Book Quote by Flannery O'Connor

“I seem to be afraid of any SERIOUS book—afraid of permitting any SERIOUS preoccupation to break the spell of the passing moment. So dear…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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

— Jean O'Leary

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

— S.F. Chandler

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

— Ai Weiwei

I get called 'controversial' all the time.

— Michael Moore

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

— Rosie Perez

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

“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

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

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

— Ossie Davis

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

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

— Wes Smith