Provoke Quotes

173 Provoke quotes by 153 unique authors

I do not think I responded immediately, for it took me a moment or two to fully digest these words of Miss Kenton. Moreover, as… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Since when does a dog care about what it humps? (Dev) I could go so low with that that even the gutter would envy us,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Adieu, Lord Dain,” she answered without turning her head. “Have a pleasant evening with your cows.” Cows? She was merely trying to provoke him, Dain… — Loretta Chase
It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
In the parallel universe the laws of physics are suspended. What goes up does not necessarily come down, a body at rest does not tend… — Susanna Kaysen
Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility. — James Gleick
And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that… — Thomas More
What really matters is that there is so much faith and love and kindliness which we can share with and provoke in others, and that… — James Branch Cabell
Mankind needs peace more than ever, for our entire planet, threatened by nuclear war, is in danger of total destruction. A destruction only man can… — Elie Wiesel
The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk… — Al Pacino
Trouble is another word for fate; what troubles us the most is what we are fated to one day face. What troubles us in youth… — Michael Meade
During high school, I would purposely lose tennis and squash matches to escape the agony of anxiety that competitive situations would provoke in me. — Scott Stossel
The fact is that viewers are getting used to watching media on a variety of platforms. Trailers look good on iPhones. Big-screen TVs and stereo… — Alex Gibney
I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot justify my work.… — Paulo Coelho
Of all the logical impasses, unknowings, paradoxes, and terrors that provoke laughter, death by its finality and unsolvable mystery is paramount. — Andrew Hudgins
Whether you want to entertain or to provoke, to break hearts or reassure them, what you bring to your writing must consist of your longings… — Rafael Yglesias
The obvious objections to the execution of Saddam Hussein are valid and well aired. His death will provoke violent strife between Sunni and Shia Muslims,… — Richard Dawkins
Anything one can do to provoke and inspire an interest in the works of Shakespeare in a young audience is fair game. Anything. — Tim Crouch
Violence can succeed, as Americans know well from the conquest of the national territory. But at terrible cost. It can also provoke violence in response,… — Noam Chomsky
I always set out to tell a good story, to create a character that young people can relate to, place them in a situation that… — Lois Lowry
RelayRides and WhipCar, AirBnB, Roomorama and One Fine Stay are all stellar examples of how new, access-based offers entice and provoke insurance companies and banks… — Lisa Gansky
I like people that challenge their art, not only in the purist way, but also in terms of how they could provoke and make something… — Guy Laliberte
The key to acting - from what little I know about that wonderful craft - is listening, and interacting with the other person in order… — James Gray
To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature. — Ernst Fischer
What did our nation ever do to provoke these madly vicious enemies? What is seen as injustice in one place is seen as just requital… — Mary Douglas

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