Controversial Sayings

214 sayings found from the Modern era from 214 authors

I am more than ever now the bride of science.

— Ada Lovelace 1843
General

Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that.

— Grace Hopper 1983
General

If you say why not bomb them tomorrow, I say why not today? If you say today at five o'clock, I say why not one o'clock?

— John von Neumann 1950
War & Violence

Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget that you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors.

— Hunter S. Thompson N/A
General

True love can be defined as the love of a good woman and a good cigar.

— Kurt Vonnegut 1977
General

I'm not a science fiction writer. I've only written one science fiction book in my life, and that's 'Fahrenheit 451.' All the others are fantasy.

— Ray Bradbury 2001
General

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

— Philip K. Dick 1978
General

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.

— Ursula K. Le Guin 2014
General

Not all those who wander are lost.

— J.R.R. Tolkien 1954
General

The white man's burden is to civilize the savage races; it is a duty laid upon us by God.

— Arthur Conan Doyle 1909
Religious

All for one, and one for all.

— Alexandre Dumas 1844
General

There are two kinds of fools: one knows not what he does, and the other knows not what he says.

— Alexander Pushkin Early 19th century
General

I have been in love with a great many women, and I have found them all equally charming and equally faithless.

— Lord Byron 1812
Religious

It is not a question of how much you can love, but how much you can bear.

— James Baldwin 1956
General

Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it's different with every shore.

— Zora Neale Hurston 1937
General

The most terrible of all feelings is the feeling of having hope without a future.

— Federico Garcia Lorca 1927
General

Don't look for meaning in everything. Do you find meaning in a chair?

— Samuel Beckett 1960s
General

I'm not a politician, I'm an artist. I'm not a politician, I'm a musician.

— John Lennon 1972
Political

Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sway all over.

— Elvis Presley 1956
General

The way they are treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell.

— Louis Armstrong 1957
Political
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