Let me Quote by Sam Harris

I don't like to be provocative for the sake of being provocative.

— Madonna Ciccone

I don't think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don't mind being provocative in content.

— Larry Wilmore

I'm never worried about a joke being 'too provocative.' There's no such thing.

— Matt Rife

You should live hoping you are going to offend people, because then you're doing something.

— Marti Noxon

Provocative... I used to be defensive about it, but in the end, I realised it's exactly right. It's what we're trying to do -…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I think any time you take on touchy subjects, you're going to offend some people, or you're going to please others.

— Anna Paquin

If I've said anything to offend you, I mean it.

— Anonymous

I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature. I can…

— Helen Suzman

If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong.

— Noam Chomsky

“Certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and mean spirited things do occur in our interactions with other people that would allow us to take offense. However,…

— David A. Bednar

It is frequently said that speech that is intentionally provocative and therefore invites physical retaliation can be punished or suppressed. Yet, plainly no such…

— Thomas I. Emerson

I don't aim to offend.

— Billy Connolly