It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves, And, like living coals, the apples Burned among the withering… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
A consumer is not a moron. She's your wife. Don't insult her intelligence, and don't shock her. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Growing up in Bombay made me immune to culture shock, in a way. So, culture shock is not part of my DNA. — Freida Pinto Copy Share Image
Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It's the feeling that nothing is… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
“I stood benumbed. The man was like an electric shock--nothing to hold on to and you don't know what hit you.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
It is very hard now to shock people into thinking about government regulation and the extent of government involvement in life. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of… — Lauren Graham Copy Share Image
Personally making a film solely for the shock value serves no purpose to me. — Timo Tjahjanto Copy Share Image
In the name of equal rights, women are being stripped of the protections of the family and given no place except the… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along,… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
During World War I the Canadians were the shock troops. In many historical cases, Canadians have been very proficient at killing, and… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
When I was young, especially when I was at school, I thought couture was about big gowns, big hats (that is couture… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
The people are different in L.A. There was a time when I lived in New York and that was a bit of… — Scott Clifton Copy Share Image
Far from being a drag on growth, making our energy sources more sustainable, our energy consumption more efficient, and our economy more… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
Why is it that aggression in the name of God shocks secular liberal sensibilities, whereas the act of killing in the name… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms.… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I'm a New Yorker. I'm liberal and open-minded. Things don't really shock me. But I was reading the second-act today and thinking… — Max von Essen Copy Share Image
“It was not a monster that lay sleeping on the white sheets. Nor a faceless horror. Nor even the white bear. It… — Edith Pattou Copy Share Image
The nowadays ruling that no word is unprintable has, I think, done nothing whatever for beautiful letters. The boys have gone hog-wild… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Only one pair was still battling, apparently unaware of the new arrival. Harry saw Sirius duck Bellatrix's jet of red light: he… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Inevitably, the flood of literary pornography loosed on us is dulling our reactions of surprise or shock. Its writers are forced to… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
I had some people who disagreed with me here or there - but nothing as strong as I've received, you know, coming… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
When I was in Taiwan, we were there for about 8 months, and I was 11 at the time, so it was… — David Lambert Copy Share Image
What Martin Shkreli will end up if he does wind up going to prison. I think that's I think what shocks a… — Joy-Ann Reid Copy Share Image
The shock, for an intelligent writer, of discovering for the first time that there are people younger than himself who think him… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
The first time I saw a picture of Elvis - I was in a state of shock, because I couldn't believe that… — Gottfried Helnwein Copy Share Image
The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I do like to shock and surprise people. When it's all in good fun, of course. — Ruth Warrick Copy Share Image
“Terror had them all for a moment, and it ravaged them, and when it was finished, shock had its way with them,… — Dean F. Wilson Copy Share Image
And then she moved from shock to grief the way she might enter another room. — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
Once artists are expected to shock, it's that much harder for them to do so. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
And also I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
“I daresay some would never get their eyes opened if it were not for a violent shock from the consequences of their… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Going gray is like ejaculating: you know it can happen prematurely, but when it does it comes as a total shock. — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. — Terry Southern Copy Share Image
I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
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