Jada Pinkett Smith

I don't get afraid in talking about subject matter that may spark controversy, and I'm not afraid to not be liked. I think that sometimes people pay too much attention to being liked, and it's paralyzing.

American Actress

Karishma Tanna

Nobody wants to get into controversies, especially in the film industry. I do not wish to be a controversial girl. But sometimes you have to take tough decisions that might eventually help your career.

Indian Actress

Buddha

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

Leader

Kate Smith

An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.

American Musician

Jabari Parker

You don't want to endorse hate; you don't want to endorse racism. You don't want to support controversy.

American Basketball Player

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.

American Writer

Rihanna

I don't do things for the response or for the controversy. I just live my life.

Jesse Watters

It's a controversial segment, 'Watters World.' There's controversy around it.

American Critic

David Blunkett

Throughout my political life, I've not been a stranger to controversy.

British Politician

Pierre Poilievre

Each time you live through a controversy you strengthen.

Canadian Politician

Controversy often has strong emotions; be mindful of sensitive topics.

Emotional Charge

'Controversy' is common in news to describe disputes, especially in politics.

Media Usage

Controversies typically attract public attention and are widely discussed.

Public Attention

In academia, 'controversy' often involves theories and evidence in debate.

Specialized Fields

Academic controversies can affect careers; use the term respectfully.

Professional Implications

Use 'controversy' to reference ongoing debates in scholarly research.

Research Context

 and maybe you could tell the audience what that was that was revealed. The best way to understand PRISM, because there's been a little bit of controversy, is to first talk about what PRISM isn't. Much of the debate in the U.S. has been about metadata. They've said it's just metadata, it's just metadata,

How we take back the...

 There's only three of these in existence. And, as I said, she is just getting started. Dolphin research in the wild is very difficult. And because of this, a number of researchers study captive animals. Now there is certainly no shortage of controversy when it comes to the subject of captive dolphins.

Dolphins: Even Smarter...

 Instead, the way to avoid needless bloodshed is to establish a public understanding of our shared human nature. Ironically, it was this cycle of relatively peaceful ideas that triggered his fallout with many fellow writers and philosophers. Despite the controversy,

Is life meaningless? And...

 that think happiness is not at all interesting. I just wrote an essay on happiness, and there was a controversy. And someone wrote an article saying, "Don't impose on us the dirty work of happiness." "We don't care about being happy. We need to live with passion.

The habits of happiness...

 and you've often been embroiled in controversy over this issue, and on the abortion question, on both sides, really. How do you navigate that? Yeah, so I think that's a really important point, which is, we had backed away from contraceptives

Why giving away our...

 and their toll on nature and human health. "Silent Spring" immediately drew both applause and impassioned dissent— along with vicious personal attacks on the author. How did this mild-mannered biologist and writer ignite such controversy?

How one scientist took...

 Links between fracking and increased seismic activity leave unresolved questions about long-term pressure imbalances that might be happening deep beneath our feet. Fracking's biggest controversy, though, is happening above the ground.

How does fracking work?...

 controversy probably some of which you can imagine from for instance the anti-gay folks who insisted I was trying to recruit spoiler alert I am but also

On choosing to be gay PIPE...

 What can we do to help correct it? I'm not sure. And it's a new thing that there's conspiracy theories. I mean, Microsoft had its share of controversy,

How the pandemic will...

 in so it's a very very controversial place most families here just want to live a normal life away from all the controversy