Shock Quotes

783 Shock quotes by 679 unique authors

Neanderthal man listened to stories, if one may judge by the shape of his skull. The primitive audience was an audience of shock-heads, gaping around… — E. M. Forster
The monotony of staying in one place is the best thing for writing a novel. Having regular habits, a kind of security, but especially no… — Paul Theroux
A bright light filled the plane. The first shock-wave hit us. We were eleven and a half miles slant range from the atomic explosion but… — Paul Tibbets
I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it a single question,… — Lawrence Clark Powell
When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud or vulgar picture… — Alexey Brodovitch
No matter how hard we try words simply cannot express the horror, the shock, and the revulsion we all feel over what took place in… — Billy Graham
When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial reports a decade… — Edgar Mitchell
The great virtue of a diversified food economy, like a diverse pasture or farm, is its ability to withstand any shock. The important thing is… — Michael Pollan
This is what holidays, travels, vacations are about. It is not really rest or even leisure we chase. We strain to renew our capacity for… — Shana Alexander
In the UK what we've found is that even businesses which prided themselves already on their efficient management find that a really beady-eyed scrutiny of… — Margaret Beckett
I do like to shock and surprise people. When it's all in good fun, of course. — Ruth Warrick
The attacks on Sept. 11 really sent a shock wave through our economy, and the full reverberation of that is not yet known, — Elaine Chao
When a person you love moves by you with flat eyes that will not see you, it is a shock to believe it. — Susan Minot
You often see shocks in the League Cup, even when you don’t expect them — Unknown Author
Every person in the world is by nature a slave to sin. The world, by nature, is held in sin's grip. What a shock to our complacency-… — Joel Beeke
Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist. — Harrison Ford
I even had breasts that had mechanisms that could make them droop. It was a shock in the beginning. Talk about special effects! — Michelle Pfeiffer
I do say things that I think will shock people. But I don't do things to shock people. I'm not trying to be the next… — Eminem
It's definitely a shock to go from being 15 in high school to working. There's no real cushion there. There's no preparation at all. You… — Emma Stone
I've been on shows that go for shock value — Daphne Zuniga
There are a few critics overseas, and occasionally a critic will write an astute analysis of the movie. There is value in reading critics that… — George Lucas
I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore! — Thomas Gibson
Someone like me shouldnt be diagnosed with breast cancer, thats what was going through my mind. I wasnt thinking about a diagnosis. I was just… — Sheryl Crow
I've been offered nymphomaniacs, kleptomaniacs, pyromaniacs, homicidal maniacs and just plain maniacs. I think producers felt that after playing a long series of noble and… — Greer Garson
My plan is to shock people with what I can do, because I've got a few sides to me that I've never used on screen. — Lucy Lawless

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