Provokes Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession. — Uta Hagen

The truth is that you can spend your life any way you want, but you can spend it only once. — John C. Maxwell

Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford. — Samuel Johnson

Tell people that war is an evil, and they will laugh; for who does not know it? Tell them that patriotism is an evil, and most of them will agree, but with a reservation. "Yes," they will say, "wrong patriotism is an evil; but there is another kind, the kind we hold." But just what this good patriotism is, no one explains. — Leo Tolstoy

I'm not sure if I write because I am crazy, or I'm crazy because I write. — Wendy Stanphill

You know, I wouldn't mind more than a kiss."
He let out a laugh. "Believe me, neither would I, but not right now." Drink your tea, get some food in your stomach, and, maybe, we'll talk."
A frown creased her brow. "Talk?"
He had to smile at her persistence. "We'll talk about possibly doing more than kissing, deal? — Cat Johnson

I'm super organized, but a horrible house cleaner. — Angie Harmon

Everything in the world is purchased by labor. — David Hume

Liverpool is a massive club in reputation, but as soon as I came here, it felt like Atletico to me. It is a working city, an honest city. The people work all week, and on Saturday they want to go to Anfield and watch the best team in the world. — Fernando Torres

I think writers like to see how people bring their words to life, and it's always surprising. Always, no matter what, whether it's good or bad, it's always surprising because a whole human being is coming to that piece of writing. — Lisa Edelstein

Because most religions offer no valid mechanism by which their core beliefs can be tested and revised, each new generation of believers is condemned to inherit the superstitions and tribal hatreds of its predecessors. — Sam Harris

Kids, fiction is the truth inside the lie, and the truth of this fiction is simple enough: the magic exists. — Stephen King