Controversial Quotes

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

One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

Senator Helms might very well do that. I would point out to him that we in the art world are not necessarily in the business of making controversial art.

That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.

The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial.

Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... that's a whole political debate that I don't want to get into. I want to talk about the frequency of extreme weather situations, which is not political.

I'm constantly changing, I'm constantly growing. I think I'm a little controversial... I just try and keep some mystery, so hopefully people can't really put their finger on it.

Abortion is a hard thing for Hollywood to deal with because it is so controversial and you don't want to alienate half your audience by sending one message or the other.

It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.

From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition.

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

I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as controversial.

If I tax them, in fact, I'm not taxing the capitalists, I am taxing the people who have saved, trusted. It was very controversial, those sorts of things. But finally, it worked out.

What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and to be sort of treated not in a discriminatory way. I don't think there is anything controversial about me saying that. This is just a fact.

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

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 never avoid a controversial issue.

I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot.

Despite my involvement in difficult and sometimes controversial questions I have received consistent support from the people of Ashfield. They have recognised that it is necessary to take difficult decisions, that newspapers do not always report fairly or accurately.

When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time.

It's really easy to avoid the tabloids. You just live your life and don't hang out with famous people who are in the tabloids. Don't do anything controversial and be a normal person. Have friends. And get a job and keep working.

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

Thirty years ago, in 1976, the notion of organized activity to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity was an extremely controversial one.

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

I just have my characters say my controversial opinions and then hide behind them.

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

I kicked down doors to show that Hiphop has matured. And it may be a little controversial.