Father's ideals became part of me and still are today. His reserve, deeply rooted liberal views, his provocative humour, his passion for… — Niki de St. Phalle Copy Share Image
David Cronenberg is the most provocative, original, and consistently excellent North American director of his generation. — J. Hoberman 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
So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool. — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
But you can still find good films if you read your local film critics and are willing to drive a bit. You… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
That's what's provocative to me - that we can victimize people, we can torture and traumatize people with no consciousness that it… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature.… — Helen Suzman Copy Share Image
People have this idea that if you're sexual and beautiful and provocative, then there's nothing else you could possibly offer. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Well, Well, Well, its certainly a compelling provocative exciting delicious to think about idea, smart people say the universe is so big… — Jeff Goldblum Copy Share Image
In the '80s and '90s, I was really interested in, moved by, exhilarated by, and troubled by rap in all the ways… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Pamela Smith and Benjamin Schmidt have gathered together a wide-ranging and provocative set of original essays that successfully demonstrate how contingent the… — Deborah Harkness 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
Etiquette is about all of human social behavior. Behavior is regulated by law when etiquette breaks down or when the stakes are… — Judith Martin 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
I think it's important to sort of normalize male nudity on screen, because women are always naked. And none of the male… — Eliza Hittman Copy Share Image
Over the course of my career, I have come to accept that some of my more provocative work courts controversy, and as… — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
“Hey! look at us We're digging and digging Into stubborn, ancient earth; We're discovering Where we came from, and how we came.… — Lois A. Cheney Copy Share Image
White Collar' is a show about the unlikely pairing of an FBI agent and an ex-con solving smart, glamorous, interesting and provocative… — Tim DeKay Copy Share Image
Creative synthesis has a basic, bisociative pattern : the sudden interlocking of two previously unrelated skills or matrices of thought. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
I'm part of what I consider the entertainment industry. For my photos to be entertaining, they have to be provocative and new. — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
I don't want to be too 'classic' because it's not in the DNA of Gucci. You need to be a little bit… — Frida Giannini Copy Share Image
A country in which the people are not healthy physically and psychologically, are poorly educated and illiterate, will never rise to the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
It's more provocative to say 'might still have sex' because - it doesn't matter to me. There's not, like, one that hurts… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
Starz is a network that's going for the content that's extremely honest and pushing the envelope and is provocative. — Naturi Naughton Copy Share Image
A highly cultivated taste, a taste that is knowledgeable and eclectic, is likely to be exciting and provocative, a personal taste at… — Eleanor Brown Copy Share Image
I think the first album cover was considered most provocative. I think that contributed a great deal. — Julie London Copy Share Image
I think it is really important to be in some way provocative -- either intellectually or viscerally -- in the films one… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down.… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I hate the idea that you have to give up anything. I think you can be powerful and still be provocative, you… — Michael Kors Copy Share Image
I have nothing but the highest regard for 'Salon' and its commitment to independent and provocative journalism. — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“So, apart from casting runes, what other hobbies do you have? Forbidden rituals, human sacrifices, torturing? –” — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
My insurance provider probably wouldn't allow me to go into a mosh pit anymore. My brain is insured by Lloyd's of London,… — Cee Lo Green Copy Share Image
Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
Embrace your constraints. They are provocative. They are challenging. They wake you up. They make you more creative. They make you better, — Biz Stone Copy Share Image
Silence can be intimidating, sometimes provocative, sometimes a form of resistance because it dislocates. — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
I've seen shows on Showtime, and they're very provocative, if you will, but nothing to the point that's over-the-top or gratuitous. — Megalyn Echikunwoke Copy Share Image
Ahmadinejad is just a buffoon, sort of a clown on the international scene who tries to be provocative so he can get… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I like to maintain my collection as a provocative collection that makes people think. While certainly my stamp will be visible on… — Thom Browne 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
