I think sometimes I get labelled ‘controversial comedian’. Well, what they mean is honest comedian. – Ricky Gervais
In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as ‘heresy’ in the churches. – John Shelby Spong
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
There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they’re called humorists. – Cullen Hightower
What happened with Keystone is it actually poisoned the well for other pipelines that are not as controversial. – Gene Green
I’m a storyline. I’m the chosen one for negative stories and controversial things. If I worried about it all, I would go insane. – Ndamukong Suh
Now that I exist in the mainstream majority, I’m not really so controversial any more, am I? Not really news. – Michael Moore
I’m not really volunteering for no family films. I really like the sweet spot of being able to be edgy and controversial. – Romany Malco
Donald Trump may occasionally say things that are controversial or even objectionable to some, but those are words. – Tom Cotton
Custard is controversial: what makes it a custard, how best to cook it and, crucially, is it to be eaten or put in a pie and thrown? – Yotam Ottolenghi
