Provoking Quotes

443 Provoking quotes by 302 unique authors

Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. A company that stands still will soon be forgotten. Trying to provoke positive… — Richard Branson
Abdur Rab offers a comprehensive vision of Islam using the Quran as his sole religious textual source. He intentionally avoids the hadith literature, which he… — Jeffrey Lang
And so we have to be careful with looking at additional stimulus that we don't provoke an increase in the bond rate and then offset… — Franklin Raines
Good satire hopefully provides thought-provoking conversation. — Lizz Winstead
When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word. — Hannah More
If we desire to live securely, comfortably, and quietly, that by all honest means we should endeavor to purchase the good will of all men,… — Isaac Barrow
I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But what… — Yves Klein
Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination. — Walter Darby Bannard
The men of wealth who today are trying to prevent the regulation and control of their business in the interest of the public by the… — Theodore Roosevelt
After long centuries, agrarian civilization is weakening. Is sufficient attention being devoted to the arrangement and improvement of the life of the country people, whose… — Pope Paul VI
I'm not a film snob at all. I much prefer a really good Hollywood blockbuster than a thought-provoking art house movie because entertainment is sort… — Ricky Gervais
As a director, it's my job to provoke, and when people decided 'The Room' be called a phenomenon, or whatever you call it, it's fine… — Tommy Wiseau
Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale. — Baron de Montesquieu
Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or whiten'd wall provoke the skew'r to write; In durance, exile, Bedlam, or the Mint, Like Lee or… — Alexander Pope
Thou breeze, That mak'st an organ of the mighty sea, Obedient to thy wilful phantasies, Provoke him not to scorn; but soft and low, As… — Hartley Coleridge
I love that you can be laughing one minute and crying the next, and then be shocked the next. I like things that provoke emotions… — Courteney Cox
My opinion is that somebody certainly has the right to do cartoons that make fun of somebody else's religion. But to reprint them just to… — David Byrne
I like to do movies that provoke rather than reinforce conservative values. — Steve Coogan
Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood. — Andy Goldsworthy
I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates… — Keith Haring
While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable… — Sam Harris
The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking. — Martin Heidegger
When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to… — Erica Jong
I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling. — Martin Kippenberger
When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his… — George Henry Lewes

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