Provocation Quotes

“Provocation is on the opposite lane of resolution.”

“We need to resist all the attacks of the enemy and not get caught in his provocations”

“Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.”

“An idea was forming in his mind. It was only rudimentary, but in the circumstances, it could be called a plan. He loathed the alien for attacking them, without any provocation. He hated the way it was smashing up his ship – and all of them – with hardly any effort or regard for life at all. “How’s that message coming?”“Umm – they must be jamming us, sir – I can’t get through.”

“When Sean died she understood for the first time how completely human beings were dependent upon a suspension of disbelief in order to simply move forward through their days. If that suspension faltered, if you truly understood, even if only for a moment, that human beings were made of bones and blood that broke and sprayed with the slightest provocation, and that provocation was everywhere--in street curbs and dangling tree limbs, bicycles and pencils--well you would fly for the first nest in a tree, run flat-out for the first burrow you saw.”

“Every great artist has the sense of provocation.”

“A Warrior of the Light does not waste his time listening to provocations”

“Almost pedantically, she added: "They're not really bombs-- they're acoustic provocations.”

“A woman that is patient has the ability to endure provocation, pain, annoyance etc, with much calm and strength.”