Provocative Quotes

You never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing the themes that interest me. Do they move me? Interest me? Make me think? When I run across something that is provocative in an unsettling way, it appeals to me. - Edward Norton

Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative. - Adrian Mitchell

While other women's magazines in the market focus on fashion and beauty, we will be the only luxury-lifestyle magazine with an original, provocative approach to fashion, beauty, society, art, culture, travel and entertainment. - Chakrit Pichyangkul

Where the Truth Lies' is a sophisticated and intelligently provocative film... The NC-17 rating will unfairly limit people's access to it because of the number of theaters in America which will not play an NC-17 rated film. This film stars some of the most talented actors in the movies today, is based on a popular mainstream novel and is written and directed by a filmmaker known for his artistic integrity and achievement. The film has not encountered this kind of restrictive rating anywhere else in the free world. Only in America will many be deprived of access to it. - Robert Lantos

What we see and what we all do on cable TV is not what people in the real world want to hear. There's an audience for those kind of books, but there's a much bigger, deeper audience for what I want these books to be - provocative in the sense of thought provoking. - Mary Matalin

We're proceeding on a provocative-act murder theory. If you do something that can provoke a lethal response, you're liable for the crime partner's death. - Jon Hopkins

Well, Well, Well, its certainly a compelling provocative exciting delicious to think about idea, smart people say the universe is so big there must be something statistically it could be likely there could be something happening on some other world. - Jeff Goldblum

Well, about four years ago I made a provocative statement saying that the PC was a ridiculous device... You have to add software to your PC to make it work sometimes. The whole idea of putting a floppy disk into a PC and loading software is ridiculous. The whole idea of backing up the data on your PC is ridiculous. - Larry Ellison

We will create provocative experiences that will be unique, not just in Las Vegas but in the gaming industry. - George Maloof