Controversy is a last resort for the talentless.

We really should be close to 100 percent on all of these measures. There’s not much controversy about whether giving antibiotics to someone who has pneumonia is good or not.

If you believe that I’m a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.

News is not just about information from media, it’s the current revelation of the two changing worlds of the good and the dark worlds.

A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren’t quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them.

Stigma’s power lies in silence. The silence that persists when discussion and action should be taking place. The silence one imposes on another for speaking up on a taboo subject, branding them with a label...

This is almost always the case: A piece of art receives its f(r)ame when found offensive.

It would help a news organization deal with controversy because it brings it out into the open. If you believe as I do that we’re an honest, hard-working news organization, all you need to do...

I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can’t help it if controversy is hounding me day in and day out. I’m quite amazed sometimes by the way...

There are two ways to become popular; either by setting the cat amongst the pigeons or by getting the cat out of the midst of the pigeons. The latter is better!

When this whole controversy over the day laborers broke, the county executive was very troubled by it. He is concerned that there’s a feeling of intolerance and he feels that Westchester County is better than...

Christianity, like genius, is one of the hardest concepts to forgive. We hear what we want to hear and accept what we want to accept, for the most part, simply because there is nothing more...

People don’t want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need to know. If you’re a teacher you’re in a constant battle with mildly...

Advertisers still want to avoid controversy.

I always ask myself one question: what is human? What does it mean to be human? Maybe people will consider my new films brutal again. But this violence is just a reflection of what they...

People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.

If a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good

Bitter people are not interested in what you say, but what you hide.

For wordsmiths and masters of words, without necessarily being harsh with words, the words have a tendency to shoot straight to the hearts of people, and this either deeply touches them or deeply angers them....

It is great to teach real controversies in school. But ‘intelligent design’ is a false controversy, manufactured by its proponents. Its only ‘design’ is to confuse students about scientific evidence and methods. It has no...

During the flames of controversy, opinions, mass disputes, conflict, and world news, sometimes the most precious, refreshing, peaceful words to hear amidst all the chaos are simply and humbly ‘I don’t know.

programmed and scripted to stay away from controversy.

I think the National Institutes of Health should take responsibility for conducting this type of clinical trial, where controversy and potential harm to the population are at stake.

Look at the language. If a scientist delivers the simple, unconditional, absolutely certain statements that politicians and journalists want, he is talking as an activist, not a scientist.

Some concepts are so incredibly risky they take an honest fool to try to articulate them.

I don’t see how you can write anything of value if you don’t offend someone.

Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the previous and the next generations. That is the basis of history repeating itself.

People may chase telecom and energy shares that suffered the most due to the controversy.

Most people seem to resent the controversial in music; they don’t want their listening habits disturbed. They use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress...

He’s always in the middle of any controversy, so it couldn’t happen to a better guy because A.J. is used to it. He can handle it better than everyone.

Everyone claims to be okay with freedom of religion, but the moment you mention God there is a strange tension that fills the air. If there was a 6th sense, that would be it.

Controversial’ as we all know, is often a euphemism for ‘interesting and intelligent.

It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones.

Companies don’t exist, and at the end of the day it is people make every decision in buisnesses. Human beings, not some feastious machine programmed solely for the improvement of efficiency and revenue generation. Companies...

Today’s controversy is tomorrow’s sea change.

He’s always in the middle of some kind of controversy, … It couldn’t have happened to a better guy. Because A.J. is used to it, so he can handle this better than anyone else on...

No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.

Surrounding the [death penalty] issue is a lot of controversy and very passionate views. People tend to be on one side very strongly or the other side very strongly, and I actually don’t end up...

Peaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated.

No controversy, no PR.

When both sides of a controversy revel in the defeat and humiliation of the other side, in fact they are on the same side: the side of war.

He touched off a major controversy.

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.

There was a lot of debate and lot of controversy, but everyone in the world knows where Scripps landed. That is a major selling point for the state.

There are at least a million truths that are hidden by just 100 lies.

A rebel adult often seems like a glorious savior, whereas a rebel child often seems like a little devil.

is going to cause controversy with the U.S.

There’s been more controversy before this nominee has uttered a formal word than I have ever heard,

Prejudice in this country is like chapters in a book. Chapter One: Hating the Africans and Indians. Chapter Two: Don’t forget the Irish. Chapter Three: Polish jokes.”….. “Hispanics? Latinos? Whatever you call us? Maybe we’re...

I’m starting to think that my level of intrigue outweighs my fear of controversy.