I make movies in order to make things understood, not to be shocking. — Bernardo Bertolucci 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
For me, it makes sense to address shocking experiences through poems because of the way poems also have that effect on the… — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
Indifference to all the refinements of life--it's really shocking. Just Calvinism, that's all. Calvinism without the excuse of Calvin's theology. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I had a brother who died early on - he was 23 when I was 19. And, boy, I certainly didn't expect… — Jeff Goldblum Copy Share Image
“It is shocking, but true, that in today's America, "Justice" is a purchasable commodity.” — Phillip B. Davidson Copy Share Image
The level of wealth in Ibiza is shocking - and working with the police, it was clear that where there's wealth, there's… — Zara McDermott Copy Share Image
I think Charlottesville was shocking for some, but it wasn't for me or for my family, I mean, because I grew up… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
If you look at these bands like The Beatles, they did something that was new for that time, whether it was shocking… — Sonny Sandoval Copy Share Image
A third of summer sea ice in the Arctic is gone, the oceans are 30 percent more acidic, and since warm air… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Figures are the most shocking things in the world. The prettiest little squiggles of black looked at in the right light and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I met someone who I thought was really talented, I would just be like, Wow! How did you get that way?… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
Metz's Perfection chronicles with lapidary precision one woman's climb back to happiness after not just a spouse's death, but also the shocking… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
The Congo is very wealthy from oil money but is not paying its debts and at the same time is applying for… — Paul Singer Copy Share Image
I experienced the reality of the spiritual body and learned that it has every faculty of the physical body, though with greater… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
The economic and social decline of Zimbabwe is shocking and appalling. Life there is unrecognisable from that of the recent past. Each… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
I do think students in public school (and private) should be required to study the Bible. [...] As a matter of pure… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
Invest in low-turnover, passively managed index funds... and stay away from profit-driven investment management organizations... The mutual fund industry is a colossal… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
writing is about doing something very close to the bone. It's about shocking yourself. When I write, I like to make myself… — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
Some people even think that I'm still just not right for it [ballet]. And I think it's shocking because they hear those… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
That we do not discover reality but rather invent it is quite shocking for many people. And the shocking part about it… — Paul Watzlawick Copy Share Image
“It's not about you it's about human behavior. You know how there will be a report on TV of some woman who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On international relations, Eleanor Roosevelt really takes a great shocking leadership position on the World Court. In fact, it amuses me. The… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
[Childbirth] is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It's like an 'Alien' movie. I started crying, it was so emotional ... I… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
No sane person wants hell to exist. No sane person wants evil to exist. But hell is just evil eternalized. If there… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
![“I do think students in public school (and private) should be required to study the Bible. [...] As a matter of pure education, it's shocking that we [the americans] are not compelled to learn the book, which is the source of our language, our common stories, our political structure, our conflicts.” quote by David Plotz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/david-plotz-14341_bible_i-do-think-students-in-public-school-and_134953.png)
![“Some people even think that I'm still just not right for it [ballet]. And I think it's shocking because they hear those words from critics saying I'm too bulky, I'm too busty. And then they meet me in person and they're like, you look like a ballerina. And I think it's just something maybe that I…” quote by Misty Copeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/misty-copeland-2012_ballerina_some-people-even-think-that-i-m-still-ju_2708495.png)
![“[Childbirth] is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It's like an 'Alien' movie. I started crying, it was so emotional ... I was there in the room but I wasn't planning on doing much. But then I see this blue pinhead come out and I think I said to the nurse, 'What the hell is that?' And then it…” quote by Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/tim-burton-2476_aliens_childbirth-is-the-weirdest-thing-i-ve-ev_3070382.png)
