They Provoke Quotes
- For each illness that doctors cure with medicine, they provoke ten in healthy people by inoculating them with the virus that is a thousand times… — Marcel Proust
- Names generate meaning in a short amount of space — they provoke thoughts, questions. That's something I like doing. Of course, you have to be… — Joshua Ferris
- The works of nature first acquire a meaning in the commentaries they provoke. — George Santayana
- The man who has struggled bravely with the passions of the body, has fought ably against unclean spirits, and has expelled from his soul the… — Maximus the Confessor
- Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies. Elves are glamorous. They project glamour. Elves… — Terry Pratchett
- The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke. — Octave Mirbeau