Controversial Sayings
515 sayings found
The world is divided into men who have brains and no religion, and men who have religion and no brains.
What is easiest and most useful in arithmetic, such as men frequently require in cases of inheritance, legacies, partition, lawsuits, and trade.
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.
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
The peasants are like animals; they understand nothing but the whip.
It is a shameful thing for a Christian to be ignorant of the works of nature.
I would not fear a pack of lions led by a sheep, but I would always fear a flock of sheep led by a lion.
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.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
The Satanic Verses is a novel about migration, metamorphosis, divided selves, love, death, London, and Bombay. It is a serious work of literature.
I’m not a fan of organized religion. I think it’s a way of controlling people.
Some people are saying that the film 'Joker' is dangerous, and it is. Because it's so good. It's so good.
Not all those who wander are lost.
The white man's burden is to civilize the savage races; it is a duty laid upon us by God.
All for one, and one for all.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.
Omne solum forti patria est.
The earth is a tavern, and we are all drunkards. Some are drunk with wine, others with ambition, still others with love.
What sholde I speke of the synne of glotonye, that is so greet a synne?
For what can be more unjust than to throw the blame of a bad cause upon the fault of the first man?