I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or…

shocked to realize how much vitality is required simply to support our primitive requirements, we wonder, bewildered, where Art fits in.

— Muriel Barbery

“It shocked me to realize that he suddenly seemed old -- so frail that the slightest push would have sent him tumbling. The body…

— Yōko Ogawa

“Sometimes life leaves a hundred-dollar bill on your dresser, and you don't realize until later it's because it fucked you.”

— Justin Halpern

Sometimes life leaves a hundred dollar bill on your dresser, and you don't realize until later that it's because it screwed you.

— Enhance Dreams

It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do.

— Jonah Hill

Having translated two plays by Chekhov, and not speaking Russian myself - I cannot say one sentence. This may shock people... However, I am…

— Tom Stoppard

I haven't made many wedding dresses. It's a dress very, very important for the girl; it's important to know the person, I believe, but…

— Olivier Theyskens

“Seriously massive fucking firearms,” I add, staring at the weapon in my trembling hands with my very first dose of—and here it is folks—shock.…

— C.M. Stunich

A lot of people are confused by "hello." A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn't be confused by.

— Edward Albee

I'm a Hip Hop artist, but I understand why some people are confused about that because a lot of people have a very narrow…

— Everlast

There's nothing worse than people who are confused when deciding about something, so hopefully we can clear up any questions folks have. I know…

— Steve Burton

The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between…

— Gary Ackerman

“Ari stood up to greet them, and Crawford went back to his grumpy bastard therapy, which some people confused with spinning.”

— Amy Lane

People get confused when they see my shows, but that isn't the intention. My intention is to destabilize the act of seeing.

— Richard Phillips

People are very confused about how to do things on a computer, but generally, if you hover your cursor over things, it will tell…

— Graham Linehan