Quotes About Thought-provoking

I always wanted to put a sign up on the road to Yale saying, 'Beware: Deconstruction Ahead.'

If you're not controversial you don't have anything to say. If you're not controversial you're boring. If you're bored you're boring to be with so don't ever tell anyone you re bored.

If you really want to communicate something, even if it's just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least enjoyable way is directly. It only goes in about an inch. But if you can get people to the point where they have to think a moment what it is you're getting at, and then discover it, the thrill of discovery goes right through the heart.

I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.

I love movies that have that resonating scare, that really get under your skin and make you think.

I love movies that ask big questions but don't necessarily answer everything. I like people walking out thinking about something.

I love fun movies that also have something to say. They tend to stay with me, always.

I love the art house, and when I say the art house, I don't just mean little, independent movies but movies that really aim to be about something and say something and I love those movies.

I love doing things that are titillating. I think race can be very funny, and I think I'm very comfortable discussing it and bringing it up.

Girls are like slugs—they probably serve some purpose, but it's hard to imagine what.

Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?' But O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag-- It's so elegant So intelligent

Life never quits being thought provoking and mysterious.

The great thing about James Baldwin and his writing is that it's still fresh every time you pick it up. That's also the sad thing about his writing sometimes, too.

I'm a huge fan of Jay Z. I listen to a lot of Nas, a lot of 2Pac. I like to listen to people that make me think.

I'm an anti-Semite but I love Jews.

John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.

One way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing.

motives are entirely new. One paradox

Chapter iv. Containing such very deep and grave matters, that some readers, perhaps, may not relish it. Square

I've been listening to 'Chapo Trap House' - they're quite radical. Every time I listen to it, my brain feels opened up.

Sean's movies are provocative and challenging without being slick.

There are lots of great movies coming out of the U.S. but it's not something I've ever really been interested in. They're great films but I much prefer the smaller independent films, which are more thought provoking and experimental.

'Holy Smoke' is very brave because I don't think it's easy to watch.

I just love shows that don't hand everything to you, that ask you to be smarter. I think that's something really important that HBO has done to change the landscape of TV.