(491 quotes found)
“I am disappointed by this controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces because I rely on the publishers to define the category that a book falls within and also the authenticity of the work.”
Oprah Winfrey
“Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.”
Bertrand Russell
“Recently there has been a lot of controversy between the countries, and I would hope that now the two countries could put all that behind them and start to build on what really has been a great friendship,”
Woody Allen
“For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes.”
Hugh Grant
“When they say 'teach the controversy' — their ringing phrase — they want us to pretend to students that scientists are arguing whether evolution took place. This argument is not taking place.”
Eugenie Scott
“Boards and bosses may say they want change, but in fact they don't want too much disruption, controversy or agitation. It's not enough to be hired by the board and told shake things up. You still need to have a team inside that believes in you.”
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.”
Tryon Edwards
“[Omega Man and his creator have met with their share of controversy.] People criticize me a lot, ... They say, 'Why do you deal with guns, gang violence, racism in your comic books?' Well, kids nowadays have to deal with that.”
Alonzo Washington
“Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about his taste, nor condemn him, if we are just, for knowing so human a passion.”
George Santayana
“If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.”
Richard M. Nixon
