Jolt Quotes

50 quotes by 46 authors

The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of Saturnalia, a… — Robert Morrison MacIver
Scientists are also unnerved by the summer's implications for the future...proof that human activities are propelling a slide toward climate calamity...humans may have tipped the… — Andrew Revkin
Humans were still not only the cheapest robots around, but also, for many tasks, the only robots that could do the job. They were self-reproducing… — Kim Stanley
Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system — Mary Tyler Moore
The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time and space, cause and effect, nature and history, and… — William James
The quantum entered physics with a jolt. It didn't fit anywhere; it made no sense; it contradicted everything we thought we knew about nature. Yet… — David C. Cassidy
It's a physical urge, huger and stronger than thirst or sex. Halfway back on the left side of my head there is a spot that… — Jean Hegland
The "difficult" female character can-and will-do the shocking, the unexpected and, as a consequence, will give your story an immediate jolt of energy. She is… — Jane Heller
Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done by feel. It's one area… — Graham Swift
Only through the medium of the public physical world can the mind of one person make a difference to the mind of another. The mind… — Gilbert Ryle
There is a subtle danger in a man thinking that he is "fixed" for life. It indicates that the next jolt of the wheel of… — Henry Ford
Let somebody prove friendship which time and space cannot jolt, and then accept the love. Don't accept the love first and then find the friendship;… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
How extraordinary it is to be here at all. Awareness of death can jolt us awake to the sensuality of existence. Breath is no longer… — Stephen Batchelor
Bush advisers have long been worried that a lagging economy could hamper the president's re-election chances. They hope that the Cabinet shake-up will provide a… — Jon Stewart
People have always liked to be frightened. People love to feel that jolt of adrenaline. People love roller coasters. People love skydiving. These things that… — Aaron Stanford
Most of my nightmares that jolt me awake either involve the cosmos or something completely out of human control. In reality, I worry more about… — Lorene Scafaria
I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy. — Edie Falco
Rewards can deliver a short-term boostâ€”just as a jolt of caffeine can keep you cranking for a few more hours. But the effect wears offâ€”and,… — Daniel H. Pink
The jolt that Tony Blair received 35,000ft above the Pacific Ocean was not normal turbulence. — Tony Blair
There is an elasticity in the human mind, capable of bearing much, but which will not show itself, until a certain weight of affliction be… — Charles Caleb Colton

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