Shock Quotes

783 Shock quotes by 679 unique authors

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will. — Simon Van Booy
Like Sylvia Plath, Natalie Jeanne Champagne invites you so close to the pain and agony of her life of mental illness and addiction, which leaves… — Andy Behrman
It is the same India which has withstood the shocks of centuries, of hundreds of foreign invasions of hundreds of upheavals of manners and customs.… — Swami Vivekananda
Their task [creative artists], therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual shock of experience… — Joseph Campbell
There is a happiness in Deism, when rightly understood, that is not to be found inany other system of religion. All other systems have something… — Thomas Paine
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. — Terry Southern
This is how most stories end in the hospital. Not with crash carts and sirens and electric shocks to the chest, but with an empty… — Jacob M. Appel
Sometimes a shock to the system is a good thing, you know? Like a reminder that you're alive. — Jessi Kirby
It's funny how something so normal and mundane that you see every day-your body-can be controversial. The shock value is intense. It's like carrying an… — Beth Ditto
The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I was an academically trained student,… — LeRoy Neiman
Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words. — Peter Mayle
When I beat Sonny Liston, I shocked the world. When I joined the Muslims, I shocked the world. When I beat George Forman, I shocked… — Muhammad Ali
My friend Ray Comfort has produced a powerful piece of media that leaves a lasting mark on your heart and mind. '180' is 33 minutes… — Kirk Cameron
The biggest shock when I lost it all was the realization that so much of my life had been out of my control. When I… — Simon Cowell
I was not long since in a company where I was not who of my fraternity brought news of a kind of pills, by true… — Michel de Montaigne
It is better to tolerate the rare instance of a parent refusing to let his child be educated, than to shock the common feelings and… — Thomas Jefferson
Prospects for growth in the year ahead are solid at the national level, and of course, this can only be good news for the Bay… — Janet Yellen
So Republican candidates bash Obamacare and move up in the polls. Given that public opinion remains firmly against the health care law - as it… — Byron York
If anyone should doubt whether the electrical matter passes through the substance of bodies, or only over along their surfaces, a shock from an electrified… — Benjamin Franklin
I was in a very deep state of shock after that. I had raised my horse since he was six months old and he was… — Jeff Miller
If our education had included training to bear unpleasantness and to let the first shock pass until we could think more calmly, many an unbearable… — Claire Weekes
When it comes to explaining human thought and behavior, the possibility that heredity plays any role at all still has the power to shock. To… — Steven Pinker
His letter was like the shock produced by a cold bath. — Duff Green
Far from being a drag on growth, making our energy sources more sustainable, our energy consumption more efficient, and our economy more resilient to energy… — David Cameron
I was reading the poems of Rochester. Rochester made himself out to be bisexual, but I think that was only to shock. Most of his… — Thom Gunn

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