Shock Quotes

783 quotes by 679 authors

I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock. — John Mayer
What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on… — Dennis Miller
Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions. — Hayao Miyazaki
When my brother called to inform me, on the morning of May 22, 2003, that our mother Caroline Oates had died suddenly of a stroke,… — Joyce Carol Oates
When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told that I could leave the hospital and take him home, I… — Susan Orlean
Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. — Thomas Paine
When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder the year I turned 50, it was certainly a shock. But as a journalist, knowing a little bit… — Jane Pauley
The free market allowed shock jocks to flourish, and millions of listeners apparently enjoyed the rant. — Christine Pelosi
I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian heritage, a heritage… — Shimon Peres
It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters. — Josh Radnor
Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock. — Jules Renard
You don't want to shock them and do something totally opposite, but you also want to play a different character. — Ray Romano
Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. — Bertrand Russell
Once artists are expected to shock, it's that much harder for them to do so. — Jerry Saltz
When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People who become obsessed by the peculiarities… — Will Self
I don't set out to offend or shock, but I also don't do anything to avoid it. — Sarah Silverman
When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in… — Lewis B. Smedes
It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though occurring not a shock. — Gertrude Stein
To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.' — J. Michael Straczynski

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