Andrew Weil Quotes

If you're not polarizing, you failed, in my opinion.

I feel like people either love me or hate me, which is good, because that was the point of what I do. The point of M.I.A. is to be - it's either to be loved or hated. At least you evoke that much of a strong opinion about music.

I'm a provocateur.

I'm a provocateur.

My character is very polarising, sure.

If they hate you, they hate you, but I've always been polarizing, and I love that.

I'm like Madonna, I'm not afraid to offend.

I don't mind being controversial. Even Jesus wasn't loved in his day.

Hopefully people are upset for the reason I want them to be upset. Even when I was doing open mics, I've always had people upset. I've never been the consummate crowd-pleaser.

I view my job as being someone who is supposed to piss people off. I don't want to be just one-of-the-guys. I don't want to be just a smiling face you see on television presenting some vapid kind of easily-digestible garbage.

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

I've always been someone who some people like and some people don't like.

I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive.

I enjoy provocative things that are questionable.

Sometimes the truth is inflammatory.

Trump is Trump. Some people find him hilarious. I don't find it hilarious, but you can't say it's dull. There's nothing credible about Donald Trump.

I'm like a renegade and that rubs people wrong.

I sometimes feel that I have been born to attract controversy.

I don't want people to say, 'So, what do you think about that Cher?' and for them to reply, 'She's okay.' Okay is not good enough. I want them to either love me or to completely despise me - I mean, call me all the names under the sun. I love it.

I'm a controversial guy.

I'm glad I've established this as my zone: 'the taboo breaker.'

A famous man once said, 'A sure formula for failure is to try and please everyone.' Some might say I built a career on doing just the opposite of pleasing everyone.

I think I was born for controversies.

I love Roger Stone. He's very provocative, and I like that about him. He's not afraid to take risk, and he's not afraid to say things.

I don't think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don't mind being provocative in content.