Shock Quotes
783 quotes by 679 authors
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Film as dream, film as music. No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight…
— Ingmar Bergman
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Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It's a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of…
— George W. Bush
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Color me! Accessorize me! Shock me!
— Anna Dello Russo
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I'd learned something... Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me... and others. This…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Anything that you can shock somebody with. The only way to change something is to shock it. If you want your muscles to grow, you…
— Jaden Smith
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What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.
— Bryan Cranston
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You’re far more likely to see a naked woman than a naked man. It’s only [seen as] rude because the rest of television is rather…
— Russell T Davies
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The ones as big as sheep were easier to avoid, because you could see them coming, but when they flew in at the window and…
— E. Nesbit
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Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing fear, interest, laughter…
— Andrew Marr
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People accuse journalism of being too personal; but to me it has always seemed far too impersonal. It is charged with tearing away the veils…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I want everyone out there in TV land to touch the TV. Touch the back of the TV and get a shock for Jesus.
— Robin Williams
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It shocks me when young kids still say, 'I want to do a magazine,'
— Scott Schuman
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In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust…
— Rowan Williams
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Tony Blair is a decent man who genuinely thinks what he is doing is justified. But when he sees men such as George Bush and…
— Piers Morgan
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An ecosystem, you can always intervene and change something in it, but there's no way of knowing what all the downstream effects will be or…
— Richard Lewontin
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I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of men, and inclined…
— Thomas Jefferson
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What shocks the virtuous philosopher, delights the chameleon poet.
— John Keats
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It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and crew were mourning…
— Camilla Belle
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Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow.
— Ben Bernanke
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But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And…
— Daniel Yergin
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