Provocation Quotes

60 quotes by 58 authors

No matter what the provocation, I never fire a man who is honestly trying to deliver a job. Few workers who become established at the… — Walt Disney
I enjoy a challenge or provocation, something to think about, to talk about after it's done. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of… — Wilson Mizner
People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like… — Sarah Palin
One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative… — Idries Shah
Funnily enough, it is the subject one dreads talking about at length one ends up talking about at length, often without the slightest provocation. — Marisha Pessl
Then she waited, with parted lips and a saucy challenge in her eyes, to see how her presence -- the drama of being her --… — Jonathan Franzen
Truly speaking, it is not instruction, but provocation, that I can receive from another soul. What he announces, I must find true in me, or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
â€¦ he remained restrained and strangely composed. It was a composure born of extreme provocation. It stemmed from a lucidity that lies beyond rage. — Arundhati Roy
If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within a fortnight. Try not to stab your sister, whatever… — George R. R. Martin
I had kissed my share of men, particularly during the war years, when flirtation and instant romance were the light-minded companions of death and uncertainty.… — Diana Gabaldon
The first rule of etiquette a boy learns when he's about to enter society is that civility is due to all women. No provocation, no… — Ilona Andrews
She was on edge, feeling that she might snap or cry at the smallest provocation. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to… — Mother Teresa
Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling a story or… — John Berger
For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw… — Bible
A person with noble soul will never cease ignoring the provocation. The nobility of his soul is the only answer to these intrigues. — Ilkin Santak
What would it take to make you cut? How bad would you have to be feeling? Would you cut to protect a family member from… — Hannah Cole
Much is said about English severity, but not a word about Irish provocation. — Robert Peel
A man who is violent to his woman, with or without provocation is less than a man; and a woman who deliberately provokes a man… — Tia Nnebo

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