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Quotes About Instigation

You know, Jesse Jackson is just trying to stir up a hornet's nest.
~ Kenneth Blackwell
I like bothering people and stirring things up.
~ Tim Daly
It is unjust to provoke a man and then to complain he is a satyr if the provocation succeeds. You
~ Patrick O'Brian
What, you egg? [stabs him]
~ William Shakespeare
What, you egg? / [He stabs him.]
~ William Shakespeare
For if you wish to discover a man's true feelings, it is always best to provoke him.
~ Winston Graham
to him. It was indeed a reprehensible act in the American Fur Company secretly to instigate the Crows to rob Fitzpatrick of his furs; but
~ Unknown
Little did Prince Dain know that my real skill lies in pissing people off.
~ Holly Black
The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.
~ Homer
Only the government could have made a 'terrorist' out of Mr. Cromitie, whose buffoonery is positively Shakespearean in scope….I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that there would have been no crime here except the government instigated it, planned it and brought it to fruition." Nonetheless
~ Peter Bergen
Psychotics, say what you want about them, tend to make the first move.
~ David Lipsky
Bored people looked for drama and caused trouble.
~ Lisa Unger
the person's hot button has been pushed.
~ W. Clement Stone
I don't go out there to hurt people, I don't even know how to attempt to hurt somebody. I play hard, bring the edge. I'm an instigator. That gets me going.
~ Patrick Beverley
stirred to action, and he was minded to make amends to the memory of her who had done so much for him. At his instigation Isabeau carried her daughter's appeal to Rome.
~ Unknown
The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.
~ Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Funny how someone telling you not to do something can talk you into it.
~ Richelle Mead