The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the… — Pierre Charron Copy Share Image
I believe that companies, doing business in a responsible and sustainable way, can help raise the quality of life and standards of… — Antony Burgmans Copy Share Image
Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or whiten'd wall provoke the skew'r to write; In durance, exile, Bedlam, or the Mint,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I learned that accepting others and accepting myself are two sides of the same coin; you can't love and accept yourself without… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
I feel like great TED Talks are ones that are a little bit subject to interpretation, that do provoke further conversation -… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself. — Billy Mills Copy Share Image
The future of Africa lies not with external actors but within Africa itself. The future of Africa lies here in Africa. — Paul Boateng Copy Share Image
When I moved to the United States [from Asia] in 2001, I experienced a more rigid concept of gender, but somehow I… — Geena Rocero Copy Share Image
There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it's a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews.… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Books can also provoke emotions. And emotions sometimes are even more troublesome than ideas. Emotions have led people to do all sorts… — Pseudonymous Bosch Copy Share Image
The book Forest Dark wants to provoke questions about what is reality and why are we so given to believe that reality… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
I have argued that philosophy doesn't begin in wonder or in the fact that things are, it begins in a realization that… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
It's about time that we as Arabs take things into our own hands and figure out our own future, rather than [keep… — Marwan al-Muasher Copy Share Image
I think the role of the artist today is about being provocative. I don't mean shocking, but you have to provoke people… — Mira Calix Copy Share Image
My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs.… — Joey Skaggs Copy Share Image
I would injure no man, and should provoke no resentment. I would relieve every distress, and should enjoy the benedictions of gratitude.… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Never, never do I set to work on a canvas in the state it comes in from the shop. I provoke accidents… — Joan Miro Copy Share Image
Names generate meaning in a short amount of space — they provoke thoughts, questions. That's something I like doing. Of course, you… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
What quality is shared by all objects that provoke our aesthetic emotions? Only one answer seems possible— significant form. In each, lines… — Clive Bell Copy Share Image
What I'm suggesting is we are going to look back, and we're going to see what happened in Syria, and we're going… — Anne-Marie Slaughter Copy Share Image
Not in the name of a necessary protection of the white race did the European break into China, but for the benefit… — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Concern for the fate of the great rivers of the earth must lead us to reflect soberly on the model of development… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Vacation time offers the unique opportunity to pause before the thought-provoking spectacles of nature, a wonderful "book" within reach of everyone, adults… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being… — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms. — William Beveridge Copy Share Image
It is amazing how much our lack of trust provokes God if we request of him a boon that we do not… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
When people hear needs, it provokes compassion. When people hear diagnoses, it provokes defensiveness and attack. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Those that achieve anything that looks beyond the vision and thinking of their peers provoke jealousy and hatred disguised as the ordinary. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Everybody knew that you should never provoke a rattlesnake, much less tie it into a bow. But that didn't stop Judd. What… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Jealousy destroys the matrimonies; jealousy destroys the friendships, jealousy provokes religious wars, fratricidal hates, murderers and all kind of suffering. — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
My nature is to provoke, that's true. I can't help myself. But it's always with good intentions. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
It's not like I'm narrating stories with music behind them. It's all kind of one thing. You hope you can provoke a… — Jonathan Meiburg Copy Share Image
Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
I like poems that affect me emotionally and also provoke me to further, deeper thought. I enjoy challenge, but not, I think,… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
So great are the effectiveness and power of the Word of God that the more it is persecuted the more it flourishes… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If something comes at me of course I'm gonna handle my business but I'm not the type to provoke the bullshit so… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
I know the world that I am painting is not a reality. It is a whim, an entertainment to provoke something in… — Tim Walker Copy Share Image
![“When I moved to the United States [from Asia] in 2001, I experienced a more rigid concept of gender, but somehow I was allowed to change my name and my gender marker. Why is there that paradox? How do I get those two things to be the same?” quote by Geena Rocero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a2/geena-rocero-53967_asia_when-i-moved-to-the-united-states-from-a_1269263.jpg)
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