Provoking Quotes

443 Provoking quotes by 302 unique authors

I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions. — William Mapother
This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical… — Vaclav Havel
The urge to break with a tradition is only appropriate when you're dealing with an outdated, troublesome tradition: I never really thought about that because… — Gerhard Richter
No one provokes me with impunity. — Mary, Queen of Scots
Being able to provoke a different point of view to the standard current ideological or political perspective as played out in conventional newspaper or radio… — Susie Orbach
I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers. — James Ellroy
New forms of media - first movies, then television, talk radio and now the Internet - tend to challenge traditional codes of conduct. They flout… — Willow Bay
The various systems of doctrine that have held dominion over man have been demonstrated to be true beyond all question by rationalists of such power-to… — Wilfred Trotter
You've got to honor your relationship with your audience - that they sit down because they want to be entertained. And that doesn't mean you… — David E. Kelley
I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that country. — Naoto Kan
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

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