Keith Green
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"I've never tried to be controversial. The truth is controversial enough."
Controversial quotes
Controversial
73 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Steven Morrissey
Singer-Songwriter
"I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is."
Noam Chomsky
Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
"It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else."
Elvis Presley
Singer, Actor
"I don't mind being controversial. Even Jesus wasn't loved in his day."
Seth Lloyd
Computer Scientist
"Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial."
Explore further
Topics related to Controversial
Browse quotes that often appear alongside controversial — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Controversial quotes (page 1 of 4)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"I have never knowingly made a non-controversial speech in my life."
Read quote
6 likes
"My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on."
Read quote
6 likes
"The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent."
Read quote
5 likes
"When you do controversial work, you're going to upset a certain amount of people."
Read quote
3 likes
"How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?"
Read quote
3 likes
"I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job."
Read quote
3 likes
"You know, the only reason net neutrality is controversial is because it's complicated."
Read quote
3 likes
"Requiem has been controversial because people dont feel I gave it closure."
Read quote
3 likes
"About specific social issues, there is a great deal to say that departs very far from truism and is, accordingly, significant and controversial."
Read quote
3 likes
"Of all the subjects I have photographed, the most controversial and the one that has moved me the most has to be the prostitutes who are getting on in years. They are true survivors."
Read quote
3 likes
"I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway."
Read quote
3 likes