Provoking Quotes

443 Provoking quotes by 302 unique authors

Dancing, is, for the most part, attended with many amorous smiles, wanton compliments, unchaste kisses, scurrilous songs and sonnets, effeminate music, lust provoking attire, ridiculous… — William Prynne
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
Design isn't Art. It's not about creating beautiful or thought-provoking things for the sake of it. Design is a discipline creating communication with a purpose. — Unknown Author
Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but… — Brad Bird
Obviously the extremists want to provoke sectarian warfare, and I am struck by the fact that over a three-year period, leaders of the (Iraqi) communities… — Unknown Author
Five Minute Marketing is entertaining and thought provoking marketing advice by a Canadian for Canadians. — Dan Poynter
Parents provoke their children to anger by not practicing biblical love, not considering their children as more important than themselves, and not dying to self… — John C. Broger
I know the world that I am painting is not a reality. It is a whim, an entertainment to provoke something in people, whether as… — Tim Walker
Words should not seek to please, to hide the wounds in our bodies, or the shameful moments in our lives. They may hurt, give us… — Nawal El Saadawi
I've no interest in being thought provoking. Who needs more thoughts. I'd rather go down as one who is thought disposing. — Rasheed Ogunlaru
I think they (Thatcher protesters) ought to be grateful for the fact that the people who hold our (pro-Thatcher) views, and who are not mindless… — Norman Tebbit
It has always been the task of the new generation to provoke changes. — Ludwig von Mises
You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. — Pope Francis
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
The moon is nothing But a circumambulating aphrodisiac Divinely subsidized to provoke the world Into a rising birth-rate — Christopher Fry
The point of poetry is to be acutely discomforting, to prod and provoke, to poke us in the eye, to punch us in the nose,… — Paul Muldoon
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
What I want is the world to remember the problems and the people I photograph. What I want is to create a discussion about what… — Sebastiao Salgado
I try with my pictures to raise a question, to provoke a debate, so that we can discuss problems together and come up with solutions. — Sebastiao Salgado

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