Provocative Quotations

Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.

Our aims are absolutely clear: They are a high living standard in the country and a secure, free and comfortable life.

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.

I hope Gunter Grass will continue helping the SPD in campaigns and that he will otherwise remain with us as a provocative literary figure, as well.

I like gold because it is a stabilizer; it is an insurance policy.

It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.

History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior.

We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.

So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool.

Pamela Smith and Benjamin Schmidt have gathered together a wide-ranging and provocative set of original essays that successfully demonstrate how contingent the process of making knowledge was during a period of fundamental epistemological change. This is a finely crafted and conceptualized collection.

Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.

There's nothing wrong with provocative art work: I even look forward to the day when I can take pictures which will disturb even me.

That's what's provocative to me - that we can victimize people, we can torture and traumatize people with no consciousness that it is a shameful thing to do.

I'm part of what I consider the entertainment industry. For my photos to be entertaining, they have to be provocative and new.

I naturally want to be provocative.

I guess I'm drawn to religion because I can be provocative without harming something people really care about, like their cars.

Unusual yet beautiful. Provocative while remaining elegant.

Nothing I do is salacious or provocative or shocking for the sake of that.

It is a fascinating and provocative thought that a body of water deserves to be considered as an organism in its own right.

I think there probably was a time when I was less provocative. That's when I was married.

To find a script that works with provocative ideas is hard to find.

There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative.

I always thought I was funny, but I was very sensitive, and very provocative just to get a rise out of people.

There was really nothing shocking in what Brigitte did, what was provocative was her natural sensuality.

Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried.

The language must be careful and must appear effortless. It must not sweat. It must suggest and be provocative at the same time.

I do not want to answer provocative question.

You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.

There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.

Among provocative, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching.