“Now if you are told that some piece of information will come as a shock to you, the chances are that you… — Walter R. Brooks Copy Share Image
“Seriously massive fucking firearms,” I add, staring at the weapon in my trembling hands with my very first dose of—and here it… — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
As an individual becomes aware of subliminal phenomena, the shock may cause him some initial physical or emotional discomfort - possibly even… — Wilson Bryan Key Copy Share Image
In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies… — Joshua Leonard Copy Share Image
Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
Considering the way the prebiotic soup is referred to in so many discussions of the origin of life as an already established… — Michael Denton Copy Share Image
When he kisses me, I cry. I explain it's not because I wish he were someone else, it's because it's such a… — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
Nothing shocks our moral feelings so deeply as cruelty does. We can forgive every other crime, but not cruelty. The reason for… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
When asked by a grumpily puzzled professor what "rules" he followed, Debussy is said to have retorted, mon plaisir "whatever I please"… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
“It was very, very peaceful, and all of a sudden I found myself shaking so hard that I had to sit down… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs you do, you can relax and use more normal means of… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
The Constitution is constant. There's not one elected official who has the power to change it. There is a way to amend… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
And that's when Anna realized that what the wolf had been asking Bran for was death. Impulsively, Anna stepped away from Charles.… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
When all of our idols are taken away, all our securities and defense mechanisms, we find out who we really are. We’re… — Aaron Lines Copy Share Image
In 'Bras & Broomsticks,' Rachel Weinstein gets the shock of her life when she discovers that her mom and her younger sister,… — Sarah Mlynowski Copy Share Image
Nothing could be slow enough, nothing lasts too long. No pleasure could equal, she thought, straightening the chairs, pushing in one book… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I was reading the poems of Rochester. Rochester made himself out to be bisexual, but I think that was only to shock.… — Thom Gunn Copy Share Image
“ You’re in shock. You can’t afford to be in shock. Two parts of himself were having a conversation. You were probably… — Jack Grimwood Copy Share Image
One can't run in a park without a dog or make angels in the snow without a child and there are things… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
All still when summer is over stand shocks in the field, nothing left to whisper, not even good-bye, to the wind. After… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
People are always a little disconcerted when you don't recognize them, they are so important to themselves, it is a shock to… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Ryan Stout, a straight-arrow-looking kind of guy, shocks the crowd into laughter with his inventive interplay between innocence and a jarringly twisted… — Ben Fong-Torres Copy Share Image
It was as if nothing quite erased the initial shock of being kissed by someone who was not hers, a kiss that… — Suki Kim Copy Share Image
I stand by everything I said. I absolutely can defend my material, and I take issue with people who say, "It's just… — David Cross Copy Share Image
“She stared at Thomas, her large eyes wide, her delicate mouth open in shock. Did she really think he wouldn’t come for… — Amber Lynn Perry Copy Share Image
I was perceiving myself as good as a man or equal to a man and as powerful and I wanted to look… — Annie Lennox 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
Robot Wars is not a sport. Guys just play with remote controls. Now, if they were wired up and got an electrical… — Paolo Di Canio Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an… — John Sherman Cooper Copy Share Image
There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
This is Rick Grimes being pushed to his absolute limit. And if you think you’ve seen that before, you haven’t. And the… — Robert Kirkman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think it's a feeling like I've got it all figured out. There's nothing that can shock me anymore. There's nothing I… — Tom Brady Copy Share Image
It is better to tolerate the rare instance of a parent refusing to let his child be educated, than to shock the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You can drop a mouse down a thousand-yard mine shaft and, on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Developing protectionism regarding trade and our reluctance to place fiscal policy on a more sustainable path are threatening what may well be… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I followed him up the stairs. I was a fornicator, of unnatural appetite, in thrall to an Atheist. I repeated the words… — Maria McCann Copy Share Image
It's a culture shock to go from obscurity to notoriety in a flash. Its more to it than talent and money; its… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
It's not my intention to shock, to offend, sensationalise, be political or whatever; only to make work that is as spiritually meaningful… — Richard Billingham Copy Share Image
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