Controversial Sayings

7,237 sayings found from the Contemporary era

I refused to wear makeup and tied scarves around my head like a Russian peasant. I did the opposite of what all the other girls were doing, and I turned myself into a real man repeller. I dared people to like me and my nonconformity.

— Madonna 2013
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Do not age. Because to age is a sin.

— Madonna 2016
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I think the most controversial thing I have ever done is to stick around.

— Madonna 2016
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There are no rules, if you're a boy. If you're a girl you have to play the game what is that game. You are allowed to be pretty and cute and sexy. But don't act too smart. Don't have an opinion don't have an opinion that is out of line with the statu…

— Madonna 2016
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Take this ride with me! What are you doing sitting down over there? What are you doing sitting down? Oh, OK. Politically incorrect, sorry about that. I'm glad you're here.

— Madonna 2024
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I am a survivor. I am like a cockroach; you just can't get rid of me.

— Madonna Approx. 2020s
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The idea that in any church you go, you see a man on a cross and everyone genuflects and prays to him [...] in a way it's paganism/idolatry because people are worshipping a thing.

— Madonna 2019
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Catholicism '[is] not what God and Christianity are all about'.

— Madonna 2016
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I'm spiritual, religious.

— Madonna 1991
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The song just fit right in with my own personal zeitgeist of standing up to male authorities, whether it's the pope or the Catholic Church or my father and his conservative, patriarchal ways.

— Madonna 1989 (reflection cited in 2018)
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I'm only here cuz there isn't a Knicks game.

— Madonna 1994
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Have you ever smoked endo? ... You're a damn liar.

— Madonna 1994
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A message to DaBaby - if you're going to make hateful remarks to the LGBTQ+ community about HIV/AIDS then know your facts.

— Madonna 2021
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I want to put my cellphone lighter up and pray for your ignorance, No one dies of AIDS in 2 or 3 weeks anymore. Thank God.

— Madonna 2021
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People like [DaBaby] are the reason we are still living in a world divided by fear. All Human beings should be treated with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, sexual preference or religious beliefs.

— Madonna 2021
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Yeah, so? Lucky me.

— Madonna Early 1990s
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Why did God give us hair there anyways? Why didn't guys have to shave there? Why was it accepted in Europe but not in America?

— Madonna 2013 (reflecting on youth)
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He's died, he's dead. Hopefully we can continue the legacy he has given a lot of kids and a lot of people.

— Stevie Wonder 2019
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It's a bad day when I can see better than your 2020 vision.

— Stevie Wonder 2020
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I've heard the person in the highest place of this nation say there are fine people on both sides. That sounds noncommittal to me.

— Stevie Wonder 2020
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