Top 329 Provoke Quotes & Sayings

It has always been the task of the new generation to provoke changes.

It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.

I like to provoke. I'm very French.

[Arabs are] a people, whom it is dangerous to provoke, and fruitless to attack.

The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke.

Sometimes I walk into a situation and I know somebody is going to provoke me - not maybe, I know he will provoke me - I know he will provoke me! And there are times when I simply refuse to be provoked. And the other times you have to use that superior knowledge to carry on at work without distraction, and don't allow yourself to be distracted.

There's no question that Ben Shapiro loves to provoke college students.

One sin another doth provoke.

My hope is to shed light, provoke thought, entertain, and move through dance.

The frequent repetition of miracles serves to provoke, where it does not subdue, the reason of mankind.

I like to do movies that provoke rather than reinforce conservative values.

Provoke the unexpected. Expect it.

The aim of modern propaganda is no longer to modify ideas, but to provoke action.

Just strictly from a business standpoint, kids are a liability to landlords, and they actually provoke evictions.

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

Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.

What I try to do on my Instagram is provoke discussion and share environmental and sustainability messages.

Chinese food tries to engage the mind, not just the palate. To provoke the intellect.

Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death?

We are professionals, we have to set the example and not provoke anyone.

The works of nature first acquire a meaning in the commentaries they provoke.

I think the evangelicals want to provoke an immense global disaster to precipitate the second coming of Christ.

To be interesting, one has to provoke.

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 provoke a fight and just to provoke it like thumbing your nose at someone else and going, "What are you gonna do about it?"

As a child, I heard in my home doctors and ambulance men say, 'Mrs. Stewart, you must've done something to provoke him.' 'Mrs. Stewart, it takes two to make an argument.' Wrong. Wrong! My mother did nothing to provoke that - and even if she had, violence is never ever a choice that a man should make. Ever.

If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.

Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation.

Provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke.

I think it's cool to provoke something in people.

The moon is nothing But a circumambulating aphrodisiac Divinely subsidized to provoke the world Into a rising birth-rate

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination.

The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.

Do I provoke as a method of investigation? Of course. That's the essence of architecture. Do I do it with gusto? I do.

Documentaries can provoke much more than narrative movies.

Any time you have someone's first-hand account of the sheer terror that ISIS can provoke... that's powerful.

My nature is to provoke, that's true. I can't help myself. But it's always with good intentions.

The slightest cooperation with God's grace can provoke a massive spiritual change.

To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.

As history shows, childless women in America eventually provoke hysteria.

One sin, I know, another doth provoke. Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.

The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination and make their surroundings more exciting.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

My favorite novel in the world is Frankenstein. I'm going to misquote it horribly, but the monster says, "I have such love in me, more than you can imagine. But, if I cannot provoke it, I will provoke fear."

Sometimes I walk into a situation and I know somebody is going to provoke me - not maybe, I know he will provoke me - I know he will provoke me! And there are times when I simply refuse to be provoked. And the other times you have to use that superior knowledge to carry on at work without distraction, and don't allow yourself to be distracted. I laugh a lot inside and outside, and at myself sometimes.

In all of my work I'm trying to create a dialogue, in which I want to provoke the recipients, stimulate them to use their own imaginations. I don't just say things recipients want to hear, flatter their egos or comfort them by agreeing with them. I have to provoke them, to take them as seriously as I take myself.

Crime stories are often sensationalized. They can provoke lower standards.

Spiritual strength and passion, when accompanied by bad manners, only provoke loathing.

A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight.

If you want to grow, find men who provoke you.

I want to do roles that allow me to push my boundaries and provoke us to think differently.

Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility.

Of course defenders will try to provoke me - that is their job.

Horror, of all the genres, is the only one that can provoke an involuntary visceral reaction.

That's the real power of art, I think. Not to chide but to provoke challenge. Otherwise why bother?

Give us a genuine Christianity that may provoke persecution, but will not provoke contempt.

Writers should provoke disagreement.

I want to provoke people with thoughts, not by taking my clothes off. It's time to move on from Stripperville.

A threat need not provoke a response if it is not taken up.

The bottom line is that sometimes the little things I do on the pitch provoke exaggerated reactions.