Quotes About Thought-provoking

it annoys me to see people comfortable when they ought to be uncomfortable; and I insist on making them think in order to bring them to conviction of sin. If you don't like my preaching you must lump it. I really cannot help it. In the preface to my Plays for Puritans I

At the same time, reading an action script... It makes me wonder. Was The Matrix a good script? I don't know.

People like to pigeonhole. People like to label - not just books and movies, but everything in their life. If people want to call me 'literary horror,' I guess that's fine. What I'm trying to do is be both thrilling and thought-provoking.

I like movies that are scary, but I don't want them to be dirt dumb. I want a movie that gets my blood racing, makes me laugh, but also gives me something to think about, with maybe a little sexy thrown in. Hollywood doesn't make movies like that.

Un "perché" è sempre pericoloso – disse Haplo – mette in forse vecchi, confortevoli sistemi di vita, costringe la gente a pensare a quello che fa, anziché farlo semplicemente senza pensare. Non c'è da stupirsi se le persone ne hanno paura - Io credo che il pericolo non risieda tanto nel chiedere "perchè" quanto nel credere di essere giunti alla risposta definitiva – osservò Alfred come parlando a se stesso.

ufkun, renksiz, deÄŸiÅŸken, s?n?rlanmas? imkâns?z bir yerlerinde bir sald?r? baÅŸl?yor. zihnin bir yerlerinde bir sald?r? baÅŸl?yor, bedende ise giderek artan bir rahats?zl?k, daha önceki hiçbirinin an?s?na indirgenemez cinsten, kendi üslubunu arayan bir rahats?zl?k.

personally I don't trust literature that soothes people's consciences.

Expand your vocabulary to include accurate, beautiful, sensual, inspiring, thought-provoking, mysterious, and compelling words—words that express the beauty of your marvelous spirit.

I like anything that is thought provoking and elevates one's consciousness to the highest and out of it's safety net, making one breathe aspiration.

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nothing important can ever really be boring.

The iconoclasm need not be loud and messy, I can almost hear him saying

Um livro deve mexer nas feridas, aliás, deve alargá-las. Um livro deve ser um perigo.

What's the big fucking deal? Lots of amazing people have committed suicide, and they turned out alright.

The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question.

It's always enjoyable talking with someone who has a very well-functioning, reasoning mind.

Music should never be harmless.

I want films to haunt an audience, to give them something to remember and be able to talk about.

I'm thrilled with the work Tim Palen and his marketing team have done on the film. It's appropriately disturbing and thought-provoking how the campaign promotes 'Catching Fire' while simultaneously promoting the Capitol's punitive forms of entertainment.

If you look at most mainstream filmmaking, to be honest, some of these films aren't even asking questions anymore at all.

I never dreamed we would be on television at all, much less for such a long time and with so much praise for keeping a thought provoking show on the air. And best of all, we were able to do what we do and still have all our fingers and toes.

The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed.

she told me that a friend of hers had heard of me and exclaimed "he's disturbing to read." now i like that – "disturbing to read: -- like popping pills or pushing the plunger down, like big knives and rusty razors. i'm fucking disturbing – let me disturb you too

There's a few things I want to ask him. Philosophical questions. Like, 'How does it feel to be dangled out a window by a rope tied around your balls, motherfucker?