Quotes About Controversy

I totally support civil partnerships and that same-sex relationships are recognised in law. But marriage, to me, is between a man and a woman.

Most Christians would not recognize Mormonism as part of the Christian faith.

I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety.

There are a lot of people who don't believe I deserve to be recognized as one of the top-10 best and I don't necessarily disagree with them.

I had heard all the rumors and controversy swirling about the 'In Utero' recordings - there was a lot of, 'Oh, the record label hates it,' it was going to ruin the band, that kind of stuff.

After the 2000 election, which hinged on the results of a recount in Florida, Democrats smeared President George W. Bush as 'selected, not elected.'

I went to Catholic school in and out. I'm what you call a recovering Catholic. I have many major issues with the church.

To call this a recovery is an insult to recoveries.

There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually move recovery or retard it, and nothing final could ever come of that bitter debate because it is forever impossible to prove what might have happened in place of what did.

Police departments are under enormous political pressure to hire based on race, despite existing efforts to recruit minorities, on the theory that doing so will decrease police shootings of minorities.

The FDA is redefining birth control as abortion. The FDA is setting the bar higher for this kind of drug.

Bottom line: Contraception does not reduce abortion.

The question was never whether stop, question and frisk should be allowed; it was how it should be done. Those who claimed it should be outlawed entirely reduced a nuanced issue to an either-or argument, and unwisely answered it with a blanket ban.

The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.

Not everybody likes Ed Reed.

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

I don't necessarily believe that 'The Cosby Show' should disappear as a cultural reference, but it is. That's sad to me. I understand why. He was a man who possibly did some really bad things, and he should be punished beyond a doubt. But that show, and the impact it had not just on black culture, but culture, was amazing.

If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.

I can handle heckling on evolution because it's my own field.

Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.

I would like to say that what Mel Phillips was doing was not sexual harassment but more sexual abuse of children, because he was doing it in a sexual manner now that I look back on it.

I avoid flying Ryanair if I can. I know that everyone gives them a hard time, but there's a good reason for that.

I have nothing to do with Greg Hardy.

Don't let... anybody in the Cowboys organization fool you into thinking they support Greg Hardy. They don't. They support sacks.