Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied to. Convinced… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
I see no good reason why the views given this volume [The Origin of Species] should shock the religious feelings of any… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
With another shock of excitement, Harry saw Sirius give James the thumbs-up. Sirius was lounging in his chair at his ease, tilting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I watched our friends' wary, intelligent faces droop at our tale. Their shock was a mere shadow of our own, resembling more… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
When the emotional soul receives a wounding shock, the soul seems to recover as the body recovers. But this is only in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with… — Herbie Mann Copy Share Image
I got Twin Peaks, and the part was basically written for me, which was a really big shock. I think everything really… — Sherilyn Fenn Copy Share Image
To look at ourselves from afar, to make the subjective suddenly objective: this gives us a psychic shock. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I don't attend church because I am a Meryl Streepist and we, her disciples, have not organized a place of worship yet.… — Jasika Nicole 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
Getting pregnant proved to be a hell of a shock but it's really exciting. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
For inspiration I look to those great players who consistently found original ways to shock their opponents. None did this better than… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
TV acting is so extremely intimate, because of the peculiar involvement of the viewer with the completion or "closing" of the TV… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
It isn't enough to shock. It's easy to shock. Real surprise is what I'm after. — John Waters Copy Share Image
My divorce was like a death - a genuine death of commitment and love. After I got over the shock, I was… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
Ah, but you, Darkness, you know all this. I tell you night after night. Nothing will shock you. Maybe I go on… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
Ryan Stout, a straight-arrow-looking kind of guy, shocks the crowd into laughter with his inventive interplay between innocence and a jarringly twisted… — Ben Fong-Torres Copy Share Image
Captain Cuttle, like all mankind, little knew how much hope had survived within him under discouragement, until he felt its death-shock. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
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
“His body tensed as his gut was struck with a frozen bullet of shock. He couldn’t breathe.” — Sidney Knight Copy Share Image
To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Looking past the immediate crisis, a more resilient system must be built on stronger and better designed shock absorbers, both in the… — Timothy Geithner Copy Share Image
