David Cronenberg is the most provocative, original, and consistently excellent North American director of his generation. — J. Hoberman 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
I'd rather not deal with such questions, because anyway it's like shearing a pig - lots of screams but little wool. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Atheism Explained is a gem. It is clear, informative, well-argued, provocative, often witty, and unfailingly interesting. David Ramsay Steele ranges over so… — Jeremy Shearmur Copy Share Image
The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent. — Wes Smith Copy Share Image
I want to engage people in an honest, enlightened, and provocative conversation about the nature of erotic desire and the intricacies of… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
The broadcasting industry definitely has changed, and I'm talking about young broadcasters who come along today, they really feel like they have… — Jim Nantz Copy Share Image
For any actor to have Oliver Stone call him or her up Its a compliment. He expects you to be on your… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
“Truth is found at the bottom of a bottomless pit." Jerome Facher - A Civil Action.” — Jonathan Harr Copy Share Image
Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch,… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Patronizing the Arts is a brilliantly nuanced assessment of why universities must become art patrons. Learning from the twentieth-century university's embrace of… — Peggy Phelan Copy Share Image
Evil is just sort of ultimately boring. The good thing is just complicated. It's more provocative to me and more stimulating to… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then… — Suzanne Collins 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
Before judging a person who is provoking stronger and stronger against its passive character towards the world today; first ask yourself if… — Alexander Fennis Copy Share Image
It's not success that makes a person's life worthy of legend. It's provocative defeat, someone who struggled mightily and lost. And that… — Lawrence Douglas Copy Share Image
The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
A function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Doing a movie about Steve Jobs is just generally a provocative thing to do, whoever does it, and it begs a lot… — Joshua Michael Stern Copy Share Image
My message is strong and my belief is strong, in the fact that we can still be provocative and have fun and… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
I was born in 1949, and by the time I was 10, I figured out that my hope chest was not aimed… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image