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
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
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
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
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
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
Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied to. Convinced… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
South Africa, with US support, after the fall of the Portuguese empire, invaded Angola and Mozambique to establish their own puppet regime… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When we hit a nail with a hammer, the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Who was this women?' asked Harry. 'I dunno, some Ministry hag.' Mundungus considered for a moment, brow wrinkled. 'Little women. Bow on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You sleep like an angel" Jacks said. The shock of his words in the dark room sent Maddy's stomach leaping into her… — Scott Speer Copy Share Image
My husband, Andrius, says that evil will rule until good men or women choose to act. I believe him. This testimony was… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
With another shock of excitement, Harry saw Sirius give James the thumbs-up. Sirius was lounging in his chair at his ease, tilting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After the first shock of recognition - a sudden sense of "this is what I'm going to write" - the novel starts… — Vladimir Nabokov 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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“AAAAIIIE! You're the guy with the things, and the thing that does that thing, and then you did that one thing! Oh,… — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
You saved me, Eve." He watched her blink in absolute shock. "What you are, what I feel for you, what we are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want to do things that shock people. I think that persona attributes more to the roles that other people may consider… — T.I Copy Share Image
I don't think you ever really get used to it, do you? There's always another little level of shock in it and… — Barry Keoghan Copy Share Image
I watch a lot of news, and I watch musical shows because I think the music of the young people is really… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
I guess I prefer the laughs. I couldn't do a whole set of just shocks, but I like throwing a fastball inside… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
Burn to be great, Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone. The plains are everlasting as the hills, The bard cannot… — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
