And also I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
“I daresay some would never get their eyes opened if it were not for a violent shock from the consequences of their… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Going gray is like ejaculating: you know it can happen prematurely, but when it does it comes as a total shock. — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. — Terry Southern Copy Share Image
You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Growing up in Bombay made me immune to culture shock, in a way. So, culture shock is not part of my DNA. — Freida Pinto Copy Share Image
A consumer is not a moron. She's your wife. Don't insult her intelligence, and don't shock her. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
If I say that I am more interested in preventing the slaughter of large whales than I am in improving housing conditions… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
He took a moment to get over the shock, and to remind himself that this had surely been difficult for her and… — Julianne MacLean Copy Share Image
“I was crying for the little girl I had been, who had withstood terrifying nightmares of death and blood and war and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Women don't want to exchange places with men. Male chauvinists, science-fiction writers and comedians may favor that idea for its shock value,… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
You never felt jealousy, did you, Miss Eyre? Of course not: I need not ask you; because you never felt love. You… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than… — Jeff Bingaman Copy Share Image
You don't do anything! What do you know?! You don't do anything! How're you gonna change?! But, I've got you covered! I'm… — Roxie Copy Share Image
Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
For a few minutes, maybe, life lingers in the tissues of some outlying regions of the body. Then, one by one, the… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
When I arrived in America, I experienced serious culture shock. For someone with a religious upbringing, the 1960s were an extremely difficult… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
I always believed that photography was subjective, interpretive and certainly did not represent the truth, but I did think that its status… — Fred Ritchin Copy Share Image
God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of "parties" with no purpose, despite the false… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“Bystander characters with no medical experience can be forgiven for this mistake. But hearing any kind of medical professional look at someone… — Samantha Keel Copy Share Image
But nowadays everybody's a comedian, even the weather girls and continuity announcers. We laugh at everything. Not intelligently anymore, not with sudden… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
We are not a warlike people. Nor is our history filled with tales of aggressive adventures and imperialism, which might come as… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves, And, like living coals, the apples Burned among the withering… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
It is very hard now to shock people into thinking about government regulation and the extent of government involvement in life. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It's the feeling that nothing is… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
What Martin Shkreli will end up if he does wind up going to prison. I think that's I think what shocks a… — Joy-Ann Reid Copy Share Image
The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of… — Lauren Graham Copy Share Image
Personally making a film solely for the shock value serves no purpose to me. — Timo Tjahjanto Copy Share Image
My plan is to shock people with what I can do, because I've got a few sides to me that I've never… — Lucy Lawless Copy Share Image
When the day of misfortune comes and (comes it must sooner or later to all )we may be prepared with Christian fortitude… — Henry Kirke White Copy Share Image
Culture shock is often felt sharply at the borders between countries, but sometimes it doesn't hit fully until you've been in a… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
When I got into politics, it was a shock. People promise all sorts of things and then never deliver. — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be making a living off of acting - it's still kind of a shock for my family and… — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock. — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
The attacks on Sept. 11 really sent a shock wave through our economy, and the full reverberation of that is not yet known, — Elaine Chao Copy Share Image
I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“A sudden shock rattles your soul. The ground shifts. In minutes it is over, but it takes a long time to find… — Susan Spencer-Wendel Copy Share Image
Sometimes a shock to the system is a good thing, you know? Like a reminder that you're alive. — Jessi Kirby Copy Share Image
