Shocking Quotes

292 quotes by 273 authors

It was too nerve-wracking, a shocking spectacle, like seeing an old, calm friend go insane. — John Steinbeck
Life itself is the real and most miraculous miracle of all. If one had never before seen a human hand and were suddenly presented for… — Christopher Fry
Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind… — Miranda Otto
Gory stuff can be shocking but it doesn't really scare me. I'd say the kind of stuff that gets under my skin is the unknown.… — Oren Peli
And then I went to 'Dawson's Creek,' which is a show that was, for better or for worse, all about the language. It was a… — Busy Philipps
Pop is in a shocking state at the moment. — Charlie Simpson
Figures are the most shocking things in the world. The prettiest little squiggles of black looked at in the right light and yet consider the… — H.G. Wells
It's actually shocking to me how hard it's been to get back into the movie business. — Lea Thompson
Six months ago, I traveled to India to see firsthand what the prime minister of that country calls a national shame. It is the systematic,… — Elizabeth Vargas
I love shocking people. — Esai Morales
Wikipedia is just an incredible thing. It is fact-encirclingly huge, and it is idiosyncratic, careful, messy, funny, shocking and full of simmering controversies - and… — Nicholson Baker
There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether… — Robert Cormier
Kinsey kick started a lot in shocking people with how much homosexual activity there is. — Bill Condon
When all of a sudden, people say, 'Wow, you look nice,' and carry on, it's shocking. Really awkward. — Nikki Cox
I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train. — Robbie Coltraine
People are motivated by the desires for privilege, for power, for profit. Those are not shocking revelations. Anyone who's had any experience in life knows… — Norman Finkelstein
To be completely honest, it's shocking to me that I keep getting the villain roles! I do not see myself as the villain and I… — Cam Gigandet
My intentions have been, and are always, to just really get behind what my ideas are musically and to just ride this thing out, cause… — Ryan Adams
I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie. — Carla Bruni
I need to push myself. I'm not saying that I just want to do anything that's shocking, but when you have that combination of a… — Emily Browning

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