When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
My first job on the radio was writing jokes for a Baltimore DJ called Johnny Walker, who was sort of a '70s… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I believe a person of any fine feeling scarcely ever sees a new face without a sensation akin to a shock, for… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
You don't do things for shock value anymore, because that's not even the language of today. At least, that's not what interests… — Italo Zucchelli Copy Share Image
It's incredible, but I think a lot of people it shot over their heads 'cause they're used to just getting images and… — Sean Booth Copy Share Image
...and the renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He… — Douglas Adams 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
Time, we know, is relative. You can travel light years through the stars and back, and if you do it at the… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Hurry not a woman's favor; neither forcer her hastily to surrender to thee. For she goeth into love as she goeth into… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
It may be expecting too much to expect most intellectuals to have common sense, when their whole life is based on their… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The biggest surprise for me, without a doubt, was that the first black people who came to the United States weren't the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
For me, it's a real shock to see American mainstream films. I can't see these films because it's always the same thing… — Javier Camara Copy Share Image
Whenever you do a movie, it's a culture shock. Who is it? Where are you? What are you doing? Who are these… — William Atherton Copy Share Image
Recep Tayyip Erdogan would be considered a gradualist. He is not decreeing Sharia as the law of the land tomorrow. He’s making… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It was, just as Kinski had predicted, suicide. He should never have done it. It is widely held by those who knew… — Cintra Wilson 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
The shock of twentieth-century technology numbed our brains and we are just beginning to notice the spiritual and social debris that our… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
The monotony of staying in one place is the best thing for writing a novel. Having regular habits, a kind of security,… — Paul Theroux 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
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
Digital messages and images matter less than their instantaneous delivery; the shock effect always wins out over the consideration of the informational… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' conscience; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
The essence of pop stardom is immaturity - a wretched little pseudo-musical gift, a development of the capacity to shock, a short-lived… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“There is a shock that comes so quickly and strikes so deep that the blow is internalized even before then skin feels… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The SPR is intended to provide relief at times when working families are struggling to make ends meet, and to counter the… — Bill Vaughan 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
I've come to see our central nervous system as a kind of vintage switchboard, all thick foam wires and old-fashioned plugs. The… — Darin Strauss Copy Share Image
In the name of equal rights, women are being stripped of the protections of the family and given no place except the… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character… — Mike Ferguson Copy Share Image
But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along,… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
During World War I the Canadians were the shock troops. In many historical cases, Canadians have been very proficient at killing, and… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
When I was young, especially when I was at school, I thought couture was about big gowns, big hats (that is couture… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
The people are different in L.A. There was a time when I lived in New York and that was a bit of… — Scott Clifton Copy Share Image
I'm predicting that we'll finally have a computer will search my e-mail automatically and delete every message that begins with 'thought you'd… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Elaine and I got married in summer 1979, we went on our honeymoon and came back for the premiere of 'Scum.' All… — Ray Winstone 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
“What I feel is the momentary shock of realizing that most of the wood, metal and plastic fixtures, the sinks, lampshades, the… — David Wojnarowicz Copy Share Image
In 1969, we emigrated to Australia. It was a big change. The heat, the flies, and the completely different tinned meats. The… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
