There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative. — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I like to create provocative imagery. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it goes awry. — Melina Matsoukas Copy Share Image
“The Slice and Dice Fanatic uses his sexual skills to lure his victims into his realm of fun.” — RB Le 'Deach Copy Share Image
Among provocative, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I’d love to try to tame you... And I would simply adore it if you turn out untamable –” — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
I don't want to know I'm getting older. Then I'll start to think about getting checkups and insurance. I don't want that. — Akon Copy Share Image
The book is what we have come to expect from Marion: challenging, subtle and nuanced analyses, dassling formulations, . . a provocative… — John D. Caputo Copy Share Image
Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage him in talks, ask… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I want to show people as they are, not glorified, no shame - fat, bulges, wrinkles and all. I want the work… — Judy Dater Copy Share Image
In New York, the theater is a destination point. In Los Angeles, no matter how provocative, how successful, how star-studded the theater… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
It's difficult to stay relevant for many years, but I've somehow managed to do so. I'm honest and provocative. — Tech N9ne Copy Share Image
Each generation, we peel back biases that have blinded those before us. The more we know about the past enables us to… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He had said she was provocative; so she was, she needed to prove she was there to be seen; but the proof… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
I don't understand how some of these young actresses are wearing such provocative, editorial items, when they haven't even established a career… — Allison Williams Copy Share Image
Provocative... I used to be defensive about it, but in the end, I realised it's exactly right. It's what we're trying to… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I dress for myself. Clearly, its provocative, but it makes me feel good. And if the only reason it makes someone uncomfortable… — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
Their [the U.S.’s] defense budget in absolute figures is almost 25 times bigger than Russia’s. This is what in defense is referred… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Maybe the most provocative thing one can do - and I'm not the first one to do it - is to ask… — David Bezmozgis Copy Share Image
I hardly follow the Finnish metal scene at all at the moment. I'm more interested in traditional '80s heavy metal, and I'm… — Jussi Lehtisalo Copy Share Image
On the one hand, to suggest that white poll watchers are going to black communities threatening and provocative. On the other hand… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Regarding pushing the form, ideas interest me more than form. I think you can write a very subversive play in a three-act… — Caridad Svich Copy Share Image
We have always dovetailed our cognition to our tools, but when our tools start dovetailing back, where do I end and where… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Language of the Gun shows why Bernard Harcourt has earned a reputation as one of our most provocative and informative analysts of… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
This is a major, wide-ranging, and comprehensive book. A philosophical investigation that is also a literary and historical study, Truth and Truthfulness… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens… — Stanley Krippner Copy Share Image
“What kind of understanding?" he murmured almost absently, his mind clearly on other, more provocative things. The trace of amusement in his… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
I have a sense of respect: respect for my suppliers, respect for the staff, respect for the customer - as long as… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
“Intermarriage is one of the most provocative words in the English language” — Clotye Murdock Larsson Copy Share Image
Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to. — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
The most successful satirist is that one who shakes up and disturbs someones subconscious so as to make him think about something;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do love the prose poem because it's such a perverse and provocative little box - always asking to be questioned, never… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently. — Kathryn Bigelow Copy Share Image
“Life was a revolving mystery, sometimes terrifying, sometimes maddening. But always provocative. Interesting. And although its meaning seemed beyond my grasp, it… — Christina Meldrum Copy Share Image