Controversial Quotes - Page 3

• I earnestly urge all our people to unite under the true banner of the Master, to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ so powerfully that no truly converted person could ever be aligned with these controversial concepts and procedures contrary to the Lord's plan of salvation.

  Harold B. Lee

  Jesus, People, Christ

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• My work on prime gaps lead to lots of media coverage, some good, some bad, some ugly, and some merely ridiculous. For example, a reporter of our university newspaper, who admitted that he is still learning English, wrote that "Prof. Goldston solved one of the most controversial problems in the prime number theory last month with support from his Turkish partner."

  Daniel Goldston

  Science, Media, Numbers

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• ...There are issues worth advancing in images worth admiring; and the truth is never "plain," nor appearances ever "sincere." To try to make them so is to neutralize the primary, gorgeous eccentricity of imagery in Western culture since the Reformation: the fact that it cannot be trusted, that imagery is always presumed to be proposing something contestable and controversial. This is the sheer, ebullient, slithering, dangerous fun of it. No image is presumed inviolable in our dance hall of visual politics, and all images are potentially powerful.

  Dave Hickey

  Fun, Powerful, Issues

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• I just hope, in all honesty, that Steve will walk if he hits it, you know what I mean? I would hate to be bringing up my bent finger as a controversial decision. I hope he'll go nice and easy - caught in the covers or bowled middle stump. I just hope he doesn't get his pads in the way or his bat's wide enough to get a thin edge [on Steve Waugh's last innings]

  Billy Bowden

  Honesty, Hate, Nice

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• I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed.

  Sherman Alexie

  Kids, Arrogant, Figures

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• I am always in awe of people who devote their lives to a good cause and are brave enough to take a stance, though it may be controversial in their time.

  Rebecca Pidgeon

  People, Brave, May

  "Housing Works Is Helping to Heal the Human Race" by Rebecca Pidgeon, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 14, 2014.

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• It's better to be controversial for the right reasons, than to be popular for the wrong reasons.

  Shimon Peres

  Reason, Wrong Reasons

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• Ninety-eight percent of the things that come out of my mouth are intended to be harmless or even charming. They're not ever intended to be offensive or controversial.

  Megan Fox

  Eight, Mouths, Offensive

  "Megan Fox Calls Her Power Over Men 'Supernatural'". Interview with Scott Huver, people.com. September 17, 2009.

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• I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

  Jimmy Carter

  Lying, Issues, Betray

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• 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

  Thinking, Goal, Noble

  "The Good News Is Better Than That: Reflections On Hell, Salvation and the Power of Love" by Rob Bell, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 25, 2011.

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• If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount.

  Barack Obama

  People, Mind Blowing, Hussein

  "Obama cites Scripture to defend policy forcing schools to let boys in girls’ bathrooms" by Ben Johnson, www.lifesitenews.com. June 2, 2016.

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• Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied to. Convinced his son had been dishonest regarding an issue, Cosby promised that if he told him the truth, he would not hit him. When his son did confess, Cosby did hit him. Seeing his son's shock and hurt, Cosby said he hoped this lesson had deepened his understanding of the anguish generated by a sense betrayal.

  Bill Cosby

  Hurt, Pain, Betrayal

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• That such a perspective of the Declaration's 'Creator God' should sound so foreign and controversial to people today is a tragic and striking sign of how far we are removed from the thinking of our colonial fathers.

  Pat Swindall

  Christian, Religious, Father

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• Foreign news is considered an expletive. Thoughtfully written analysis is out, 'live pops' are in. 'Action Jackson' is the cry. Hire lookers, not writers. Do powder puff, not probing interviews. Stay away from controversial subjects. Kiss ass, move with the mass, and for heaven and rating's sake, don't make anybody mad- - certainly not anybody you're covering, and especially not the mayor, the governor, the senator, the president or the vice-president or anybody in a position of power. Make nice, not news.

  Dan Rather

  Nice, Moving, Kissing

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• I think its very dangerous, the idea of celebrity - you have to be constantly controversial to maintain the status of celebrity. Reality TV is the death of entertainment - its just mindless TV but popular because of its voyeuristic nature, and people are very voyeuristic.

  David Suchet

  Reality, Thinking, Ideas

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The thing that has always baffled me about people's perception of my writing is the sense that I'm a very controversial, opinionated, polarizing person. I feel like I write about things that I'm interested in, and I describe why they're interesting to me. I could be negative, I guess. It's far easier to write why something is terrible than why it's good.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Writing, People, Interesting

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. November 15, 2006.

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• If I could give advice to anyone, it would be that sometimes the best way you can fight a problem - and this is going to be a little bit controversial - is to not address it.

  Lilly Singh

  Fighting, Giving, Advice

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• The point is that if you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you.

  Donald Trump

  Writing, Different, Littles

  Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz (2009). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.56, Ballantine Books

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• That's our job as artists is to be honest about what we're feeling. And what we're feeling is not always going to be perfect. Sometimes it's going to be controversial. Sometimes it's going to piss a couple of people off. Sometimes it's going to motivate people. Sometimes it's going to inspire.

  Pharrell Williams

  Jobs, Couple, Artist

  "Transcript: Pharrell Williams In Conversation With NYU Tisch & NPR Music". Interview with Jason King, www.npr.org. October 29, 2015.

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• The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical. And that is what the perception is by the American Left who hates Christendom... What I'm talking about is onward American soldiers. What we're talking about are core American values.

  Rick Santorum

  Hate, Fighting, Talking

  "Santorum: Left hates 'Christendom'". www.politico.com. February 23, 2011.

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

  Peter Drucker

  Mean, Decision, Important

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Managing the Non-Profit Organization”, p.95, Routledge

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• My greatest interest in it was certainly not to avoid those things that were going to be controversial about the family but the interest I had in the story was predominantly what he was pursuing and not as much what he was fleeing.

  Sean Penn

  Fleeing, Stories, Interest

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.

  Rick Santorum

  Opportunity, People, Giving

  "Anderson Cooper 360°", transcripts.cnn.com. January 5, 2012.

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• Mention the name George W. Bush in mixed company, and you're likely to spark a lot of debate and emotion - hot and cold, good and bad. Not a lot of neutral reaction. He was elected in the most controversial contest in American electoral history and governed during one of the most tumultuous decades.

  Mark McKinnon

  Hot And Cold, Names, Sparks

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• Would the potential attraction to Mormonism by simply having a Mormon in the White House threaten traditional Christianity by leading more Americans to a church that some Christians believe misleadingly calls itself Christian, is an active missionary church, and a dangerous cult?

  Rick Santorum

  Christian, Believe, White

  "The Elephant in the Room | Mitt Romney and religion; politics and faith" by Rick Santorum, www.philly.com. December 20, 2007.

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