Shock Quotes · Page 6

“I am in a constant state of shock and horror.”

— Michael Wolff

“The joy in the sorrow is the grace to recover from the shock.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic.

— Tina Turner

“The shock of failures has only one reason, not being prepared for it.”

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

“Great I was going into shock. That was just… so inconvenient.”

— Rachel Hawkins

Like the shock of fondling a raw sausage, blindfold, at a gay party ...

— Vivian Stanshall

I don't use four-letter words. I'm not looking for shock.

— Soupy Sales

Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.

— Yogi Berra

“My reflection always gives me a shock. I never really believed I would age, and certainly not like this.”

— Emma Healey

Of course. Because at the Gallagher Academy, "precautions" usually equals "voluntary shock therapy.

— Ally Carter

I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say.

— Neil Young

Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel.

— Horace

I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.

— Tara Lipinski

Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.

— Ben Lindsey

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for…

— Lance Loud

Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing…

— Andrew Marr

I got shocked really bad at a show once. We do this big intro to a cover of the Smiths' "Panic on…

— Pete Yorn

I'm one, too," he said. "What?" He spit a wad of blood and mucus into the dirt. "A virgin." What a shock.…

— Rick Yancey

Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable…

— Brian Eno

“There is a feeling of disbelief that comes over you, that takes over, and you kind of go through the motions. You…

— Frederick Barthelme

I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive…

— Craig Brewer

Some people think that my shows are just for shock value, but the provocation makes those classic pieces look different every six…

— Thom Browne

I'm not against shock and horror. In fact, I really belive in facing the dark realities of our time as the first…

— Chris Jordan

There's very little that shocks me because I consider life a miracle so I guess what shocks me is that life exists.…

— Bernie Siegel

Typically, defenders of experiments on animals do not deny that animals suffer. They cannot deny the animals' suffering, because they need to…

— Peter Singer

Their task [creative artists], therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual…

— Joseph Campbell

“Dead?' said Rincewind. In the debating chamber of his mind a dozen emotions got to their feet and started shouting. Relief was…

— Terry Pratchett

“Charley!” Maggie shrieked drunkenly and I watched as my name hit Jake’s ears. I noted the way he tensed, my fingers trembling…

— Samantha Young

Define the space horizontally rather than vertically in movie widescreen, 2.35:1 just having that rectangular shape and when you think of great…

— David Kirschner

I saw a ghost when I was staying at Dartington Hall in Devon in the 1960s. I think there are many different…

— Martin Shaw

The brain sits snugly inside the skull, but it's not a completely flush fit - there is still a layer of fluid…

— Jeffrey Kluger

I've been offered nymphomaniacs, kleptomaniacs, pyromaniacs, homicidal maniacs and just plain maniacs. I think producers felt that after playing a long series…

— Greer Garson

When the shock wears off, you always hope there's understanding underneath.

— David Levithan

Norman Bates heard the noise and a shock went through him.

— Robert Bloch

“I mean, electric shock? Isn’t that a bit... electric shock-y?”

— Emmett Spain

With the shock of war the state comes into its own again.

— Randolph Bourne

Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock.

— Annette Funicello

I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore!

— Thomas Gibson

Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.

— Nicolas Cage

I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.

— David Bailey