
“I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.”
Humorous lines of various advertisements for the film, some showing doctored pictures of Moore walking hand in hand with George W. Bush.
2004, Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
“I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.”
“[On the GamerGate Controversy]: Ethics in journalism is not what's happening, in any way.”
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 2014)
“It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.”
Chap 11.
Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book IV
“…. death stills the bitterest controversy.”
In conversation with Desmond Ryan, cited in "Unique Dictator" by Desmond Ryan, Arthur Barker Limited, London (1936), p. 213.
Literary Years and War (1900-1918), Last Years: Ireland (1919-1922)
Interview with David Lander http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor. Stereophile, 30 November 2003.
2003
Statement of an uncredited reviewer in The Quarterly Review [London] (January 1866), p. 277
Misattributed
“Some famous people owe their fame to controversy.”
יש מפורסמים שעיקר הפרסום שלהם נעשה על ידי מחלוקת
Yesh mefursamim sh'ikar hapirsum shelahem n'ase al yedey mahloket.
Attributed