Zwarte Piet, or 'Black Pete,' is a relic from slavery. It is something that should have long been eliminated, and it's very… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first 'Vogue' cover. It was French 'Vogue' - I think in '87 or… — Naomi Campbell Copy Share Image
If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The change from atoms to bits is irrevocable and unstoppable. Why now? Because the change is also exponential - small differences of… — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
It takes no prisoners. We had to completely change wardrobe for the girls because we had summer wardrobe set and it was… — Katie Aselton Copy Share Image
My sister lives in Oklahoma. And, you know, it is so shocking that James Inhofe, the foremost climate-denying senator, is from the… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
The naked thing was short-lived. It was only around for about six months because we thought it was shocking. Once people expected… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
In New York that probably has more lawyers per square foot than any other state in the union, more women lawyers. I… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
It is shocking that the screen does not reflect the way the world is and the diversity in the world... What the… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
It's shocking to me that it's easier to buy a gun at Wal-Mart than it is to buy my record. — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
I think one of the most shocking things is how little our elected officials knew about what the NSA was doing. Congress… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
If something is shocking without being funny it's hard to justify. — Seth MacFarlane Copy Share Image
That was the shocking part. Here we were in the midst of everything and this potentially giant story was being told and… — Robert A. M. Stern Copy Share Image
But though such is our character (Oh. why should I speak of things unfit to be uttered?), the things said of us… — Athenagoras of Athens Copy Share Image
I worked very hard to try and figure out what I thought and I believed that we were going to succeed and… — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
It's shocking that so many children still live in fear as a result of violence in the home, and don't know who… — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
The most shocking fact about Summer Bay is not that it looks so much like Brittas Bay. It is that it seems… — Vogue Williams Copy Share Image
For me, I like to have explosive moments, whether it is a particular movement itself in the whole sequence. I like to… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
It was shocking to see Nirvana play, because it was like, "Here's this little guy with a monster-guitar sound." And it was… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
The stench of human wreckage in which the Nazi regime finally sank down to defeat has been the most shocking fact of… — Janet Flanner Copy Share Image
Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
It was simultaneously refreshing and a bit shocking to see how cavalierly most Aussies toss out slurs and insults about nonwhites. — Jim Goad Copy Share Image