Provocative Quotes

There is no such thing as a former KGB man.

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

Russia doesn't negotiate with terrorists. It destroys them.

I occasionally watch provocative videos.

There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.

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.

The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.

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.

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

Vampire? Such a provocative word, wrapped in too many clichés and girly novels.

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

A highly cultivated taste, a taste that is knowledgeable and eclectic, is likely to be exciting and provocative, a personal taste at its highest level.

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

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.

Again and again [Tomas] Jefferson deftly sidesteps many of [John] Adams's often provocative remarks. They both felt the correspondence, which was written for posterity, was too important to risk by being too candid with one another.

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

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

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

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

I naturally want to be provocative.

The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot be insured for the accidents that are most likely to happen to you.

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

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

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.

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

Jeff Selingo is one of the most respected observers of American higher education...Not all will agree with his observations, conclusions, predictions and recommendations, but all will gain from this thoughtful, well-written, provocative volume. I highly recommend it.

I like to be provocative.

I do not want to answer provocative question.

David Cronenberg is the most provocative, original, and consistently excellent North American director of his generation.

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

I thought I could get everyone's attention by coming up with something that's provocative.

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.

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

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

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

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

Unusual yet beautiful. Provocative while remaining elegant.

I've consciously tried to be provocative and disturbing.

It's hard to be understood when addressing many people at once. How can you ever know if you're being understood? So, I've just started being intelligently provocative. And people take the bait.

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

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

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

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

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.

Irene Diamond's Fertile Ground is a provocative book. It stirs me to vigorous assent. It also triggers wide-eyed disbelief. . . . As it prods me to explosions of disagreement, it also provokes useful thought.

I personally do not think that I have ever done, in my working life, anything vulgar. I know I've done provocative things.

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