Provoke Quotes

173 quotes by 159 authors

On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I… — Charles Babbage
There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction. — Mary J. Blige
If delight may provoke men's labour, what greater delights is there then to behold the earth as apparelled with plants, as with a robe of… — John Gerard
If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to… — Sun Tzu
Hate is able to provoke disorders, to ruin a social organization, to cast a country into a period of bloody revolutions; but it produces nothing. — Georges Sorel
My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes it by proffering its natural… — Epicurus
Spiritual strength and passion, when accompanied by bad manners, only provoke loathing. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Those that achieve anything that looks beyond the vision and thinking of their peers provoke jealousy and hatred disguised as the ordinary. — Friedrich Nietzsche
One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary people; and on… — Victor Hugo
For each illness that doctors cure with medicine, they provoke ten in healthy people by inoculating them with the virus that is a thousand times… — Marcel Proust
Some Western politicians are already threatening us with not just sanctions, but also the prospect of increasingly serious problems on the domestic front. I would… — Vladimir Putin
As a child, I heard in my home doctors and ambulance men say, 'Mrs. Stewart, you must've done something to provoke him.' 'Mrs. Stewart, it… — Patrick Stewart
We who claim to love peace and justice must always be careful that we do not use our righteousness to provoke the violent, and in… — Thomas Merton
I don't want anyone to appreciate the light or the palette of tones. I want my pictures to inform, to provoke discussion - and to… — Sebastiao Salgado
When we have many things within ourselves which are neither known nor accepted, then such things complicate our lives horrifyingly, and in fact provoke all… — Samael Aun Weor
To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients,… — Alexander Hamilton
A truly successful army is one that, because of its strength and ability and dedication, will not be called upon to fight, for no one… — Ronald Reagan
Everyone asks me 'how it feels to fly.' It feels like riding in a high powered automobile, minus bumping over the rough roads, continually signaling… — Harriet Quimby
Macduff: What three things does drink especially provoke? Porter: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine. — William Shakespeare
Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us. — Robert Redford

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