The shock of photographed atrocities wears off with repeated viewings, just as the surprise and bemusement felt the first time one sees… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was… — Michael Tolkin Copy Share Image
Nobody knows much about women, not even Freud, not even women themselves. But it's like electricity: you don't need to know how… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
The listener must be gripped and whether he likes it or not, drawn into the flight path of the sounds without special… — Iannis Xenakis Copy Share Image
With this blistering salvo of poetic gutshots Lawson has proven himself Bizarro’s true bard, its mad laureate. Switching from dark whimsy to… — Jeremy Robert Johnson 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
You experience other cultures to give you a kind of shock that makes you look at your own culture. You appreciate it… — Mem Fox Copy Share Image
There you are, diligently swimming a straight line, minding the form of your strokes, when you look up and see, always a… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
People are very surprised to hear me say that a lot of my values are Christian values. I think that's part of… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Prospects for growth in the year ahead are solid at the national level, and of course, this can only be good news… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
After listening to modern tirades against the great creeds of the Church, one receives a shock when one turns to the Westminster… — John Gresham Machen Copy Share Image
Divine happiness, even the tiniest particle of a grain of it, never leaves one again; and when one attains to the essence… — Anandamayi Ma Copy Share Image
I am fairly embraced by the Hollywood community, and I love making movies and I love acting, but I'm not real crazy… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
No one who has ever known what it is to lose faith in a fellow-man whom he has profoundly loved and reverenced,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thank you, Dain," she said. "I should like that very much. I've never seen a proper wrestling match before." "I daresay it… — Loretta Chase Copy Share Image
“There are two types of fear: There is a fear of something that is presently before you, be it a monster under… — Leigh Hershkovich Copy Share Image
Jared glared balefully at the old man, his eyes full of the shock and pain of the betrayed. I had only human… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
During my days of deepest grief, in all of my shock, sorrow and struggle, I sat at the feet of God. I… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
For the art-historically informed, no art has truly shocked since November 19, 1971, when Chris Burden had himself shot in the arm… — Mark Kostabi Copy Share Image
It feels kind of strange knowing that I rule the whole planet of Naboo and I'm only thirteen. At first, my face—because… — Keisha Castle-Hughes Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, we learned our history almost as lives of the saints. And it came as a shock, "Oh,… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
When that truth of alien intervention in our planet's affairs and our ongoing contact with an alien culture is finally revealed, it… — Philip J. Corso Copy Share Image
The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet… — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
“He even considered the idea that the shock might extinguish them and they’d simply whiff out like candle flames in a strong… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I continue coupling a plate of silver with one of zinc, and always in the same order... and place between each of… — Alessandro Volta Copy Share Image
America's entire war on terror is an exercise in imperialism. This may come as a shock to Americans, who don't like to… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Thus, true long-term change is brought about not by destructive passion of the moment but by well-reasoned constructive action. Violent shock of… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual… — Ed Markey Copy Share Image
I think losing a loved one must be a little like losing a leg. First there is the shock, then the anesthetic,… — Ruth Graham Copy Share Image
Asia is rising economically - and is thirsty for oil. The price pressures on oil and oil price shocks, due to Asia's… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
With our mad lust for Uniformity and a Higher Standard of Living and Expanding Markets, we go to a country like Afghanistan… — Dervla Murphy Copy Share Image
It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so… — John Amery Copy Share Image
Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It's a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I think the great thing about characters is the ways that they can be surprising. I mean, sometimes you think you've got… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
In the final analysis courage is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence, to the shocks which it is… — Kurt Goldstein Copy Share Image
“Then, as understanding began to trickle through his shock, he felt an escalating sense of horror. It had finally happened; he had… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It's the shock of the world if you allow yourself to disconnect from the world and forget it's out there, how noisy… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
True love survives all shocks: an affection originally produced by admiration for unusual beauty may not only survive the loss of that… — Arthur Lynch Copy Share Image
I want to make hip-hop that can use guitars and soul and jazz and just fuse it all together. And I want… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself a good person. I've never done anything to purposely hurt anyone. I was in shock that this happened… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
