Quotes About Provocation

Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an observation that's not funny. It's gotta offend somebody somewhere.

What was he supposed to do besides break the living room window? Stand outside whacking off while she grabbed a cell phone and called for help?

Say what?" I demanded. "Are you threatening me?

I did call you a pair of overdeveloped, single-cell Cro-Magnons." "Did you?" "Well I have now." "Nobody calls me an overdeveloped, single-bell crow magnet." "No. I bet nobody does.

I won't marry you," she repeated. "Why not? You were eager enough to fuck me." Anna winced. "I do wish you would stop using that word." Edward swung around and assumed a hideously sarcastic expression. "Would you prefer swive? Tup? Dance the buttock jig?

He met Caire's eyes. I hope we can finish this soon. I left your sister in my bed. St. John swore under his breath and stepped between them, facing Val. Are you insane? Many think so,. Val was watching Caire, his lips twitching. Caire hadn't moved. Only his eyes, hard and staring and trained upon Val, showed that he'd heard Val's words. Those eyes burned a bit like Séraphine's, Val mused, and he wondered if the other man truly meant to kill him this morning. Well, he would certainly try .

He was covered, of course, but she knew what lay beneath the sheets- she'd seen him entirely nude at the Lords' revels. She had the image burned into her memory: a proud, thick penis, heavy sac, and curling midnight hair. If the coverlet slipped just a little bit downward, she would see the upper edge of that nest of black hair. The thought made her press her thighs together under her dress. Did he know how his body affected her?

In order for therapy to be effective, a patient must be prodded and provoked, forced into confrontations, given sufficient incentive to push herself out of the caged fog of depression.

and if Meg or I said anything, she'd fall in a little rage, like a wet hen.

If I ever meet him in a dark alley he'll have one hell of a fifteen minutes.

They had been the underdog, fit only to endure the punishment inflicted on them. But sufficiently provoked, there is hardly a creature on God's earth that ultimately won't turn and attempt to fight, regardless of the odds.

teasing is arousal without the promise of release!

A painting that doesn't shock isn't worth painting-Marcel Duchamp

I don't want this poem to be beautiful. I do.

Als een jongen ooit een "luie, spottende wenkbrauw" naar me optrekt, breek ik zijn neus. - Claire

We know about this deliberate policy admittedly as effective as it is suicidal – of endless provocation, waiting for something, for somebody to break. But please, Major Sherman, please do not try to provoke too many people in Amsterdam. We have too many canals.

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa!

if this Roman dude's as bad as you say, then why are you lurking outside his store looking all charged and heated like a dog waiting for its owner?

Las teorías sirven para irritar a los filisteos, para seducir a los estetas y para que los demás se rían

A mí, lo que me gusta en la vida son las molestias autorizadas. Como las víctimas no tienen derecho a defenderse, resultan todavía más divertidas

Is anyone still so naive as to imagine that theories are meant to be believed? Theories serve to annoy philistines, appeal to aesthetes, and amuse the rest of us.

Weakness is provocative.

I like to be loved by my children, and I quite like the 'Guardian' hating me. I like it when I read they want me to die painfully. Then I think I've really got under their skin. It's like annoying a teacher. Once they've shown signs of weakness, you really can go for them.

I love to argue. I've always loved to argue. And I love to point out the weaknesses of the opposing arguments. It may well be that I'm something of a shin kicker. It may well be that I'm something of a contrarian.