Shocking Quotes

292 quotes by 270 authors

It's sometimes shocking to find out what people really believe in. — Tracey Ullman
It may be shocking to some people in this country to realize that, without meaning to do so, they hold views in common with Hitler… — Henry A. Wallace
The disconnect between America and its military is shocking. — John Oliver
In a time of social fragmentation, vulgarity becomes a way of life. To be shocking becomes more important - and often more profitable - than… — Al Gore
He saw something that makes a man doubtful of the constancy of the realities outside himself. It was the shocking discovery that makes a man… — John Steinbeck
What I wanted to do seemed simple. I wanted something alive and shocking enough that it could be a morning in somebody's life. The most… — Michael Cunningham
I do not love; I do not love anybody except myself. That is a rather shocking thing to admit. I have none of the selfless… — Sylvia Plath
I feel there is an angel in me' she'd say 'whom I am constantly shocking — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply… — Flannery O'Connor
That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of Nations is as shocking as… — Thomas Paine
I love men, the restlessness of their corrupted souls, the way they hide their heavy, murderous hearts, their sudden delicacies and small shocking acts of… — Steve Almond
The commentator may be excused for repeating what he has stressed in his own books and lectures, namely that "offensive" is frequently but a synonym… — Vladimir Nabokov
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled, accepted, someone points… — Sarah Dessen
It seems to me so shocking to see the precious hours of a man's life - the priceless moments that will never come back to… — Jerome K. Jerome
i like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more. i like your… — E E Cummings
Looking back, I still can't believe how unprofessional the news media was. So much spin, so few hard facts. All those digestible sound bites from… — Max Brooks
That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations, is as shocking as… — Thomas Paine
You know what I find most shocking about the Vel'd'Hiv?" Guillaume said. "Its code name." I knew the answer to that, thanks to my extensive… — Tatiana de Rosnay
Many have marked the speed with which Muad'Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. The Bene Gesserit, of course, know the basis of this speed. For… — Frank Herbert

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