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Who says we didn't have controversial subjects on TV back in my time? Remember Bonanza? It was about three guys in high heels living together — Milton Berle

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. — John F. Kennedy

I still have this image: I can't be controversial, I can't say things. — Chris Evert

I spent my whole career playing it safe, being a gentleman, never doing anything controversial. — Robin Thicke

No sane person should believe that something is subjective merely because it cannot be settled beyond controversy. — Hilary Putnam

I was born for a controversial world, and I cannot escape my destiny. John Quincy Adams — Paul C. Nagel

How controversial is for one to deny that men aren't from space while the Earth itself is in space? — Marcus L. Lukusa

American museums have become cautious, because it is very hard to get money to do something different or controversial. — Pontus Hulten

The reality is that being controversial generates attention for a little while, but it's usually not good for your career in the long term. — Alexandra Levit

If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it. — Criss Jami

I don't understand why it's controversial for law-abiding citizens protecting themselves under the Second Amendment. — Jerry Falwell Jr.

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

When the policy is controversial, you have to go out and defend it. — Elliott Abrams

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

I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste. — Adam Brody

People say I'm controversial. But I think I lead a very balanced and normal life. — Ricardo Salinas Pliego

There will always be excuses, arguments, and questions of timing when moving on difficult and controversial issues. — Lara Giddings

It's never my intent to be controversial but I don't shy away from it. — Gary Myers

I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.' — Maurice Sendak

Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed. — Liam Neeson

What makes me vulnerable is speaking up about topics that may be controversial to others. — Gabrielle Bernstein

I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money. — Barbara Bush

Controversial' as we all know, is often a euphemism for 'interesting and intelligent. — Kevin Smith

In the old days, 'controversial' in a relationship meant same-sex or mixed races. — Sam Taylor-Johnson

Paparazzi will try to get the most controversial picture of you in a compromising position because that's how they're going to sell it. — Goldie Hawn

Now that I exist in the mainstream majority, I'm not really so controversial any more, am I? Not really news. — Michael Moore

I like controversy. The more controversial it gets, the more interesting it is. — Marco Brambilla

I would just like my children to be able to eat fish when they grow up. Now, I don't think there's anything controversial about that. — James Murdoch

Just because someone is holding a gun doesn't make an image controversial. It all depends on where you put the gun, who is holding it. — Carine Roitfeld

I'm not a lawyer, but I do know this: we need to protect our ability to tell controversial stories. — Robert Redford

Children did this. They sensed when there was something controversial or sensitive and they pushed and pushed like tiny prosecutors. — Liane Moriarty

I know Reverend Jesse Jackson is controversial, and not a popular figure with many, but he hired me in 1984. He gave me my first job in politics. — Donna Brazile

I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway. — Howard Dean

If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy. — Scott McNealy

Let's face it: pop music in its myriad permutations will always be sexually presumptuous, racially controversial and, frequently, politically charged. — Dan Hill

I think that as I continue to write, my writing I hope will become more controversial and more provocative. — Christopher Darden

Controversial disputes are a part of democratic culture. — Angela Merkel

'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor. — Adam Driver

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

With Zia's controversial demise in 1988, Jinnah was finally spared the false beard Zia kept pinning on the founder's otherwise clean-shaven face. — Nadeem Farooq Paracha

I'm a storyline. I'm the chosen one for negative stories and controversial things. If I worried about it all, I would go insane. — Ndamukong Suh

controversial performance as a corrupt detective in Training Day - would be seen holding the Oscar for best actor, almost four decades after Poitier's — Wil Haygood

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive. — Nora Ephron

I mean, I believe in mountains and all, but I understand it's a controversial viewpoint. I would never force that viewpoint on others. — Joseph Fink

I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job. — Andrew Weil

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

I'm not really volunteering for no family films. I really like the sweet spot of being able to be edgy and controversial. — Romany Malco

Innovators are inevitably controversial. — Eva Le Gallienne

'Coronation Street' was my first job, Zoe was a controversial character, and I wasn't used to everyone looking at me. — Joanne Froggatt

There are opportunities that I have because I'm a white dude, and it's controversial because that's just the way that the world we live in kind of is. — Diplo

The proposal that men and women should be treated equally under the law is hardly a controversial concept. — Carolyn Maloney

I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view. — Bjorn Borg

The mainland Chinese tend to take a Chinese mainland point of view on controversial issues, and the Taiwanese take another the Taiwanese viewpoint. — Jimmy Wales

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 most famous drama in England is quite controversial. It's something called Men Only, and it's rather a shocking exploration of male sexuality. — Peter Webber

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive. — Avigdor Lieberman

I try not to get political, I don't want to get religious, I don't want to get controversial, I just want to have a show that relates to everybody. — Gabriel Iglesias

Obviously this prison has been controversial ever since the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo more than 14 years ago. — Audie Cornish

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed. — Dean Acheson

Important decisions are risky. They should be controversial. Acclamation means that nobody has done the homework. — Peter Drucker

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection. — Colin Powell

I'd like to think I'm going upriver in talking about world-view topics rather than particular political or controversial topics. — Max Lucado

Only black people can use controversial racial terms such as Negro. — Matthew Quick

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

It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else. — Noam Chomsky

There's always opposition when you do something big. I do many things that are controversial. When people see it, they love it! — Donald Trump

Many times I heard Imam Ahmad saying (when asked to give his opinion) on controversial scholarly issues 'I do not know.' — Abu Dawood

I am really the most controversial artist in the world. — Thomas Kinkade

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

How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups? — Edward Abbey

I have never written out of a desire to be controversial. — Meg Rosoff

Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized. — Eugenie Scott

My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on. — John F. Kennedy

It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything. — Kacey Musgraves

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists. — Cullen Hightower

It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be. — Laura Schlessinger

When I am no longer controversial, I will no longer be important — Gustave Courbet

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

Many a time, we let go of some really good ideas just because we feel they are too controversial. — Abhishek Ratna

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

I think that in the blogosphere, the idea is to have the most controversial stuff up. — Monica

I can imagine Iceland becoming a good place to run a controversial Web site. But ... Iceland may find itself forced to defend controversial speech. — Ethan Zuckerman

I never really expected to be controversial. — B.F. Skinner

I think the world likes to pick apart different songs and play doctor with songs sometimes and make them into this big controversial thing. — Katy Perry

Flirting is a "controversial art form" that leaves the intended either flattered, infatuated, creeped out or getting a restraining order. — Shannon L. Alder

The modern emphasis on what is called 'clean fun' is really the symptom of a general unwillingness to touch upon any serious or controversial subject. — George Orwell

Global warming is controversial, of course, but the controversy is mainly over whether human activity is driving it. — Michio Kaku

Make a start, even if you have a controversial idea! — Abhishek Ratna

He's a mass of contradictions. Unfortunately, that only seems to enhance his appeal. I'm one sick bitch, that's for sure. — Siobhan Davis

I'm not a controversial person. I'm not trying to polarise people. — Russell Tovey

Custard is controversial: what makes it a custard, how best to cook it and, crucially, is it to be eaten or put in a pie and thrown? — Yotam Ottolenghi

'Requiem' has been controversial because people don't feel I gave it closure. — Lauren Oliver

The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for. — Salman Rushdie

But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be. — Liam Neeson

I don't mind being controversial. Even Jesus wasn't loved in his day. — Elvis Presley

Decentralisation is controversial - but that's fine. We should be fearless about having a debate. — Charles Kennedy

To the union of all honest men. — Aaron Burr Jr.

I thought they expected you to be controversial at UCLA?"
"I believe the Board of Regents draws the line at sacrificial murder. — Josh Lanyon

It's not controversial to say that human activity is contributing in some way. The question is how serious that is. — Bobby Jindal

I've never intended to be controversial, but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is. — Morrissey