[In art] you are telling the reader or the listener or the viewer something he already knows but which he doesn't quite… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
When art becomes merely shock value, our sense of humanity is slowly degraded. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
You may have succeeded in shutting down the attack simulation, girl, but it was by luck alone, not skill. I would die… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for… — Ethel Waters Copy Share Image
“The servants of a queen, even a queen under arrest, were not usually supposed to be physically higher than she was. Did… — Nicola Clark Copy Share Image
When we hit a nail with a hammer the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
With this blistering salvo of poetic gutshots Lawson has proven himself Bizarro’s true bard, its mad laureate. Switching from dark whimsy to… — Jeremy Robert Johnson Copy Share Image
There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare. — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
“Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Rhoda comes now, having slipped in while we were not looking. She must have made a tortuous course, taking cover now behind… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
His hand touches my waist, steadies me. The touch sends a shock through my body, and all my insides burn like his… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The shock of unemployment becomes a pathology in its own right. — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“Draco, do it, or stand aside so one of us -" screeched the woman, but at that precise moment the door to… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Look at what Bush has done. The economy took an incredible hit after September 11. That was a huge shock to the… — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The thing is, when you see your old friends, you come face to face with yourself. I run into someone I've known… — Polly Bergen Copy Share Image
When one of my Japanese teacups is broken, I imagine that the real cause was not the careless hand of a maid… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
The death of Cyrille Regis, a giant in so many ways, was such a shock and deeply upsetting. — Peter Crouch Copy Share Image
I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action. — Graham Nash 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
For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
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