When art becomes merely shock value, our sense of humanity is slowly degraded. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly. — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
This pain is real, I can feel it coursing through my body, I can see the blood but eventually the shock overwhelms… — Rebecca Copy Share Image
Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him, full on the mouth. Magnus, who appeared to be in a state… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I've never thought of myself as an actor, so somebody recognizing me for that would be a real shock. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
People expect me to me a 'shock rocker,' but there's nothing you can do anymore to be shocking. — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“What I feel is the momentary shock of realizing that most of the wood, metal and plastic fixtures, the sinks, lampshades, the… — David Wojnarowicz Copy Share Image
Any time you read a book and get attached to the characters, to me it's always a shock when it goes from… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
In 1969, we emigrated to Australia. It was a big change. The heat, the flies, and the completely different tinned meats. The… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
“There is a shock that comes so quickly and strikes so deep that the blow is internalized even before then skin feels… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The SPR is intended to provide relief at times when working families are struggling to make ends meet, and to counter the… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
My divorce was like a death - a genuine death of commitment and love. After I got over the shock, I was… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
I've come to see our central nervous system as a kind of vintage switchboard, all thick foam wires and old-fashioned plugs. The… — Darin Strauss Copy Share Image
The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character… — Mike Ferguson Copy Share Image
After the first shock of recognition - a sudden sense of "this is what I'm going to write" - the novel starts… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
You sleep like an angel" Jacks said. The shock of his words in the dark room sent Maddy's stomach leaping into her… — Scott Speer Copy Share Image
My husband, Andrius, says that evil will rule until good men or women choose to act. I believe him. This testimony was… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
Who was this women?' asked Harry. 'I dunno, some Ministry hag.' Mundungus considered for a moment, brow wrinkled. 'Little women. Bow on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we hit a nail with a hammer, the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
There was one time they knocked me out and laid me in front of my mother's door. And in order for my… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
If the ordinary wage-earner worked four hours a day, there would be enough for everybody and no unemployment -- assuming a certain… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Children make you confront your own childhood. Which I think is common. Suddenly you're remembering your own parents as parents, not to… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
The fake slap invariably makes contact, adding the elements of shock and betrayal to what had previously been plain old-fashioned fear. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her. — Joan Hickson Copy Share Image
I am out to introduce a psychic shock into my painting, one that is always motivated by pictorial reasoning: that is to… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
Faith is not uprooted by dialectic proof; it must already be deeply shaken by other causes to be unable to withstand the… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
“When you meet people sometimes they can ignite something in your bones. You feel like it an electric shock sent straight through… — Alexandria Brown Copy Share Image
I think when my mother died, it was such a - you know, a shock to the logic that I had been… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“Earth that is electrified by the electrical utility system is a known human health hazard.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
The CIA agent looked more dead than alive. Alex wondered if he had been hit, but there was no sign of any… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
“If Zed had not had witnesses he would have given her the shock of her life by kissing that furious look off… — Joss Stirling Copy Share Image
This may shock you, but the most important person in your life is you. You are meant to be 'full of yourself. — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
To look at ourselves from afar, to make the subjective suddenly objective: this gives us a psychic shock. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Sometimes the newly Marked go into shock. The good news is, if this happens to you, you are unlikely to notice, because… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.' — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Nothing is more hackneyed than the liberal dogma that shock value confers automatic importance on an artwork. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“I couldn't look away. My guts wrenched with the transient impact, like walking through a humming electric shock.” — S.J. Lomas Copy Share Image
