Quotes About Provocation

I call for actors burning at the stakes, laughing at the flames.

All writing is filth

Avant-garde artistes such as respondents remain entirely free to épater les bourgeois; they are merely deprived of the additional satisfaction of having the bourgeoisie taxed to pay for it.

When audiences rejected Ace in the Hole, Wilder said: "F*** them all. It's the best picture I ever made.

Roane is an enemy, but a very fuckable one.

I don't know what prevents me from roasting you with this torch.

evil< is also just another word for >toilet<

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.

I don't think you want to give all the answers, but I think every answer you do give should bring up another question, and not all questions should be answered.

People are so quick to get offended.

I always had a pretty good knack for raising hell.

I have a whole fur closet. I'm not afraid of PETA.

But I was also a brat. I used to belong to a gang that went looking for fights with other gangs.

If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.

If you're not ruffling feathers at CPAC, I don't think you're doing a very good job.

To make an individual uncomfortable, that is my task.

When, however, you have an enemy, then do not requite him good for evil: for that would shame him. Instead, prove that he did some good for you. And rather be angry than put to shame! And when you are cursed, I do not like it that you want to bless. Rather curse a little also! And if you are done a great injustice, then quickly add five small ones. Hideous to behold is he who is obsessed with an injustice.

But if you have an enemy, do not requite him evil with good, for that would put him to shame. Rather prove that he did you some good. And rather be angry than put to shame. And if you are cursed, I do not like that you want to bless. Rather join a little in the cursing.

It is the stillest words which bring the storm.

Und wenn du lange genug in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

You could be a gambler. A thief, for all I know. Besides—" He captured her hand and stopped her from walking on, holding her in place. "Besides what, you insufferable prude?" "Prude, eh? Do you need another kiss to remind you what a prude I am?" "Don't you dare." "Then don't call me names." "You started it.

Guys would always start by saying, 'You ain't going to get nothing today, Sharpe!' And I'd say, 'Know what? Don't be surprised if your name is on the waiver wire tomorrow. It could have been prevented. But you wanted to go there. So now when you see your name on the wire, you'll know who put it there.'

After that he turned to the question of invading England. Hitler said that during the previous year he could not afford to risk a possible failure; apart from that, he had not wished to provoke the British, as he hoped to arrange peace talks.