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
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
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
I believe Fernand Point is one of the last true gourmands of the 20th century. His ruminations are extraordinary and thought-provoking. He… — Thomas Keller Copy Share Image
The H-bomb rather favors small nations that doesn't as yet possess it; they feel slightly more free to jostle other nations, having… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Is not anyone with any degree of mental honesty conscious of telling lies all day long, both in talking and writing, simply… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the… — Yves Klein Copy Share Image
The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
You've got to honor your relationship with your audience - that they sit down because they want to be entertained. And that… — David E. Kelley Copy Share Image
Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothers or sisters with demeaning words, words that fail to honor the people… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Rules, whether they govern sexual morality or financial probity, regardless of whether they are justifiable or undesirable, always provoke bold recalcitrants to… — Richard Davenport-Hines Copy Share Image
Why not provoke some thought and get people talking about things? I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When… — Michael Fassbender Copy Share Image
I love simple food. I like to serve the entire animal, not only because it somehow provokes a customer to think about… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
My opinion is that somebody certainly has the right to do cartoons that make fun of somebody else's religion. But to reprint… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
This special feeling towards fruit, its glory and abundance, is I would say universal… We respond to strawberry fields or cherry orchards… — Jane Grigson Copy Share Image
The Jew is not satisfied with de-Christianizing, he Judiazizes, he destroys the Catholic or Protestant faith, he provokes indifference but he imposes… — Bernard Lazare Copy Share Image
Thou breeze, That mak'st an organ of the mighty sea, Obedient to thy wilful phantasies, Provoke him not to scorn; but soft… — Hartley Coleridge Copy Share Image
For a long time I used to think this a silly, straw-splitting distinction: how could you hate what a man did and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
As a piece of travel literature alone, 'The Ends of the Earth' succeeds in providing a tangible sense of the sweaty, smelly… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
Most experiences provoke a transformation in you. So, when you live something, live it fully because you never know when this is… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
He pulled away the glove, and at the first glimpse of her fragile, white hand, all thoughts of negotiation fled. "I don't… — Loretta Chase Copy Share Image
Children, honor your parents in your hearts; bear them not only awe and respect, but kindness and affection: love their persons, fear… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
We have the knowledge, resources, and capabilities to make global capitalism work in a more inclusive and socially responsible manner while retaining… — John Dunning Copy Share Image
Environmental problems provoke challenges about what kind of world we want, how important we think it is if something is brought about… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
To quarrel with God is to pay God the supreme compliment: it is to take God seriously. It is to say that… — Robert McAfee Brown Copy Share Image
Big data will never give you big ideas... Big data doesn't facilitate big leaps of the imagination. It will never conjure up… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
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