Quotes about Provocation

I spit upon your God!

Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

You may not know it, Mr. Earthbound, but the best way to advertise an idea is by attacking it.

Forgive your enemies...it messes with their heads.

I took a straight picture that made me look like a thirty-year-old Italian who'd kill anybody who said something against his mother.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

The best progressive ideas are those that include a strong enough dose of provocation to make its supporters feel proud of being original, but at the same time attract so many adherents that the risk of being an isolated exception is immediately averted by the noisy approval of the triumphant crowd.

I've never understood sexy lingerie. I mean, what's the point? The guy's only going to take it off.

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.

I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.

The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.

To not say the unkind or critical thing, particularly when provoked and/or fatigued, is a supreme kind of self-mastery.