“I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.”
Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer
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.”
Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer
“[On the GamerGate Controversy]: Ethics in journalism is not what's happening, in any way.”
Anita Sarkeesian (1983) American blogger
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 2014)
“It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Chap 11.
Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book IV
“…. death stills the bitterest controversy.”
Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922) Irish nationalist and author
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)
Ivor Tiefenbrun (1946) Scottish businessman
Interview with David Lander http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor. Stereophile, 30 November 2003. <br class="br">2003
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) British politician
Statement of an uncredited reviewer in The Quarterly Review [London] (January 1866), p. 277
Misattributed
“Some famous people owe their fame to controversy.”
Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810) Ukrainian rabbi
יש מפורסמים שעיקר הפרסום שלהם נעשה על ידי מחלוקת
Yesh mefursamim sh'ikar hapirsum shelahem n'ase al yedey mahloket.
Attributed