Gioconda Belli

There is a biological power that is intrinsic to the woman, to the female condition. Because you are able to give life. You are the reproducer of the species. Men feel very weak in front of a woman because a woman is capable of eliciting a number of instincts in a man. And that is what has made men very nervous about women.

American Author

Charlotte Flair

No one ever has a chance to get to know the real me because I do play a bad guy, and sometimes it's hard to soak in the comments or the negativity because that's the response you want to elicit. I am a normal person, but that's part of the job. I'm playing a character, and that's my role.

American Athlete

Alain de Botton

It's very hard to respect people on holiday - everybody looks so silly at the beach, it makes you hate humanity - but when you see people at their work they elicit respect, whether it's a mechanic, a stonemason or an accountant.

English Writer

Kevin Owens

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 I care about.

Canadian Athlete

Christian Lous Lange

The simultaneous reactions elicited all over the world by the reading of newspaper dispatches about the same events create, as it were, a common mental pulse beat for the whole of civilized mankind.

Norwegian Politician

Michael Polanyi

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.

Hungarian Scientist

P. J. O'Rourke

Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.

American Comedian

James Buchanan

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

American President

John Buchan

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

Scottish Politician

Michael Finkel

I'd lied many times: to bolster my credentials, to elicit sympathy, to make myself appear less ordinary.

American Journalist

Using 'elicit' implies the use of clever or thoughtful techniques to get an answer.

Skillful Questioning

'Elicit' is often used when someone actively seeks a specific response from another person.

Interactive Context

'Elicit' involves revealing something not immediately obvious or bringing it into the open.

Uncovering Hidden

Use 'elicit' when you are making something unclear become clear.

Clarify Ambiguity

'Elicit' is used when something is done to intentionally cause a reaction.

Cause and Effect

'Elicit' implies that there is an expectation of a certain type of reaction.

Response-Oriented

Using 'elicit' suggests using a method or act with a purpose to get a response.

Deliberate Approach

 they are insensitive to signs that other people are in distress. And in particular, they have difficulty recognizing fearful facial expressions like this one. And fearful expressions convey urgent need and emotional distress, and they usually elicit compassion and a desire to help in people who see them, so it makes sense that people who tend to lack compassion

Why some people are more...

 such as an increased heart rate and slower breathing. But scientists still aren't sure exactly how or why the tears themselves are helpful. They may be a social mechanism to elicit sympathy or show submission. But some studies have also found that emotional tears contain higher levels of stress hormones,

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 you learned it from the culture. We are first asked the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" when we're about five years old. And the truth is that no one really cares what you say when you're that age. It's considered an innocuous question, posed to little kids to elicit cute replies,

Why some of us don't...

 Now, I do not raise this issue to complain or in any way to elicit any kind of sympathy. I have succeeded in my life beyond my wildest expectations, and I have been treated well by people of all races more often than I have not. I tell the uniform story because it happened.

Color blind or color...

 didn't know about international development is that the developing world is actually subsidizing us for every dollar that the developing world gets in aid ten dollars flow out into tax havens and international banks because of elicit dictator spending they hide their

What is international...

 No matter the form them come in, cartoons elicit all kinds of emotions from the viewer - happiness, sadness, anger, hilarity, calm - and can transmit ideas in an instant. Cartoons are a universal medium enjoyed and understood around the world and across borders.

Inside a cartoonist's...

 Many probably have associations with words and may be drawn to ones that elicit certain responses— hence their capacity for profanity. But, especially after training, parrots have been observed to say things in the appropriate contexts

Why can parrots talk? -...

 even if it makes it more vulnerable to a rarer one. Many insects, for example, use flight to avoid predation. But painted redstarts take advantage of they boldly flash their colorful tail and wing feathers to elicit this response,

This weird trick will...

 time elements in the call are and so this software here allows us to do this this is an alarm call elicited for a coyote and we can hear that it has a

Prairie Dogs Warning...

 neighbors here public confession elicits forgiveness then the chosen

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