Provocative Quotes

159 Provocative quotes by 135 unique authors

For 30 years I have used my platform in provocative ways to encourage a healthy dialogue about important issues, including HIV/AIDS, war, and homelessness. I'm… — Kenneth Cole
Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive new development might… — Jamais Cascio
A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at… — Pope Francis
So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool. — Lady Gaga
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. — Mahatma Gandhi
The use of military force against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be very provocative. The only thing worse would be Iran being a… — Rudy Giuliani
It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women. — Catherine Deneuve
I'm proud of 'Black Hawk Down' because I think it told a provocative story and it was honest. It could have had more opportunity to… — Josh Hartnett
I think this show I'm going to do,' Awake,' if it's done well, will not only be provocative and entertaining, but help people. I want… — Jason Isaacs
I think scent is sensual. I guess evoking a mood or a spirit is key, and I think with the women's fragrances we have evoked… — Marc Jacobs
My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature… — Jewel
He who angers you conquers you. — Elizabeth Kenny
I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so. — Stephen Leacock
Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so… — John Malkovich
Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative voice… — Shirley Manson
I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody's face… — Duane Michals
I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that on television. It's just not on. — Rupert Murdoch
You never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing the themes that… — Edward Norton
Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great motivating force for… — Sarah Jessica Parker
Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it. — William Penn
Some candidates need to say provocative things that make noise to break through the media muffle and get themselves noticed. — John Podhoretz
You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place. — Vladimir Putin
History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised… — Vladimir Putin
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them. — Vladimir Putin
The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final. — Vladimir Putin

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