Shock Quotes

783 Shock quotes by 679 unique authors

Triumphs against the natural order of living exact unforeseen payments. At the same time that man attempts to straighten a crooked nature, he is striving… — Richard M. Weaver
Artists are meant to be madmen, to disturb and shock us. — Anne Rice
You almost believe that you will never come to the end of a roll of tape; and when you do, there is a feeling, nearly,… — Nicholson Baker
When we hit a nail with a hammer the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes into a point… — Simone Weil
If you don't love life you can't enjoy an oyster; there is a shock of freshness to it and intimations of the ages of man,… — Eleanor Clark
Unless a picture shocks, it is nothing. — Marcel Duchamp
Death is supposed to be the great equalizer, but that's never true. Death is random, capricious, unconcerned, a flagrant player of favorites. It keeps its… — Kenneth Turan
Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded… — Elihu Root
Only artists without talent try to shock people. — Nobuyoshi Araki
The shock of photographed atrocities wears off with repeated viewings, just as the surprise and bemusement felt the first time one sees a pornographic movie… — Susan Sontag
I'm in shock. Whitney was such an amazing artist. When I started my English career, I wanted to be like her. I loved her so… — Celine Dion
Every fact of science was once Damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every artistic innovation was… — Robert Anton Wilson
Ah, but you, Darkness, you know all this. I tell you night after night. Nothing will shock you. Maybe I go on at you in… — Tim Winton
Photographs shock insofar as they show something novel. — Susan Sontag
The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone. — Mignon McLaughlin
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
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
Color me! Accessorize me! Shock me! — Anna Dello Russo
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
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
What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best. — Bryan Cranston
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
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
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
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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