Provoking Quotes

443 Provoking quotes by 302 unique authors

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
It'll keep you alive for another 10 years if you get yourself a laugh once a day: either provoke it, or look around in the… — Jerry Lewis
I want to provoke people with thoughts, not by taking my clothes off. It's time to move on from Stripperville. — Marina and the Diamonds
Herr Schroder has conducted two electoral campaigns, and he is doing it again now, by not telling people what is really necessary. He keeps avoiding… — Angela Merkel
The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't… — Nathan Myhrvold
Writers should provoke disagreement. — V.S. Naipaul

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