Provocative Quotes

159 quotes by 139 authors

Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment. — Isaac Barrow
When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble goal. — Rob Bell
Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man… — Ambrose Bierce
I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently. — Kathryn Bigelow
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. — Aesop
I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the… — David Bowie
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman? — Woody Allen
I was born in 1949, and by the time I was 10, I figured out that my hope chest was not aimed in the same… — Dorothy Allison
There are no more ideologies in the authentic sense of false consciousness, only advertisements for the world through its duplication and the provocative lie which… — Theodor Adorno
Among provocative, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites… — William O. Douglas
All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not to say fiction… — George R. R. Martin
No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky. — Llewelyn Powys
If you care about this country, if you want to take part in a citizenâ€™s movement that helps heal the deep racial, economic, and cultural… — Connie May Fowler
When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray. — Madonna Ciccone
To my mind there is nothing so beautiful or so provocative as a secondhand book store...To me it is astonishing and miraculous to think that… — Lionel Barrymore
People think pop is rock, and the lines are getting blurred. Now Rihanna's wearing f-ckin' leather jackets, and it's really annoying . . . (My… — Taylor Momsen
The Playtex Secrets survey truly uncovered some thought-provoking and provocative secrets of real American housewives. In fact, many of the findings would make great fodder… — Alfre Woodard
I remember saying to myself, those things are very, very important to hear, but there must be another way to say them so that they… — Nikky Finney

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