Quotes about Provocative
To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch, but merely a provocative epigram for those who must make their arrangements in the world as given.
— John Updike
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense.
— Mark Twain
There is nothing more insufferable and poisonous on earth than a barefoot monk.
— Martin Luther
A question is far more subversive, biblically, than a statement.
— Os Guinness
That's Jesus for you. Making people across time upset with him.
— Peter Enns
And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.”
— Ezekiel 4:12
Make dumb suggestions.
— Patrick Lencioni
Avant-garde is French for bullshit
— John Lennon
Everything that I do, it just has the sultry vibe behind it.
— Sabrina Claudio
Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
— Mae West
So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool.
— Lady Gaga
When I heard that Hitler had problems with flatulence, it's funny. What - does that make him a funny man? No. It means he had funny moments when his rear end was speaking louder than his mouth.
— John Oliver