Shocking Quotes

292 quotes by 273 authors

Noise is relative to the silence preceeding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the peoples… — Alan Moore
A Shadowhunter I believe you know send for meâ€”Tatiana Blackthorn? The lady used to be a Lightwood, did she not?" Magnus turned to Will. "And… — Cassandra Clare
When Bird came on the scene, it was just as shocking as in the Bible: everything was dark, and then the light appeared for the… — Shorty Rogers
There is a sort of enthusiasm in all projectors, absolutely necessary for their affairs, which makes them proof against the most fatiguing delays, the most… — Edmund Burke
Real progress in understanding nature is rarely incremental. All important advances are sudden intuitions, new principles, new ways of seeing. We have not fully recognized… — Marilyn Ferguson
If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got… — Dani Shapiro
For me, it makes sense to address shocking experiences through poems because of the way poems also have that effect on the reader. — Dana Goodyear
There are journalists who are drawn to the most extroverted, aggressive jobs because they get an ego high from it. It can be shocking to… — Tom Rachman
Only choices made in love are compassionate. There are no exceptions. Do you have the courage to act with an empowered heart without attachment to… — Gary Zukav
Frankly, most governments are used to lying to each other - to a degree that most people would find shocking. Part of diplomacy is the… — Jonathan Turley
I make movies in order to make things understood, not to be shocking. — Bernardo Bertolucci
I find life so shocking in general. Everything about it surprises me. — Katherine Waterston
What was shocking to us was that by spreading the energy out across seven beams instead of one, the phototoxicity went way down. — Eric Betzig
A shocking occurrence ceases to be shocking when it occurs daily. — Alexander Chase
In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes. — Cole Porter
I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral. And, you know, if civil disobedience is the way to go about change,… — Rosie O'Donnell
People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity can… — Kenneth Williams
The naked thing was short-lived. It was only around for about six months because we thought it was shocking. Once people expected us to do… — Mark Hoppus
I felt like a dork growing up so this is shocking. — Christina Milian

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