Quotes About Provocation

Venecia, hasta cadavérica como está ahora, lanza una provocación insoportable al mundo de la modernidad. Son susurros lo que esta Venecia consigue lanzar, pero son insoportables para el mundo de la técnica, para esa técnica que invade Venecia por masas de turistas, pero también por la veleidad de los arquitectos indignos de tal nombre." aka Rem Koolhaas.

What did religion do to people, to provoke such obstinancy, such hysteria - how did it push people to the stage of torturing themselves and killing each other?

Demain est un mystère, pour tout le monde, et ce mystère doit provoquer le rire et l'envie, pas la peur ou le refus.

There's an old Irish saying: Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose.

Indeed, according to William of Malmesbury, one of them staged something of a counter-demonstration by dropping his trousers and farting loudly in the king's general direction.

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

Tout bon livre est un attentat. [in Essai sur moi-même]

People are not always very tolerant of the tears which they themselves have provoked.

she had uttered these words simply in order to provoke a reply in certain other words, which she seemed, indeed, to wish to hear spoken, but, from prudence, would let her friend be the first to speak.

Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.

The nun said, "I can forgive the language. I'm not sure I can forgive your making an obscene gesture at your mother." "Ya gotta know her," Holland said. "If you knew her, you'd give her the finger, too.

Hey, fuck you," Lucas said. "What!" Pole started to move at Lucas, but saw something in Lucas's eyes that made him take a step back. Bell Wood got between them and Lucas growled, "Stay away from me, asshole.

walked back to Wood with a Wiener schnitzel on a stick and two Diet Cokes. He sat on the curb next to Wood, handed him a Diet Coke, and said, "For your own good." "Fuck you very much," Wood said. "But I suppose you're right.

It's not an effective protest if it's not pissing people off.

How do you like your peace now, motherfucker?

Traitorous, murdering garbage, from your fucking glitterdumpster of a mother on down.

It's not an effective protest if it's not pissing people off.

I want to be there when you question him." "No you don't." "I really do." "Let me put it another way, Lord Marce. Fuck you, go away.

Are you insane? You can't just barge into my office and tell people to fuck off.""And yet here I am," Kiva said. "In your office. Telling this extraneous dimwit to fuck off.

The only good writer was a dead writer.

He said the threshold of insult is in direct relation to intelligence and security.

Why don't you beat him?

Swedes up in Dakota—know what they do sometimes? Put pepper on the floor. Gits up the ladies' skirts an' makes 'em purty lively—lively as a filly in season. Swedes do that sometimes." In

Teresina went often to confession. She was the despair of Father Ramon. Indeed he had seen that while her knees, her hands, and her lips did penance for an old sin, her modest and provocative eyes, flashing under drawn lashes, laid the foundation for a new one. During