Controversial Quotes

208 quotes by 195 authors

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature. — Julian Assange
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 goal. — Rob Bell
Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial. — Erma Bombeck
I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money. — Barbara Bush
I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed. — Sherman Alexie
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 me. And I'll… — Jimmy Carter
I worked for George Bush. I'm proud to have worked for him. I think that a lot of the most controversial things we did, that… — Dick Cheney
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 eye. In the… — Jesse Bering
Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed. — Dean Acheson
In far too many families with young children, both parents are working, when, if they really took an honest look at the budget, they might… — Rick Santorum
The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical. And that is… — Rick Santorum
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
Would the potential attraction to Mormonism by simply having a Mormon in the White House threaten traditional Christianity by leading more Americans to a church… — Rick Santorum
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 to go out… — Rick Santorum
The question is - and this is what Barack Obama didn't want to answer - is that human life a person under the Constitution? And… — Rick Santorum
Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied to. Convinced his son had… — Bill Cosby
If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount. — Barack Obama
I just hope, in all honesty, that Steve will walk if he hits it, you know what I mean? I would hate to be bringing… — Billy Bowden
I look upon statistics as the handmaid of medicine, but on that very account I hold that it befits medicine to treat her handmaid with… — Karl Pearson

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