But while ignorance can make you insensitive, familiarity can also numb. Entering the second half-century of an information age, our cumulative knowledge… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
People talk as if grief were just a feeling -- as if it weren't the continually renewed shock of setting out again… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“What makes coming home so jarring, compared to other returns from other exotic places—―isn't simply culture shock. It's human shock, seeing so… — Laurence C. Smith Copy Share Image
I wish everybody would have to have an electric thing implanted in our heads that gave us a shock whenever we did… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
You almost believe that you will never come to the end of a roll of tape; and when you do, there is… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
“Kincaid wondered what universal formula required that a person should sit down to receive bad news. Was it merely a precaution against… — Deborah Crombie Copy Share Image
My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
After having your first child, it's a massive shock to the system. I work in an industry where people judge you and… — Louise Nurding Copy Share Image
Observation and theory get on best when they are mixed together, both helping one another in the pursuit of truth. It is… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
The only thing that shocks me is public interest in people who shouldn't be interesting at all, like Jade Goody. We've gone… — Marco Pirroni Copy Share Image
Olympia was a town crawling with music. I was new to the whole punk scene. The culture shock continued; Olympia had bagels!… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
Most simply, 'present shock' is the human response to living in a world that's always on real time and simultaneous. You know,… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
These kinds of tragedies [like shooting in Fort Lauderdale] have happened too often during the eight years that I've been president. The… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“ I’m sorry , the message said. The theft was a violation of privacy. It was an unbelievable act of impudence and… — Thea Harrison Copy Share Image
My first big acting performance was in the Marilyn Monroe biography piece, and it required frontal nudity. I talked to Mira Sorvino,… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
She laid her head against his collarbone, and he kissed her temple. To her shock, she felt a shudder roll through his… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
The culture is just so coarse that you have to take it to that level and people will be like, 'Whoa!' And… — Matt Stone Copy Share Image
We never really tried to shock for shock's sake on 'Family Guy'. If something was horribly offensive and shocking, we would put… — Seth MacFarlane Copy Share Image
But I think that sometimes, when one's behaved like a rather second-rate person, the way I did at breakfast, then in a… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
I had barely turned 12 when my parents packed me off to Doon School. I was transported to a world of confusion… — Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Copy Share Image
“Do I want to, can I face my own pain alone now? Shock keeps horror at bay. Hands off. Distanced by mist… — Elizabeth Smart Copy Share Image
It's not about the pace, it's about the direction we've set. The pace is of course a function of many factors, including… — Marek Belka Copy Share Image
Any faith that does not command the one who holds it is not a real belief; it is a pseudo belief only.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke rising against that blue sky? Did you shout out… — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
'The Truth About Lorin Jones' will undoubtedly shock and offend as many readers as it will amuse, since it dares to make… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
The conviction that everyone in this house must be dead had gained such a hold on Magnus that it was a shock… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“What shocked us the most was that we had no idea why we should be so shocked. Like opening a ginger ale… — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
Shock equals discovery, and if I narrated my past, you'd be pretty grossed out too, I bet - same as if you… — D. T. Max Copy Share Image
America is the most violent democracy in the world. It's something that's met with great shock, horror, and mystery when I travel… — Patricia Cornwell Copy Share Image
The ouster of Jill Abramson as executive editor of 'The New York Times' sent shock waves through the media landscape. Reports that… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
A dramatist is one who from his earliest years has found that sheer gazing at the shocks and counter-shocks among people is… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
For what wears out the life of mortal men? 'Tis that from change to change their being rolls; Tis that repeated shocks,… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Wit implies hatred or contempt of folly and crime, produces its effects by brisk shocks of surprise, uses the whip of scorpions… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
You feel it in there, pacing your heart sometimes, and it has what's called a defibrillator. Should I suffer that arhythmia, it's… — Victoria Gotti Copy Share Image
But my point is that 'the death of God' is not something like the Battle of Waterloo or Magna Charta. It's not… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
I drop the other Chest to the ground in shock. "What number are you? I'm Four." He squints at me and then… — Pittacus Lore Copy Share Image
If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
The attitude of the American public toward the external projection of American power has been much more ambivalent. The public supported America's… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
![“These kinds of tragedies [like shooting in Fort Lauderdale] have happened too often during the eight years that I've been president. The pain, the grief, the shock that they must be going through is enormous. I've asked me staff to reach out to the mayor down there and make sure that coordination…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9e0/barack-obama-17_coordination_these-kinds-of-tragedies-like-shooting-i_509305.jpg)
