Shock Quotes

783 Shock quotes by 679 unique authors

One of the things I tend to do is open myself up to a variety of voices. I try to expose myself to the kind… — Pierre Omidyar
The Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, a traumatic shock to me, ended any ambivalence I had about the Soviet Union, and all cooperation with Communists in… — Roger Nash Baldwin
People talk as if grief were just a feeling -- as if it weren't the continually renewed shock of setting out again and again on… — C.S. Lewis
Love is a pig dressed as a clown sitting in a bath full of beans: pretty much amazing, once you get over the shock. — Craig Stone
The SPR is intended to provide relief at times when working families are struggling to make ends meet, and to counter the price shocks that… — Bill Vaughan
Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. — Alexander Pope
I did some films in college, and I remember working with this director that wanted to shock me so that I'd give him an expression… — John Kapelos
A first visit to a madhouse is always a shock. — Anna Freud
Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock. — Annette Funicello
My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Looking past the immediate crisis, a more resilient system must be built on stronger and better designed shock absorbers, both in the major institutions and… — Timothy Geithner
No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts… — Billy Graham
Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major… — Anne Grant
To see a lot of the smaller labels disappear or get gobbled up by the bigger labels, that's a shame. It was a bit of… — Phil Collins
Anyone who goes on 'The X Factor' to make big money will be in for a big shock. — Simon Cowell
Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock. — Park Chan-wook
I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes… — Park Chan-wook
Olympia was a town crawling with music. I was new to the whole punk scene. The culture shock continued; Olympia had bagels! We didn't have… — Beth Ditto
Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable. — Brian Eno
Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and… — Brian Eno
In the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, it now seems clear that the shock of the attacks was exploited in America. — Brian Eno
Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little. — Augustus Hare
I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was… — Naomie Harris
In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the… — James Hillman
I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks. — Alfred Hitchcock

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