Best 51 quotes in «provoking quotes» category

A man is only as effective as the effect he has on his surroundings,' Gordon was saying. 'And if a man is not effective, if his very being is as insubstantial as thought, then what is this man? Is he a man? Or is he merely the thought of a man?

Be a provocateur! Provoke people to think! Provoke sleepers to awake! Provoke slaves to revolt against their masters! Provoke everyone to gain control over their fates unchecked! Provoke the lonely to participate the crowds and provoke the crowds to visit the loneliness! Be a provocateur! Provoke people to cross the bridges so that they can see the other side!

My life is a mess", these are the words of teens now-a-days who literally haven't seen above the border of their shoulder.

Do not ever get agitated by provoking thoughts and actions. Always keep your calm. This will shame the alien.

A disciple is a disciple maker.

The words you say to this world in darkness, are the most honest

You can't rock the boat & act like you were just trying to put a baby to sleep.

Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.

I feel anime are a truest reflection of ourselves especially of a person who is alone, depressed or even depicting real happiness, all of the emotions that matter.

There is a sense of calmness before and after a storm and the difference between two calms is analogous to lightness and darkness.

When I was researching the book Toxic Electricity, I would see biological reactions for up to a week afterwards. They are typically strong in the first day or two after the electromagnetic field (EMF) exposures and tail off as the week goes on. I would feel fine during the EMF exposures and start seeing weird health effects usually during sleep that night. Extended time around high voltage power lines & power poles were the worst for provoking reactions, followed by wifi and transmitting utility meters.

Africans didn't want saving, thank you very much, least of all not by me.

Don't ever miss a day without improving something personally.

As a man is, so he sees.

Every sin provokes its punishment.

Following the rules of your industry will only get you so far.

Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation.

Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes ones fear, but the human being who has contact with it.

I could be wrong about salvation. I could be wrong about a lot of things.

intricately and intriguingly woven, lots of fun, and extremely thought provoking.

I expect to be great. I expect to do what hasn't been done. I expect to provoke change.

Intelligence and genius

I try to make things interesting and thought-provoking.

It's only a drop in the ocean - but the ocean wouldn't be the same without that drop.

Just watching an actor in front you really provokes you in such a sudden, unexpected way. You can't ask for anything more from someone you're working with than that.

I've no interest in being thought provoking. Who needs more thoughts. I'd rather go down as one who is thought disposing.

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

It's not that there aren't a million other things to learn about God, but He says you've got to start with the fear of the Lord because that's the beginning of wisdom.

My aim was not to fool. My aim was to provoke thought and stir emotion.

Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -

Most experiences provoke a transformation in you. So, when you live something, live it fully because you never know when this is going to happen again and not only that, if it even happens again, it will not have the same impact.

Méret Oppenheim was a very erotic woman. She also liked provocation, and if you could provoke surrealists at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, or similar Dadaist hangouts in Basel, where you could normally get away with these things, you were truly a provocateur.

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

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

Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.

Sometimes the most important things that we do are things we cannot measure.

Provoke the unexpected. Expect it.

Provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke.

The starting-point for all systems of aesthetics must be the personal experience of a peculiar emotion. The objects that provoke this emotion we call works of art.

Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

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

The time for us to begin innovating and looking for new solutions is now.

The charges are false and despicable. I have not received a fair hearing. This is un-American. All the lawyering will provoke an untoward outcome.

The time for change is now.

The trumpet does not more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility.

The youth do not see the old. They are not programmed to see the old, who are cancelled, negated, wiped out.

We will not have failure - only success and new learning.

Things are always harder than you think they're going to be.

When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word.