Controversial Sayings

528 sayings found from 528 authors

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

I dislike everything that is not in good taste, and good taste is simply the art of being able to live with bad taste.

— Oscar Wilde Late 19th Century
General

The West has been systematically destroying the culture of the East, and it is a matter of shame that we have allowed it to happen.

— Rabindranath Tagore 1941
War & Violence

The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership.

— Chinua Achebe 1983
General

The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for.

— Anton Chekhov 1887
General

It is a great folly to be wise where ignorance is bliss.

— Moliere 1666
General

There are only two families in the world: the Haves and the Have-Nots.

— Cervantes 1615
General

He who cannot give an account of three thousand years is lost in the darkness of inexperience.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1819
General

The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.

— Rachel Carson 1963
Social & Racial

I hate the world and almost everything in it.

— Sylvia Plath 1963
General

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.

— Jack Kerouac 1956
General

Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars!

— Allen Ginsberg 1955
General

After a certain point, there is no return. This point has to be reached.

— William S. Burroughs 1959
General

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

The Nile floods because of heavy rains in the south.

— Eratosthenes 240 BCE
General

All parts of the body are formed in the semen.

— Galen 180 CE
General

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
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