Having translated two plays by Chekhov, and not speaking Russian myself - I cannot say one sentence. This may shock people... However,… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The trail of "secret migration" was a shock to me. I knew a little about the difficulties, just bits of news in… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
Hereditary monarchy offers numerous advantages for America. It is the only form of government able to unify a heterogeneous people. Thanks to… — Florence King Copy Share Image
“She parted her lips as though she were going to scold him, but, after a moment of sitting with her mouth agape… — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
The criticism that has most consistently bothered me is the allegation that I'm a schlockmeister whose only objective is to shock people. — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large,… — Daniel Yergin Copy Share Image
Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People who become obsessed… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Nothing is more hackneyed than the liberal dogma that shock value confers automatic importance on an artwork. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
But-" Maia, still looking at Alec and Magnus, broke off and rasied her eyebrows. Simon turned to see what she was looking… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Any time you read a book and get attached to the characters, to me it's always a shock when it goes from… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Most of the reasons for late-term abortions have to do with severe fetal deformities, but when I found out that dwarfism was… — John H Richardson Copy Share Image
Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
I had a bad time in school in the first grade. Because I had been a rather lonely child on a farm,… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
The nowadays ruling that no word is unprintable has, I think, done nothing whatever for beautiful letters. The boys have gone hog-wild… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Dying is like diving into a deep lake on a hot day. There's the shock of that sharp, cold change, the pain… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
The pressure to be thin, which causes guilt and obsessiveness around food, is terrible and starts so early. For me, it started… — Kate Christensen Copy Share Image
“When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, what value does that put on love?” — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
When I write I don't aim to shock people, and I'm surprised when I do. But I don't think that anything that… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before. — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
When my brother called to inform me, on the morning of May 22, 2003, that our mother Caroline Oates had died suddenly… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
