Quotes about Controversy
To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances . . . could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, ABSURD in the highest possible degree.
— Ken Ham
Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!
— George Bernard Shaw
You may not know it, Mr. Earthbound, but the best way to advertise an idea is by attacking it.
— Napoleon Hill
When someone has an opinion, even if it ends up misquoted, people jump on it.
— James Milner
she was the dumbest bitch on the planet.
— Toni Morrison
Carol, if you could be a member of the opposite sex for twenty-four hours, and then pop back and be yourself again, who would you be and what would you do?" My mind started racing like mad. Opposite sex? For twenty-four hours? Who would I be? What would I do? I said a quick little prayer. Please, let me just open my mouth and have whatever comes out make sense. I took a deep breath and what came out was this: "I'd be Osama bin Laden, and I'd kill myself.
— Carol Burnett
Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.
— Ronald Reagan
Sir, a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well: but you are surprised to find it done at all.
— Samuel Johnson
Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
And I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.
— Ronald Reagan
When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.
— Elie Wiesel
We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.
— Erica Jong