Elicit Quotes

47 quotes by 45 authors

There is nothing like a parade to elicit the proper respect for the military from the populace. — Irving Kristol
Children ask better questions than adults. "May I have a cookie?" "Why is the sky blue?" and "What does a cow say?" are far more… — Fran Lebowitz
I don't want to walk in the middle. I want people to read what I write and feel strongly about it. If, at some point,… — James Frey
In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives… — Steven Pressfield
As a work progresses, its power to elicit and dictate response mounts. There seems to be an optimum moment when this power is at its… — Richard Diebenkorn
Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good… — P.J. O'Rourke
Comedy and horror are cousins; they're related. They both come from storytellers who want to specifically affect the audience and elicit specific reactions during the… — Jason Reitman
In examining witnesses, I learned to ask general questions so as to elicit details with powerful sensory associations: the colors, the sounds, the smells that… — Sonia Sotomayor
With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like… — Sylvester Stallone
There are certain people who elicit a really passionate response. It's crazy. That's my Alexander Wang theory. — Taylor Swift
You know, Miss Holly, you look very dramatic like that, backlit by the fire. Very attractive, if I may say so. I know you shared… — Eoin Colfer
It's never good to fall in love with someone whom you'd have to stab in the eyeballs to elicit a response. — Sloane Crosley
My prodding me didn't elicit a reaction. His unseeing eyes stared straight through me. Which was odd. He'd seemed so sane huddled in Cookie's trunk. — Darynda Jones
I have often had occasion to notice how, where a direct question would fail to elicit a response, a false assumption brings instant information in… — Agatha Christie
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already. — John Buchan
Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement,… — John P. Kotter
The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the apparatus of addiction. — Christopher Lasch
You have to learn to ask questions in a way that will elicit more nuanced answers, rather than the answers you would like to get. — Jacqueline Novogratz
A novelist writes a novel, and people read it. But reading is a solitary act. While it may elicit a varied and personal response, the… — August Wilson
Being able to elicit the feeling of the unfathomable in intelligent adults is like falling in love. — Drummond Money-Coutts

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