Shocks Quotes

114 quotes by 105 authors

In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions… — Warren Buffett
Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not… — Lord Chesterfield
Slavery is founded on the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it on his love of justice. These principles are in eternal antagonism; and… — Abraham Lincoln
It was, just as Kinski had predicted, suicide. He should never have done it. It is widely held by those who knew him, and Kinski… — Cintra Wilson
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
You often see shocks in the League Cup, even when you donâ€™t expect them — Jan MÃ¸lby
Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist. — Harrison Ford
I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore! — Thomas Gibson
What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless you get into crime, prostitution and drugs, and… — Samantha Morton
Courage, in the final analysis, is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence. — Kurt Goldstein
Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which has not left.… — Andre Breton
Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Developing protectionism regarding trade and our reluctance to place fiscal policy on a more sustainable path are threatening what may well be our most valued… — Alan Greenspan
Divine happiness, even the tiniest particle of a grain of it, never leaves one again; and when one attains to the essence of things and… — Anandamayi Ma
Though liberals do a great deal of talking about hearing other points of view, it sometimes shocks them to learn that there are other points… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking… — Jeff Bingaman
Today's shocks are tomorrow's conventions. — Carolyn Heilbrun
And also I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see… — Benazir Bhutto
Why is it that aggression in the name of God shocks secular liberal sensibilities, whereas the act of killing in the name of the secular… — Talal Asad
Ryan Stout,Â a straight-arrow-looking kind of guy, shocks the crowd into laughter with his inventive interplay between innocence and a jarringly twisted point of view.… — Ben Fong-Torres

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105 authors contributed a total of 114 Shocks Quotes, led by these top contributors: