Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened. — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't know the culture shock of how you can be in a rich area and then be in… — Wiz Khalifa Copy Share Image
“I recovered from every shock of life's despair because God was merciful enough to restore me .” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Life has changed into a timeless succession of shocks, interspaced with empty, paralysed intervals. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
“When you focus on details like this - close up, really clear, totally useless - you know you're in shock” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
When my name started popping up I was quite irritated and a little bit in shock. — Michael Snow Copy Share Image
In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
Really, we don't relate our Atlanta setup to here. I feel like the shock [absorber] package will be different and the springs… — Mark Martin Copy Share Image
Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share Image
I'm not a massive fan of 3D. I've seen some good 3D, and I've seen quite a lot of bad 3D. I… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
"Rock Candy" was my first record. I had never been in a studio, so I was in shock and I had no… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
If you send your work to the magazines, you may be in for a shock. You may get a rejection note. The… — R. O. Blechman Copy Share Image
I'm still suffering from shock from the last war. I was almost drafted! Luckily I was wounded while taking the physical. When… — Jackie Mason Copy Share Image
I love America, and I love American women. But there is one thing that deeply shocks me - American closets. I cannot… — Andree Putman Copy Share Image
Six months after 9/11, Jean-Marie Le Pen was almost elected president of France. There were a number of leaders and a number… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
“I stop still with the shock and fell my head swim. Richard takes my hand. We stand for a moment, handclasped as… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Every fact of science was once Damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful shocks of the Middle Passage is the collapse of our tacit contract with the universe-the assumption that… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
“I wanted to turn on the table saw and rip a plank, but I had to drive to the airport. I had… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
...You find a way, somehow to get through the most horrible things, things you think would kill you. You find a way… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
The key to looking great in the evening is to look original. Try to look different from others without looking out of… — Isaac Mizrahi Copy Share Image
This dim coolness of my room was to the broad daylight of the street what the shadow is to the sunbeam, that… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
It is in our nature to enjoy atrocity so long as it continues to shock and remains comfortably removed from our own… — Paula Marantz Cohen Copy Share Image
Emily Dickinson liked to shock people. She liked to break rules. There was a kind of rebellious freedom in her inner world. — Christopher Benfey Copy Share Image
It sucks how all the good guys are taken... I honestly don't know if I'll find ANYONE good for me… — I DON'T KNOW Copy Share Image
When we're not defending and justifying, and we're being very still, our answers can and do shock us. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
You're always as a musician trying to shock yourself or create music that's maybe even too weird for your own taste. — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
If you are in the job for glamour, you're in for the shock of your life. The media is a huge shark… — Trisha Goddard Copy Share Image
It will shock many - I've lived a full life and really enjoyed my time as a pop star. — Belinda Carlisle Copy Share Image
Americans are funny people: first you shock them, then they put you in a museum. — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I rarely get recognised. It's always a shock when someone notices me. I always think they must be confusing me with someone… — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
We moved to Gambia from Sweden when I was six years old because my dad was from there. It was definitely a… — Seinabo Sey Copy Share Image
Brock Lesnar is not here to put smiles on people's faces. Brock Lesnar is here to shock the WWE Universe and put… — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
Courage, in the final analysis, is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence. — Kurt Goldstein Copy Share Image
Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value. — Ice T Copy Share Image
America is the only country in the world where you can suffer culture shock without leaving home. — Florence King Copy Share Image
I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and… — Francesca Annis Copy Share Image