Quotes About Controversy

You may not know it, Mr. Earthbound, but the best way to advertise an idea is by attacking it.

The Nation-state: apartheid without political incorrectness.

You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer, and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity

you make it look like any critic of your method is arguing against saving the children.

If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word equilibrium , or normal distribution , do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put a rat down his shirt.

We are talking about preventing our students from reading Huckleberry Finn! And why? Because it offends some people. Show me a book that offends no one, and i will show you a book that no one, in the whole history of the world, has ever willingly read.

Which is worse, Risa often wondered, to have tens of thousands of babies that no one wanted or to silently make then go away before they were even born

Tell me, Connor, is this the first time you've been pregnant?' 'What?' 'Just answer the question, yes or no.' 'Yes. I mean no! Shut up! What kind of stupid-ass question is that?' Cam smiles. 'You see? You're damned no matter how you answer. By playing both sides, Proactive Citizenry keeps people focused on choosing between two different kinds of unwinding, making people forget that the real question...' 'Is whether or not someone should be unwound at all.

I don't know about you, but I'd rather see a killer unwound than the kid next door. Vote yes on Initiative 11.

Which was worse, Risa often wondered—to have tens of thousands of babies that no one wanted, or to silently make them go away before they were even born? On different days Risa had different answers.

What does a Nobel Prize in science mean when your lifesaving work has been transformed into an excuse to end life?

I know the thing the Tonists believe are ridiculous, Citra said, but I suppose to some people, there's something compelling about them. That's what turkeys think about the rain, Marie pointed out. They raise their eyes heavenward, open up their beaks, and drown.

She can't recall whether these were the colors of the pro-life or pro-choice forces, but then, it doesn't really matter. Both sides lost.

God is a scandal, - a profitable scandal.

Es ist etwas Berauschendes am schlechten Geschmack, nämlich das aristokratische Vergnügen, zu mißfallen.

Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don't give a damn.

Bad taste makes more millionaires than good taste.

Whores are natural

What's wrong with assholes, baby?

they pulled Ezra through the streets in a wooden cage. Blake was sure of God. Villon was a mugger. Lorca sucked cock. T. S. Eliot worked a teller's cage

What's the easiest fucking thing to take?" I asked him. "Journalism. Those journalism majors don't do anything." "O.K., I'll be a journalist.

Yeah? Well, if there's anything worse than a whore it's a bore.

Walking out with the people, I didn't know which was more exciting, the air race, the parachute jump that failed, or the cunt.

my god, they will say, all Chinaski writes about are cats! my god, they used to say, all Chinaski writes about are whores! the complainers will complain and keep buying my books: they love the way I irritate them.