24 Provoked Quotes for You to Enjoy

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead. Omar N. Bradley

War Guilt Must Prevent Share Fail Dead Surely Provoked Just Them Who Wars

Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it. Alvin Toffler

Enough Correction Write Editor Error Provoked Anyone Doubtless Letter Deserves

Researching 'Lone Wolf,' I was amazed at how thoughtful and intelligent these animals are. There has never been a documented attack against a human by a wolf that wasn't provoked by the human. Jodi Picoult

Animals Wolf Thoughtful Lone Lone Wolf Attack Never Documented How Amazed Been Intelligent Provoked Human Against Researching

The thought of security bears within it an essential risk. A state which has security as its sole task and source of legitimacy is a fragile organism; it can always be provoked by terrorism to become more terroristic. Giorgio Agamben

Terrorism Thought Become State Sole Security Risk More Bears Within Always Source Provoked Task Essential Legitimacy Which Organism Fragile

As no outward motion or change, when normal, in man's external body can take place unless provoked by an inward impulse, given through one of the three functions named, so with the external or manifested Universe. Helena Blavatsky

Osama bin Laden characterized his terrorist activities as 'defensive jihad,' provoked by 'debauched infidels' bent on enslaving the Muslim world. The lead industry blamed 'ignorant parents' for applying lead paint to juvenile furniture. Albert Bandura

The music played most around St. Louis was country-western and swing. Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of the country stuff on our predominantly black audience. After they laughed at me a few times, they began requesting the hillbilly stuff. Chuck Berry

I here ask pardon of all my compatriots for everything of which I have been guilty towards them. I know that, by my ill-considered and immature works, I have brought distress to many and that I have even provoked others to attack me openly and, in general, have produced displeasure in many. Nikolai Gogol

Me Others Everything Immature Guilty Distress Brought Pardon General Attack Towards Openly Know Been Provoked Which Them Ask Produced Many Works Even Displeasure Here

All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art. Clive Bell

Art People Emotion Provoked Sensitive Agree Works Peculiar

During the 1980s, international interest in the Nicaraguan war was intense. No conflict since the Spanish civil war had provoked such passion around the world. It was a classic good-versus-evil war. Stephen Kinzer

War Conflict World Passion Civil Classic Civil War Had Since Around Provoked Intense Interest Spanish International

The highest compliment one can give a writer is not to say that one wholeheartedly agrees with his observations, but that he provoked - really, forced - difficult thinking about consequential matters and internal questioning of one's own assumptions, often without quick or clear resolution. Glenn Greenwald

Matters Own Difficult Thinking Assumptions Say Compliment About Give Writer Highest He Observations Clear Forced Without His Questioning Quick Provoked Often Really Internal Agree Wholeheartedly Resolution

I am sometimes accused of being a dictator because I provoked the extraordinary elections by nominating the interim government. Can you imagine any dictator who provokes free elections in his own country? Milos Zeman

Government You Sometimes Free Country Own Extraordinary Because Am His Dictator Provoked Accused Any Being Elections Interim Who Imagine

I've certainly played games that provoked a real emotional response or serious thought processes. Bryan Lee O'Malley

Thought Response Emotional Real Provoked Processes Certainly Games Serious Played

My driver Kellie Frost and I would race these fellows home and they were always faster on the highway. We did the same with Daniel and his driver, and thus began a long series of jokes and competitions to alleviate the impossible hours and tensions this film provoked. Madeleine Stowe

Home Jokes Impossible Long Faster Daniel Would Alleviate Driver Long Series Tensions Thus Highway Hours Fellows Always Were His Began Provoked Did Same Frost Race Series Film Competitions

As September rolls into October, I become obsessed with apples. Now obviously this is provoked by the ripening fruit clustering on the trees in our orchard, but it is as though all things pomological ripen in me, too. Monty Don

Me Fruit Become September Too Trees Our Though All Things Ripen Obsessed Obviously October Provoked Rolls Orchard Now Apples Things

This sounds really cheesy and weird, but the pitbull is a sweet animal that just wants love until it's provoked - that's kind of how I've lived my life, too. Crystal Bowersox

Life Love Animal My Life Sweet Too Kind Weird Until Cheesy How Sounds Provoked Just Wants Really Lived

With any success, a lot of voices come out, and you start hearing a lot more opinions on the matter. We've provoked very strong reactions in both directions since day one. Zacky Vengeance

As foreign minister of Norway, I learnt how natural changes provoked by climate change are creating new sources of political instability. Jonas Gahr Store

Change Natural Political Changes Minister Instability New Learnt How Climate Foreign Climate Change Sources Provoked Norway Creating

It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used pencils, two for a nickel, and could not buy a fountain pen, when I lost mine. Immanuel Velikovsky