The starting-point for all systems of aesthetics must be the personal experience of a peculiar emotion. The objects that provoke this emotion… — Clive Bell 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
My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes it by… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
It's only a drop in the ocean - but the ocean wouldn't be the same without that drop. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
As one recalls some of the monstrous situations under which human beings have lived and live their lives, one marvels at man's… — George Amos Dorsey Copy Share Image
The charges are false and despicable. I have not received a fair hearing. This is un-American. All the lawyering will provoke an… — Catherine Crier Copy Share Image
The only way to end poverty, to make it history, is to build viable systems on the ground that deliver critical and… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
An extraordinary and controversial interpretation of Shakespeare's origins, which certainly provokes much thought. A radical analysis of Shakespeare's text, leading to a… — Steven Berkoff Copy Share Image
More and more countries of the world have decided that corporations do a better job of generating and deploying capital than do… — Max L. Stackhouse 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
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
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
We chose it because we deal with huge amounts of data. Besides, it sounds really cool. — Larry Page Copy Share Image
We are in the presence of a new organization of society. Our life has broken away from the past. — Woodrow Wilson 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
But the problem remains two fold: the need for recognition that low thyroid function very often can provoke menstrual problems, and the… — Broda Otto Barnes Copy Share Image
Question of "Where We Begin" turns to be not only a formal question but also a question central to the attempt to… — Kyle Minor Copy Share Image
God is universal," spluttered the priest. The imam nodded strong approval. "There is only one God." "And with their one god Muslims… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Alec Nevala-Lee comes roaring out of the gate with a novel that's as thrilling as it is thought-provoking, as unexpected as it… — Jesse Kellerman Copy Share Image
Rian Johnson's 'Looper' is inventive, entertaining, and thought-provoking in every way a movie can be. It is in fact the kind of… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone. — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
