Controversial Sayings

189 sayings found from the Contemporary era from 189 authors

I can only say that I am not a homosexual. I am a normal man.

— Lech Walesa 2013
General

Totalitarianism is not just a system of power, but also a way of life, a way of thinking, a way of being.

— Vaclav Havel 1978
General

The most important thing for me is to try to understand what is happening in the world today.

— Michel Foucault 1971
General

The United States is a leading terrorist state.

— Noam Chomsky 1992
War & Violence

Ignorance of these particulars about oneself means that no one is able to tailor principles to his own advantage.

— John Rawls 1971
General

The relationship between Occident and Orient is a relationship of power, of domination, of varying degrees of a complex hegemony.

— Edward Said 1978
General

The meaning of meaning is infinite différance.

— Jacques Derrida 1967
General

We cannot choose whether we want to communicate or not; we are always already communicating.

— Jurgen Habermas 1981
General

The problem is not the problem, the problem is your attitude about the problem.

— Slavoj Zizek 2000s-2010s
General

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.

— Cornel West 1990s-2000s
General

The idea that women have been oppressed for centuries is an insult to the women who lived and suffered and died during those centuries.

— Jordan Peterson 2018
Political

Dataism is the new religion.

— Yuval Noah Harari 2016
Religious

The three most addictive substances on earth are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2018
General

The web is not a privilege, it is a right.

— Tim Berners-Lee 2014
Social & Racial

I'm not a feminist. I'm a Black woman.

— Toni Morrison 1994
Social & Racial

I'm not a victim. I'm a survivor. And I'm not going to be a victim of America, or of racism, or of sexism, or of ageism, or of any other -ism.

— Maya Angelou 1993
General

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

— Margaret Atwood 1985
General

The Satanic Verses is a novel about migration, metamorphosis, divided selves, love, death, London, and Bombay. It is a serious work of literature.

— Salman Rushdie 1989
War & Violence

I’m not a fan of organized religion. I think it’s a way of controlling people.

— Haruki Murakami 2011
Religious

Some people are saying that the film 'Joker' is dangerous, and it is. Because it's so good. It's so good.

— Stephen King 2019
General
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