Shock Quotes · Page 8

Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be…

— Miranda Otto

The economy has settled into a sustainable, self-reinforcing growth path, .. All major categories of the economy have contributed to economic growth.…

— Sung Won Sohn

Only artists without talent try to shock people.

— Nobuyoshi Araki

I was in total shock. I work so close [to home] that I figured I'd return to work and the baby nurse…

— Ivanka Trump

You almost believe that you will never come to the end of a roll of tape; and when you do, there is…

— Nicholson Baker

Only one pair was still battling, apparently unaware of the new arrival. Harry saw Sirius duck Bellatrix's jet of red light: he…

— J. K. Rowling

But my point is that 'the death of God' is not something like the Battle of Waterloo or Magna Charta. It's not…

— George Pattison

Anyone who goes on 'The X Factor' to make big money will be in for a big shock.

— Simon Cowell

The realization that you can't predict the future -- and mold it -- could only come as a shock to an academic.

— David Harsanyi

Every person in the world is by nature a slave to sin. The world, by nature, is held in sin's grip. What…

— Joel Beeke

I suspect people would be in for a real shock if they knew the depths of his [Obama's] historical ignorance.

— Charles Foster Johnson

I don't cry at books or movies. Ever. So imagine my shock and awe when I read 'The Time Traveler's Wife' for…

— Maggie Stiefvater

...and the renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He…

— Douglas Adams

I can give you the cause of anaphylactic shock in a nutshell.

— Gary Delaney

These kinds of tragedies [like shooting in Fort Lauderdale] have happened too often during the eight years that I've been president. The…

— Barack Obama

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

“As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.”

— Victor Hugo

I did some films in college, and I remember working with this director that wanted to shock me so that I'd give…

— John Kapelos

To see a lot of the smaller labels disappear or get gobbled up by the bigger labels, that's a shame. It was…

— Phil Collins

I was in a very deep state of shock after that. I had raised my horse since he was six months old…

— Jeff Miller

I don't need a diet pill. I need something that gives you an electric shock when you reach for food.

— Joy Behar

My job - and it's really true - is that it's constantly evolving and changing. When I was doing the Chet Baker…

— Ethan Hawke

Have you ever had one of those moments when you know that you're being visited by your own future? They come so…

— David Rakoff

My husband, Andrius, says that evil will rule until good men or women choose to act. I believe him. This testimony was…

— Ruta Sepetys

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.

— Lisa Kleypas