Shock Quotes

783 quotes by 679 authors

Unless a man first finds himself, finds his own essential nature and destiny, and begins from them, all his efforts and achievements will be built… — Rodney Collin
The blackness of space was a big shock to me. It is a deep, three-dimensional, oily blackness. You can feel the distance. — Thomas Marshburn
Sometimes you just have to get a shock to grow up and wake up, and I've had lots of shocks because it's as though I… — Marianne Faithfull
I am still in shock and awe at being fired, — Peter Arnett
When I played the Shins, I changed someone's life. When I play Belle and Sebastian in a pivotal scene in my next movie...well, let's just… — Zach Braff
All still when summer is over stand shocks in the field, nothing left to whisper, not even good-bye, to the wind. After summer was over… — William Stafford
When you make a mistake, the ocean gives you an instant reminder. You get punished. If golf clubs could shock you every time you hit… — Laird Hamilton
Being ill like this combines shock - this time I will die - with a pain and agony that are unfamiliar, that wrench me out… — Harold Brodkey
We look so very different from the way we sound. Itâ€™s a shock, similar to hearing your own voice for the first time, when youâ€™re… — Elizabeth Hay
It's so difficult to shock America these days. — Judd Apatow
That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of us; which first makes us think. — Benjamin Disraeli
Total freedom is never what one imagines and, in fact, hardly exists. It comes as a shock in life to learn that we usually only… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
We will continue to ignore political and economic forecasts, which are an expensive distraction for many investors and businessmen. Thirty years ago, no one could… — Warren Buffett
The dog [in Pavlov's experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering accompanies the bell.… — Gordon W. Allport
The nut of this tree is hung high aloft, wrapped in a silk wrapper, which is enclosed in a case of sole leather, which again… — Luis de Camoes
Yes, business really does change. 400 years ago, corporations were formed by royal decree. 300 years ago, many countries were powered by slave labour, or… — Umair Haque
Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock. — Alvin Toffler
The realization that you can't predict the future -- and mold it -- could only come as a shock to an academic. — David Harsanyi
Like the shock of fondling a raw sausage, blindfold, at a gay party ... — Vivian Stanshall
The United States stands with our friends in Britain as they recover from today's shock of terrorism. These barbaric acts strengthen our resolve and remind… — Mark Foley

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