That's the real power of art, I think. Not to chide but to provoke challenge. Otherwise why bother? — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Man was not made for the service of economies; economies were made to serve mankind; and men and women were made -… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Works of art imitate and provoke other works of art, the process is the source of art itself. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Like comedy, horror has an ability to provoke thought and further the conversation on real social issues in a very powerful way. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
Every heart is the lair of a ferocious animal. The greatest wrong that you can put upon a man is to provoke… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
One should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
Quite often, lyrics get misunderstood - and I never mind that. I guess what all artists want is for their work to… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I think that its an artist's responsibility to have a point of view. Society takes its cue from popular art. People need… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The forces, movements, and energies that today we call religious, spiritual, or faith-based have related through the ages in diverse ways to… — Martin E. Marty Copy Share Image
Trouble is another word for fate; what troubles us the most is what we are fated to one day face. What troubles… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
Sometimes I walk into a situation and I know somebody is going to provoke me - not maybe, I know he will… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Irene Diamond's Fertile Ground is a provocative book. It stirs me to vigorous assent. It also triggers wide-eyed disbelief. . . .… — Janet Lembke Copy Share Image
Every day we have a choice. We can take the easier road, the more cynical road, which is a road sometimes based… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
I moved cities for about four months to try to provoke some inspiration and put myself in an uncomfortable situation where I… — Matt Wertz Copy Share Image
In reading the biographies of very successful men and women, one theme frequently surfaces: such people have a strong bias for action.… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
“Art does not exist only to entertain -- but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
We often don't realize what our action & our inaction do to people we think we will never see & never know. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Music should use everything. The sadness of life and the fun of life. Anything that provokes a sound that is exciting is… — Daniel Humair Copy Share Image
When you get a mobile phone it is almost like having a card to get you out of poverty in a couple… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton's ready to pivot to Asia and provoke China. So are the Republicans. It's on domestic issues that there will be… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
[I provoke] the system [to] show its true face ... so that through its own acts of terrorism ... the masses will… — Ulrike Meinhof Copy Share Image
Usually if nobody hates a piece, nobody loves it, either; and a magazine which sets itself the goal of provoking thought is… — Stanley Schmidt Copy Share Image
If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power. — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
The youth do not see the old. They are not programmed to see the old, who are cancelled, negated, wiped out. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And it's in the total of all those acts that… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I think that because this is a moral universe, then right will prevail, goodness will prevail, compassion will prevail, laughter will prevail,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Beneath the surface of repartee and mock seriousness, [Plato's Phaedrus] is asking whether we ought to prefer a neuter form of speech… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
If someone irritates you, it is only your own response that is irritating you. Therefore, when anyone seems to be provoking you,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Honor your father and mother (this is the first commandment with a promise),.4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
“Baiting is the narcissist and flying monkeys deliberate act to provoke emotional reactions from you. It's to confirm their superiority and power… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
I think they (Thatcher protesters) ought to be grateful for the fact that the people who hold our (pro-Thatcher) views, and who… — Norman Tebbit Copy Share Image
When Jennie, mother of Winston Churchill invited playwright George Bernard Shaw to lunch, he telegraphed: "Certainly not. What have I done to… — Anne Sebba Copy Share Image
The American humorist sat on his couch suffering thoughts of her, trying to figure out how to win back her affections, wondering… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
Numb, I took the perfectly browned puff. Okay. Let me see if I have this right. Al provokes me into defending myself.… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
The only difference between the narrator of contemporary affairs and the ordinary historian is that moral judgments about the present provoke fiercer… — Geoffrey Barraclough Copy Share Image
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