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Quotes About Controversy

I don't believe in God, don't believe in the devil. Unless you want to count my mother. She might be Satan's sister, I suppose.
~ Ellen Hopkins
I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not funny.
~ Issa Rae
The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employed so many ex-cons and future cons.
~ Mike Royko
If I should ever decide in the future to discuss my deep Christian beliefs and condemnation and sinfulness, I would use another forum besides Playboy.
~ Jimmy Carter
Usually if nobody hates a piece, nobody loves it, either; and a magazine which sets itself the goal of provoking thought is not doing its job if everybody agrees with what it does.
~ Stanley Schmidt
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
My goal is to destroy Christianity.
~ Erwin McManus
Is it possible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism? You should know that this slogan, this goal, can certainly be achieved.
~ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
~ Dave Barry
If my film makes one more person miserable, I've done my job
~ Woody Allen
Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!'
~ Conan O'Brien
Why is there so much controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who would be willing to test any drug they could come up with
~ George Carlin
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
~ Oscar Wilde
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
~ Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
I was sued by a woman who claimed that she became pregnant because she watched me on television and I bent her contraceptive coil.
~ Uri Geller
The last time I was inside a woman was when I was inside the Statue of Liberty.
~ Woody Allen
Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs, and I've been to too many parties.
~ George Clooney
Today, the L.A. Times accused Arnold Schwarzenegger of groping six women. I'm telling you, this guy is presidential material.
~ Unknown
I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
~ Nancy Reagan
Phyllis Schlafly speaks for all American women who oppose equal rights for themselves.
~ Andy Rooney
Just when you think there's nothing to write about, Nixon says, I am not a crook. Jimmy Carter says, I have lusted after women in my heart. President Reagan says, I have just taken a urinalysis test, and I am not on dope.
~ Art Buchwald
Dorothy is the only woman in history who has had her menopause in public and made it pay.
~ Alice Roosevelt Longworth
I'm furious about the women's liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket.
~ Anita Loos
I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
~ Margaret Mead