It was great to be the rock comic, the shock comic. But after you've played Giants Stadium with Bon Jovi in front… — Sam Kinison 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
To Trin Tragula's horror, the shock completely annihilated her brain; but to his satisfaction he realized that he had proved conclusively that… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Temptation gains power where we see it prevail in others we know and we express neither shock or hatred of them and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The human heart is not yet so corroded that it can read off the extinction of these two men without a shock… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
Fang," I said, my voice breaking. "Just live, okay? Live and be okay." With no warning, I leaned down and kissed his… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
There's a lot of stuff that happened to me when I was kinda young. Like when I was just 12, or 13… — Katie Price Copy Share Image
In 1953, Mom and Dad, living in Toronto, discovered, to their shock, that Mom was expecting. I was born in June 1954.… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
As we went through mach one, the nose started dropping, so we just cranked that horizontal stabilizer down to keep the nose… — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
Marry me. Nay, marriage will cost us precious moments together. Let us make sweet, passionate love right here. Let me bear your… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder the year I turned 50, it was certainly a shock. But as a journalist, knowing… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
I picked up the Bible and read it from cover to cover one weekend - just as if it were a novel… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I draw to shock myself out of a too-easy rhythm - I may begin with no conception whatever, an image emerges .… — Sean William Scott Copy Share Image
“In the same year, William Henly, a Fellow of the Royal Society, wrote to the Humane Society with a suggestion that electricity… — Lucy Inglis Copy Share Image
Carrie was a terrific piece of work. At the end of the movie comes, when Amy Irving kneels down to put the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Most contemporary artists are behind the bubble in time. They're making videos that are so incredibly boring compared to a good movie.… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
I don't really think it comes as a shock to every writer if somebody in their family is mad at them. Yes,… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
Music [is] the third rail of life. You grabbed it to shock yourself out of the dull drag of hours. To feel… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give… — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
Paul Ryan announced that after a lot of thought, and talking it over with family and friends, that he is not going… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale… — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
After the terrible events of last week, there is still the shock and disbelief; there is anger; there is fear; but there… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Not to be too preachy, but I would really recommend to people, if you get the chance, to trust yourselves to leap… — Ross Mathews Copy Share Image
“Politics is scripted for maximum shock that will lead to gossip and speculation. We are living in a sketch comedy zone. Everything… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my… — Pat Summerall Copy Share Image
It's certainly not a shock to find that the industry has no imagination. I think people don't know what it is I… — Nathan Lane Copy Share Image
I was like, "Oh my god, I hope you're secretly grossed out about everything that [Donald] Trump has been doing." But why… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
I knew the tree when it grew, and the tree is now gone. The farmers cut it up, and it's become firewood.… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
It is necessary to recover the primeval force of the shock taking place at the moment when opposite a man (the viewer)… — Tadeusz Kantor Copy Share Image
After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
The doctor, if he forgets he is only the assistant to nature and zealously takes over the stage, may so add to… — Herbert Ratner 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
It is a shock to us in the twentieth century to discover, from observations science has made, that the fundamental mechanisms of… — Michael Behe 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
The whole culture of wearing flags on our lapel and saying 'we' when referring to the United States and, even the 'shock… — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from… — Jacob Burckhardt Copy Share Image
Now at last the slowly gathered, long-pent-up fury of the storm broke upon us. Four or five millions of men met each… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I got shocked really bad at a show once. We do this big intro to a cover of the Smiths' "Panic on… — Pete Yorn Copy Share Image
I'm one, too," he said. "What?" He spit a wad of blood and mucus into the dirt. "A virgin." What a shock.… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image