Quotes about Provocation
Grievous words stir up anger.
— Liz Curtis Higgs
A truly successful army is one that, because of its strength and ability and dedication, will not be called upon to fight, for no one will dare to provoke it.
— Ronald Reagan
Answer a fool according to his folly.
— Anonymous
All the racial slurs I done heard. All the things I heard about my mom, and my basketball game and my kids, all this. It felt good to punch a fan one time.
— Stephen Jackson
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
— Oscar Wilde
I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his...
— Malcolm X
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?
— Dustin Hoffman
Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.
— Ian Paisley
Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening. . . . Come up. I'll tell your fortune. . . . Ah, you can be had.
— Mae West
no one's upset by what you're saying, you're probably not pushing hard enough. (And you're probably boring, too.)
— Jason Fried
The provocation in her eyes increased his amusement—he had not supposed she would waste her powder on such small game; but perhaps she was only keeping her hand in; or perhaps a girl of her type had no conversation but of the personal kind. At any rate, she was amazingly pretty, and he had asked her to tea and must live up to his obligations.
— Edith Wharton
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
— Mark Twain