all-ideas-having-even-the-slightest-redeeming-social-importance/)

[William J. Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-brennan/)

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> [I think everyone should be with who they love. I don't want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolly-parton/i-think-everyone-should-be-with-who-they-love-i-don-t-want-to-be/)

[Dolly Parton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dolly-parton/)

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> [People often ask me why I persisted in doing research on a subject that was so controversial. I frequently respond by telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-b-prusiner/people-often-ask-me-why-i-persisted-in-doing-research-on-a-subject/)

[Stanley B. Prusiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-b-prusiner/)

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> [The book Manufacturing Consent, which I co-authored with Edward Herman, begins with a description of the structure and institutional setting of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-book-manufacturing-consent-which-i-co-authored-with-edward-herman/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [In the largest sense, every work of art is protest... A lullaby is a propaganda song and any three-year-old knows it... A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/in-the-largest-sense-every-work-of-art-is-protest-a-lullaby-is-a/)

[Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/)

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> [Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/early-british-pop-was-helped-tremendously-by-the-writing-of-bob-dylan/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

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> [In July 2011, U.S. Soccer announced that they'd fired Bob Bradley and hired Jurgen Klinsmann as head coach. Jurgen had once been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-howard/in-july-2011-u-s-soccer-announced-that-they-d-fired-bob-bradley-and/)

[Tim Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-howard/)

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> [From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-merkel/from-this-experience-we-have-learned-that-in-a-big-party-it-is/)

[Angela Merkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-merkel/)

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> [I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-am-of-mixed-minds-about-the-issue-of-privacy-on-one-hand-i/)

[Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/)

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> [As a kid growing up, this was sometimes a little bit intimidating to have a mom who was always, like, speaking up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-wojcicki/as-a-kid-growing-up-this-was-sometimes-a-little-bit-intimidating-to/)

[Susan Wojcicki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-wojcicki/)

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> [The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/the-idea-that-the-crusades-and-the-fight-of-christendom-against-islam/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

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> [The idea that working a blue-collar job and living in a working-class community provides barriers that are unique to your circumstances -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-vance-2/the-idea-that-working-a-blue-collar-job-and-living-in-a-working-class/)

[J. D. Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-vance-2/)

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> [I played a girl. There's really nothing controversial about her. She's just fine. She has to be fine in order to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-danes/i-played-a-girl-there-s-really-nothing-controversial-about-her-she-s/)

[Claire Danes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-danes/)

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> [I think all of us could insist on preserving the truth and preserving the peace. We could insist that political candidates tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-think-all-of-us-could-insist-on-preserving-the-truth-and-preserving/)

[Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/)

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> [Essentially, I mean the almost self-evident fact that individuals, ethnic groups, and races differ among themselves in intelligence and in many other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/essentially-i-mean-the-almost-self-evident-fact-that-individuals/)

[Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/)

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> [Controversial issues are always more interesting but I don't create material about a subject I have opinion on just because it's controversial.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanhope/controversial-issues-are-always-more-interesting-but-i-don-t-create/)

[Doug Stanhope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanhope/)

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> [The Anthropocene essentially would be the time of human influence on the planet. That's controversial though, because geology is a retrospective discipline.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-lacovara/the-anthropocene-essentially-would-be-the-time-of-human-influence-on/)

[Kenneth Lacovara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-lacovara/)

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> [The resistance is the voice in your head telling you to use bullets in your PowerPoint slides...It’s the voice that tells you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-resistance-is-the-voice-in-your-head-telling-you-to-use-bullets/)

[Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/)

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## Top authors on Controversial

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-santorum-79085.jpg) Rick Santorum 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/controversial/rick-santorum/)

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