#provoke

3,000 of my neighbors were murdered. My country was, utterly unprovoked, savagely attacked. I wish all those responsible for the atrocity of 9/11 to burn in Hell. ↗

— Frank Miller

#attacked #burn #country #hell #i

When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love. ↗

— Erica Jong

#authors #could #dust #i #icons

It'll keep you alive for another 10 years if you get yourself a laugh once a day: either provoke it, or look around in the wildest laboratory in the world, the public. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#another #around #day #either #get

The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke. ↗

— Octave Mirbeau

#danger #explosion #greatest #greatest danger #provoke

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants. ↗

— Elizabeth Montagu

#bad #consequences #like #provokes #sword

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead. ↗

— Omar N. Bradley

#fail #guilt #just #must #prevent

The aggressive, unprovoked acts of violence against Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are revealing. It is clear they don't want peace, but rather seek the ultimate destruction of Israel. ↗

— John Boehner

#against #aggressive #clear #destruction #hamas

Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of aggression deserve the rapid and decisive response they received. ↗

— John Boehner

#aggression #both #captured #cities #decisive

The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic. ↗

— Jean Paul Gaultier

#am #classic #clothes #different #different ways

I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it. ↗

— Keith Haring

#celebrates #encourages #further #go #humanity