Provocations Quotes

17 quotes by 15 authors

Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be… — A. P. Herbert
Because when you kill 300 people, 400 people, who have nothing to do with the provocations Hezbollah staged, but you do it in effect deliberately… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
I'm very proud of being persona non grata. I've never been that before in my life, and that suits me extremely wellI'm known for provocations,… — Lars von Trier
It requires real strength to love Man. And to love him despite all invitations to do otherwise, all provocations and all reasons why one should… — L. Ron Hubbard
The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes… — Andre Breton
The ocean was waiting with grand and bitter provocations, as if it invited you to think how deep it was, how much colder than your… — Saul Bellow
I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any… — Garry Kasparov
Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi. — Hans Haacke
Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of the downs, hacking… — A. P. Herbert
One way to cope with the provocations of novel art is to rest firm and maintain solid standards... set by the critic's long-practiced taste and… — Leo Steinberg
To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter,… — C.S. Lewis
By his provocations to good-natured merriment, a humorist of the first water contributes as much to the sum of happiness as the gravest philosopher. — Christian Nestell Bovee
The ego refuses to be distressed by the provocations of reality, to let itself be compelled to suffer. It insists that it cannot be affected… — Sigmund Freud
To great evils we submit; yet we resent little provocations. — William Hazlitt
Populism has had as many incarnations as it has had provocations, but its constant ingredient has been resentment, and hence whininess. Populism does not wax… — George Will
To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations — William Hazlitt
You know what pressure is put on Belarus, ranging from open blackmail to attempted interference in our internal affairs from the West, and from small… — Alexander Lukashenko

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