Violence can succeed, as Americans know well from the conquest of the national territory. But at terrible cost. It can also provoke… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Spend time cultivating your deepest desires, no matter how impractical or impossible they seem. It's perfectly OK to want the impossible. It's… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
Live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer. — Lesslie Newbigin 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
Why is it that we believe God's promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment? — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I don't want anyone to appreciate the light or the palette of tones. I want my pictures to inform, to provoke discussion… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind but falling in love… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do. — Becca Fitzpatrick 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
“A man is only as effective as the effect he has on his surroundings,' Gordon was saying. 'And if a man is… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all. — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
I love storytelling. If you strip all the bits away, what you'll find at the center is a storyteller. As I warm… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
If your master is surly, from getting up early (And tempers are short in the morning), An inopportune joke is enough to… — W. S. Gilbert 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
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
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
We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God? Sometimes there seems… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Obviously the extremists want to provoke sectarian warfare, and I am struck by the fact that over a three-year period, leaders of… — Peter Rodman Copy Share Image
