Provoked Quotes

You're supposed to be the dispassionate observer when it comes to these events, but you couldn't help be provoked to outrage by what you saw. There was just no plan to take care of these people whatsoever. - John Roberts

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: / But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. - Bible

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Who could prosper, while he injures those ,men who provoked to anger, could create other worlds and other guardians of the world, and deprive the gods of their divine station? - Guru Nanak

When there's a stimuli that's provoked, it creates a behavior to reduce that anxiety. If there's an anxiety centered on whether the information will get there [electronically], the option is to not do it. - Eric Storch

What she said seemed to matter. She provoked response, discussion, arguments. She was so passionate. - Leonard Maltin

We've made our point clear. Now is the time to protect our people. We've been very fortunate to not have been provoked so far, but that danger is always there. . . . Now that we know people are listening to us, we have to be responsible in our decisions, we can't always put people out in the streets. - Jim Delgado

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

Unprovoked attacks on Israel's borders, murdering Israeli soldiers, taking Israeli hostages and showering rockets targeting and killing Israeli civilians are not furthering any legitimate goal. - Alcee Hastings