Controversial Quotes · Page 8

I think that as I continue to write, my writing I hope will become more controversial and more provocative.

— Christopher Darden

I do believe that Israel is covenant land. That's very controversial, but I read the Bible literally, and I believe that God…

— James Dobson

Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable.

— Carre Otis

Public health regulations are often controversial at the time but who would want to go back to the days of sitting in…

— Sarah Wollaston

I'd like to think I'm going upriver in talking about world-view topics rather than particular political or controversial topics.

— Max Lucado

My insurance provider probably wouldn't allow me to go into a mosh pit anymore. My brain is insured by Lloyd's of London,…

— Cee Lo Green

I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has…

— Sherman Alexie

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

— Ai Weiwei

Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial theory of perception - that one perceives…

— David Chalmers

I don't want to paint myself as some kind of saint - that would be laughable - but I do think I've…

— Robert Draper

You're going to die soon enough anyway; even if it's a hundred years from now, that's still the blink of a cosmic…

— Jesse Bering

The thing that has always baffled me about people's perception of my writing is the sense that I'm a very controversial, opinionated,…

— Chuck Klosterman

How do I do that preparation [for film]? Just an immersion. I have a musician's, I guess, ear for the sound of…

— Meryl Streep

The American psychologist Julian Jaynes, in a controversial study on the origin of consciousness, argued that the bicameral mind - in which…

— Alberto Manguel

I'm a very controversial figure in the Christian world. I don't believe if you're gay or you have a drink or you…

— Kristin Chenoweth

Ask two people to tell you anything, you’ll get two versions. Even easy things like directions, let alone important or semi-controversial topics…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“the First Amendment exists to protect controversial speech, not speech we love that ruffles no feathers.”

— Megyn Kelly

Censorship is certainly not the answer to controversial material and is inconsistent with our most basic constitutional values.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

The mainland Chinese tend to take a Chinese mainland point of view on controversial issues, and the Taiwanese take another the Taiwanese…

— Jimmy Wales

Women are not children. We are not fragile little birds who can't cope with jokes, works of art, or controversial speakers.

— Christina Hoff Sommers

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

— Erma Bombeck

Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person.

— Charles Barkley

When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble…

— Rob Bell

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

— Jean O'Leary

There are usually half a dozen right answers to what needs to be done. Yet, unless a person makes the risky and…

— Peter Drucker

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…

— Tony Judt

Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized.

— Eugenie Scott

In Japan, violence isn't as controversial as it is in the West. Pornography is more restricted, but it's not hard to make…

— Takashi Miike

As you know, the fossil record includes not only the ancestors of crocodiles and whales, but also the ancestors of human beings.…

— Kenneth R. Miller

I think the world likes to pick apart different songs and play doctor with songs sometimes and make them into this big…

— Katy Perry

I'm a storyline. I'm the chosen one for negative stories and controversial things. If I worried about it all, I would go…

— Ndamukong Suh

Ninety-eight percent of the things that come out of my mouth are intended to be harmless or even charming. They're not ever…

— Megan Fox

I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a…

— John Poindexter

I decided to make one of the most controversial songs that I could. I want to get under people's skin.

— Lil B

Show Republicans a shiny pro-life or pro-marriage issue and they'd much rather address that controversial topic than keep pressing on the tyranny…

— Ben Shapiro

Many cartoons I've drawn have been controversial, perhaps a little before their time, certainly when I was getting started.

— Terry Mosher

I think the point of art is to be controversial in a lot of ways. It's to cause conversations, and it's to…

— Eloise Mumford

Of all the subjects I have photographed, the most controversial and the one that has moved me the most has to be…

— Maya Goded

I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job.

— Andrew Weil

Abraham Lincoln was controversial. Mahatma Gandhi was controversial. Jesus was controversial. If you call Vernon Jones controversial, then that is a badge…

— Vernon Jones