Provokes Quotes

65 quotes by 56 authors

The relationship between individuals or communities and the environment ultimately stems from their relationship with God. When â€˜man turns his back on the Creatorâ€™s plan,… — Pope Benedict XVI
Every effective drug provokes in the human body a sort of disease of its own, and the stronger the drug, the more characteristic, and the… — Samuel Hahnemann
I think as much as possible, an artist, if he has any kind of social or political concern, has toâ€¦expose as much as possible what… — Keith Haring
It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you… — Epictetus
When people hear needs, it provokes compassion. When people hear diagnoses, it provokes defensiveness and attack. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Holiness provokes hatred. The greater the holiness, the greater the human hostility toward it. It seems insane. No man was ever more loving than Jesus… — R C Sproul
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which benefits all alike,… — Lord Acton
Every kiss provokes another. Oh, in those earliest days of love how naturally the kisses spring to life! So closely, in their profusion, do they… — Marcel Proust
Irene Diamond's Fertile Ground is a provocative book. It stirs me to vigorous assent. It also triggers wide-eyed disbelief. . . . As it prods… — Janet Lembke
My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs. My hope is,… — Joey Skaggs
If someone irritates you, it is only your own response that is irritating you. Therefore, when anyone seems to be provoking you, remember that it… — Epictetus
The worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism. That is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion against a system, against a neoliberal model,… — Evo Morales
An old essay by John Updike begins, 'We live in an era of gratuitous inventions and negative improvements.' That language is general and abstract, near… — John Updike
IN CINEMA IT IS NECESSARY NOT TO EXPLAIN, BUT TO ACT UPON THE VIEWER'S FEELINGS, AND THE EMOTION WHICH IS AWOKEN IS WHAT PROVOKES THOUGHT. — Andrei Tarkovsky
It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery: it makes him… — William Shakespeare
It is amazing how much our lack of trust provokes God if we request of him a boon that we do not expect — John Calvin
Christ sometimes provokes a question so that He can be the answer. — Beth Moore
Truth provokes those whom it does not convert. — Thomas Wilson
The American humorist sat on his couch suffering thoughts of her, trying to figure out how to win back her affections, wondering what had happened… — Richard Brautigan
I look upon every good man, as a good book, lent by its owner for another to read, and transcribe the excellent notions and golden… — John Flavel

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