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Elicit Quotes

On drawing out a response: quotes built around the word elicit.

These quotes use elicit to describe drawing something out of others, whether that is feeling from an audience or support from the public. See related lines on the Feeling quotes page.

Not all paintings are abstract; they're not all Jackson Pollock. There's value in a photograph of a man alone on a boat at sea, and there is value in painting of a man alone on a boat at sea. In...

Quotes by Aaron Sorkin

In examining witnesses, I learned to ask general questions so as to elicit details with powerful sensory associations: the colors, the sounds, the smells that lodge an image in the mind and put the listener in the burning house.

Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

The whole concept of ECW was that the biggest star of the promotion was the promotion itself. It didn't matter if a persona was designed to elicit cheers or boos. It didn't matter if someone was an antagonist or protagonist....

Quotes by Paul Heyman

The fact is, employees cannot make breakthroughs if they can't openly and honestly disagree with their peers and their leader. Indeed, great leaders don't just permit conflict; they actively try to elicit it from reluctant employees as well.

Quotes by Patrick Lencioni

Able Quotes

My true memory has been tainted by old home videos of my sister and I, ages 3 and 5 respectively, singing karaoke to Britney Spears' 'Lucky' in our living room, and tape recordings of my parents trying to elicit songs...

Quotes by Montaigne

Moreover, only a strong and united scientific opinion imposing the intrinsic value of scientific progress on society at large can elicit the support of scientific inquiry by the general public.

Quotes by Michael Polanyi

I think a lot of the most interesting work in art and in films are often kind of polarized opinions and affect people in very different ways, which may be less successful commercially, but they elicit a dialogue that's quite...

Quotes by Lily Cole

I always say that the horror genre and the comedy genre are close cousins because they are the two genres where you are attempting to elicit an involuntary vocal response from a crowd of people and you instantly know whether...

Quotes by Leigh Whannell

I'm well aware that no matter how big of a jerk I am, some people will cheer me, and no matter what I do, some people will boo me, and that's fine. I just need to elicit emotion. That's all...

Quotes by Kevin Owens

Feeling Quotes

I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.

Quotes by Kara Walker

I do not - I never believed it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. We want to detain as many terrorists as possible so we can elicit the intelligence from them in the appropriate manner so that...

Quotes by John O. Brennan

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

Quotes by John Buchan

The desperate things seem to require attention, the lovely things seem to elicit celebration. If I had to choose, I would go to the awful in the hope that doing something could yield a happier result.

Quotes by Jenny Holzer

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

Quotes by James Buchanan

Greatness Quotes

You have to learn to ask questions in a way that will elicit more nuanced answers, rather than the answers you would like to get.

Quotes by Jacqueline Novogratz

If people think they can elicit from me whatever terms they want, they are mistaken.

Quotes by Ivanka Trump

Being able to elicit the feeling of the unfathomable in intelligent adults is like falling in love.

Quotes by Drummond Money-Coutts

Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.

Quotes by Diane Ackerman

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.

Quotes by Constance Wu

Love Quotes

The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the apparatus of addiction.

Quotes by Christopher Lasch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Elicit quotes page about?
This page collects quotes built around the word elicit, mainly focused on drawing out feeling or response, whether from an audience, the public, or in a more serious context involving intelligence gathering.
Why do people search for elicit quotes?
People search for elicit quotes when writing about creative work meant to move an audience emotionally, or when looking for a precise word to describe drawing out a reaction. See related lines on the Feeling quotes page.
Is there a quote here about art meant to elicit feeling?
Yes, one quote states a lack of interest in making work that doesn't elicit a feeling, treating emotional response as a basic requirement of meaningful creative work.
Does this page include a quote about eliciting public support for science?
It does. One quote argues that a strong, united scientific opinion is needed to elicit public support for scientific inquiry, tying elicit to persuasion at a societal scale.
Is there a quote here about eliciting information under difficult circumstances?
Yes, one quote addresses the preference for detaining a terrorist over killing him, specifically to elicit intelligence through appropriate means, a serious but factually stated position rather than a graphic one.

One quote also applies elicit to a far more serious context, gathering intelligence through detention rather than more extreme measures. Explore Love quotes or Greatness quotes for more.