Quotes about Shock

An artist should know art history. Shock value only lasts so long. Votes: 6

Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives. Votes: 6

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it. Votes: 6

bizarreness masqueraded as creativity. Votes: 4

Today one can dare anything, and, furthermore, nobody is surprised. Votes: 4

I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later. Votes: 4

It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date. Votes: 4

Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock. Votes: 4

Sometimes the intention is to shock us. But what is shocking first time around is boring and vacuous when repeated. Votes: 4

Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it... Votes: 4

I rarely get recognised. It's always a shock when someone notices me. I always think they must be confusing me with someone else. Votes: 4

From the first shock of the contemplation of a face depends the principal sensation which guides me throughout the entire execution of a portrait. Votes: 4

The ring, the call, the surprise, the shock that you have out-of-doors - be always looking for the unexpected in nature, do not settle to a formula. Votes: 4

Today's comics use four-letter words as a shortcut to thinking. They're shooting for that big laugh and it becomes a panic thing, using four-letter words to shock people. Votes: 4

No doubt, in complete abstraction one has a feeling of a great shock, if not an explosion, and in approaching the real, one feels health and truth restored... Votes: 4

The current fad in art, is to shock people or appear 'different'... My goal is to help people find the rays of sunshine in an often dark world. Votes: 4

Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling then it is a spiritual loss! The feeling is more important for life. Votes: 4

Perhaps we might, within the anatomy of our imaginations, think once more of the naked body as a vessel of grace, taste and wonder. In the spotted history of art, stranger things have happened. Votes: 4

I begin my pictures under the effect of a shock which I feel and which makes me escape from reality... I need a point of departure, even if it's only a speck of dust or a flash of light. Votes: 4

When you are 'bad' in the art world they are very very scared! They want to control you... and they can't! Individuality and uniqueness are threats to the status quo. It is an artist's job to be an 'outlaw. Votes: 4

Reminding people what in reality it is all about, giving them a theme on which to ponder, creating a shock within them, pulling them out of the delusion of non authenticity, enabling them to become aware of their true possibilities. Votes: 4

For the art-historically informed, no art has truly shocked since November 19, 1971, when Chris Burden had himself shot in the arm by a friend, at F-Space in Santa Ana, California. Sliced cows and surgically altering one's own face is aftershock art. Votes: 4

The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic. Votes: 4

I haven't made many wedding dresses. It's a dress very, very important for the girl; it's important to know the person, I believe, but at the same time it should be a shock to the person - the person should be shocked to be suddenly revealed. That's the work of a designer sometimes, to propose an ID of look. Votes: 4

I draw to shock myself out of a too-easy rhythm - I may begin with no conception whatever, an image emerges . I rub it out and begin again, searching for its counterpart. When it appears I invariably find that the thing I draw is at my elbow, it is out of the window, or has been standing at my front door for a long time. Votes: 4

Color me! Accessorize me! Shock me! Votes: 3

Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it. Votes: 3

Unfortunately, the rights to 'System Shock' trademark and copyright are both up in the air. Votes: 3

I think Naomi Klein was very astute with her book 'Shock Doctrine.' We make money on disaster. Votes: 3

Here Shock, the pride of all his kind, is laid, Who fawned like man, but ne'er like man betrayed. Votes: 3

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings. Votes: 3

If youre a sugar addict like most people, you need to read Beyond Sugar Shock. This compassionate, comforting, uplifting book will change your life. Votes: 3

Shock waves to a tired brain, sends that hungry lady to my door again. She's my shelter from the storm when I feel the rain, entertaining white powder. Votes: 3

Great sci-fi has never shied from tackling the Big Questions, though really great sci-fi never forgets to entertain us along the way. Shock and awe applies to art, as well. Votes: 3

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 the world. I am from the House of Shock Votes: 3

The reaction to death is sometimes as violent as death itself. Shock throws a cautious coolness over your senses, but your stomach still has knots, your skin stings as if the Reaper is glaring at you as well. Votes: 3

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. Votes: 2

Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic. Votes: 2

I do like to shock and surprise people. When it's all in good fun, of course. Votes: 2

I don't set out to offend or shock, but I also don't do anything to avoid it. Votes: 2

It's cool to be different and just be who you are and shock people in a good way. Votes: 2

The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are. Votes: 2

Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate. Votes: 2

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write. Votes: 2

Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time. Votes: 2

Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major loss. Votes: 2

No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply. Votes: 2

No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes. Votes: 2

The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche. Votes: 2

I'm a big horror fan, but I don't enjoy a lot of gore and watching somebody cut their leg off for five hours. I like the older movies where it draws you into the suspense, that sort of shock and awe. Votes: 2

The thing is, when you see your old friends, you come face to face with yourself. I run into someone I've known for 40 or 50 years, and they're old. And I suddenly realize I'm old. It comes as an enormous shock to me. Votes: 2

During my days of deepest grief, in all of my shock, sorrow and struggle, I sat at the feet of God. I literally spent hours each day reading God's word, meditating on scripture and praying. I intentionally spent a significant amount of time being still before God. Votes: 2

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it. Votes: 2

I thought I was Superman until I experienced that life-changing anaphylactic shock. I was eating lunch and gobbled down a couple of bowls of gumbo. Then, 15 minutes later, I'm in my dorm room resting up. My eyes started itching and my throat was swelling up. I could barely breathe. Votes: 2

That's the shock: All cliches are true. The years really do speed by. Life really is as short as they tell you it is. And there really is a God - so do I buy that one? If all the other cliches are true... Hell, don't pose me that one. Votes: 2

My grandmother died from Alzheimer's, and it was a big shock. For the families left behind, it is not an easy closure. It's not a gradual fading. The person is losing so much of their humanity as they're dying. Losing your memories, you lose so much of who you are as a person. Votes: 2

Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People who become obsessed by the peculiarities of these communications media have simply failed to adjust to the shock of the old. People who bleat on about the 'artistic' potential of television qua television are equally deluded. Votes: 2

In order to produce learned fear, you take a neutral stimulus like a tone, and you pair it with an electrical shock. Tone, shock. Tone, shock. So the animal learns that the tone is bad news. But you can also do the opposite - shock it at other times, but never when the tone comes on. Votes: 2

Perfect' is about a set-up that looks perfect from the outside - beautiful country house, beautiful wife and mother, everything where it should be - and the deep fissures that, in fact, lie beneath that. 'Perfect' was partly a response to the shock of my first book, 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry,' being a success. Votes: 2

It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do. It's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world. Not that I'm great or good at it or anything, it's just that I've done a bunch of them, so you're not shocked. Votes: 2

Meet Mrs. Bundren Votes: 1

An assumption is the joke; truth the punchline. Votes: 1

Photographs shock insofar as they show something novel. Votes: 1

Instead of avoiding criticisms, make criticisms workfor you. Votes: 1

Sometimes you take all my words away from me. Votes: 1

How could this have happened when everything was normal? Votes: 1

Don't worry, keep at it, you will soon shock the world Votes: 1

I didn't particularly feel like explaining myself to eighteen bewildered people. Votes: 1

Most of their lives, people are just waiting to be ambushed. ~ Brandon Hull Votes: 1

Maurice was scandalized, horrified. He was shocked to the bottom of his suburban soul.... Votes: 1

There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us. Votes: 1

SHOCK ABSORBERSVeterans scream in their dreams, reliving nightmares so that we can sleep peacefully Votes: 1

I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone. Votes: 1

Pain can kill, all on its own: the body goes into shock and shuts down. Votes: 1

She stared at Raven in a long second of shocked silence, before sagging to the floor. Votes: 1

I couldn't have been more shocked if he pulled a pink elephant out of his ass! Votes: 1

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Votes: 1

When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, what value does that put on love? Votes: 1

Yes, it's quite amazing how I continue to shock my mother even after all these years together Votes: 1

God has mercifully ordered that the human brain works slowly; first the blow, hours afterwards the bruise. Votes: 1

Have you ever had a shock in life? It takes great hope, faith and courage to bounce back. Votes: 1

This is almost always the case: A piece of art receives its f(r)ame when found offensive. Votes: 1

It's a pretty big shock to realise that the only people you can identify with are psychopathic killers. Votes: 1

I begin to feel this tension when things that doesn't worth attention are the things that attracts attention Votes: 1

I knew that we would obtain it, I thought that what I had dreamed, had no reason to be complied. Votes: 1

Trying to be offensive for the sole purpose of being offensive should always deem one the least offensive of offenders. Votes: 1

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page. Votes: 1

Denial exists when three beliefs intersect:1. It cannot happen. 2. It cannot happen to you.3. It cannot happen to you now. Votes: 1

There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare. Votes: 1

Maybe, I think, when you've waited a long time to see something, you need to find your way to it in glimpses. Votes: 1

Truth is not fully explosive, but purely electric. You don't blow the world up with the truth; you shock it into motion. Votes: 1

It is in our nature to enjoy atrocity so long as it continues to shock and remains comfortably removed from our own lives. Votes: 1

We are the dead,' he said.'We are the dead,' echoed Julia dutifully.'You are the dead,' said an iron voice behind them. Votes: 1

Her voice faltered to a stop. Fear and confusion clutched at her throat like some terrible beast, and suddenly she was finding it difficult to breathe. Votes: 1

Edward Gibbon, in his classic work on the fall of the Roman Empire, describes the Roman era's declension as a place where "bizarreness masqueraded as creativity. Votes: 1

He was dead. I was fixated on the horrid bite wound on my left forearm. For a long time I watched, hypnotized, as the blood oozed and dripped. Votes: 1

When my first attempt failed, fear brought into me a shock... I gave a smile, only to realize that my shock was gone. A smile is a shock absorber! Votes: 1

This was not [him]. It was a thing, with all the [him]-ness gone from it. Death takes the person and leaves his shell behind, like a hollowed-out tree. Votes: 1

I have this strange feeling none of this is really happening. Like I'm standing far away from myself. Like nothing is real. Have you ever had a feeling like that? Votes: 1

Those who meet Jesus always experience either joy or its opposites, either foretastes of Heaven or foretastes of Hell. Not everyone who meets Jesus is pleased, and not everyone is happy, but everyone is shocked. Votes: 1

There is a feeling of disbelief that comes over you, that takes over, and you kind of go through the motions. You do what you're supposed to do, but in fact you're not there at all. Votes: 1

AAAAIIIE!You're the guy with the things, and the thing that does that thing, and then you did that one thing!Oh, and I think there's something about other things, and maybe you fix things?-Sergeant Schlock Votes: 1

I could tell by their audible gasps that the people on the beach were jealous of me when I found five shark's teeth. Locating them wasn't really the problem, but pulling them out of my leg was. Votes: 1

You only know me as an ordinary human being, with flesh, blood and bones, but there is something about me too hard for you to decipher, for if i let you, you will ever regret knowing me. Votes: 1

Ricky just listens. He isn't shocked. He isn't surprised. He listens to me because he knows. He knows the shame and the guilt and the sorrow and the rage. And he does not judge me. He just listens. Votes: 1

I think it takes some terrible or great event to fuse two people together without inhibition. Without heat or shock, it can't be done. I believe that's why sexual love, which needn't be, is so intensely intertwined with sin. Votes: 1

For what seemed a long time Mat knelt there with his father's dead wrist in his hand, while his mind arrived and arrived and yet arrived at that place and time and that body lying still on the soiled and bloodied stones. Votes: 1

Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of her lips, made the air thick, rolled down her cheeks. She had perfect control of herself-Oh, yes!-in every other way. Votes: 1

Ger says that Kat has a tendency to push things to extremes, to go over the edge, merely from a juvenile desire to shock, which is hardly a substitute for wit. One of these days, he says, she will go way too far. Too far for him, is what he means. Votes: 1

Her death had a powerful impact on me I suppose because it was such an obvious shock, like watching someone for hours through a telescope advance towards you, fist extended with the intention of punching you in the face. Even though I saw it coming it still hurt when it eventually hit me. Votes: 1

Death was an inverse Big Bang; an impossible magic trick where everything had become nothing in the very same instant, where one state had been replaced so completely by another that no evidence of the first could be detected, and where the catalyst had been vaporized by the sheer shock of the new. Votes: 1

I like to shock people. Votes: 0

I never dress to shock. Votes: 0

Information is shock resistance. Arm yourself. Votes: 0

I foresee death by culture shock. Votes: 0

Experimenters are the shock troops of science. Votes: 0

Humility, after the first shock, is cheerful virtue. Votes: 0

Only artists without talent try to shock people. Votes: 0

It's so difficult to shock America these days. Votes: 0

I don't really go into shock around celebrity. Votes: 0

Nothing can shock a brave man but dullness. Votes: 0

I think President's candidates need shock collars or something. Votes: 0

Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock. Votes: 0

To become acquainted with oneself is a terrible shock. Votes: 0

There's nothing you could say that would shock me. Votes: 0

I've been on shows that go for shock value Votes: 0

The physical shock took away the pain of being. Votes: 0

Revival brings back a holy shock to apathy and carelessness. Votes: 0

The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone. Votes: 0

I am still in shock and awe at being fired, Votes: 0

A first visit to a madhouse is always a shock. Votes: 0

I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition, Votes: 0

Well, it's nice being top banana in the shock department. Votes: 0

I don't mind giving everyone a shock - including myself. Votes: 0

Death and its associates, after the initial shock, produce callousness. Votes: 0

If Sudan starts to crumble, the shock waves will spread. Votes: 0

The rain is sharp today, as you shock me sane. Votes: 0

Its always a shock to me when I get recognized. Votes: 0

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock. Votes: 0

Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shock, it shines. Votes: 0

Post-traumatic shock,' said Shaun. 'He thinks he's a boa constrictor. Votes: 0

Our shock that reality is other than expected is weirdly tenacious Votes: 0

The shock of unemployment becomes a pathology in its own right. Votes: 0

When the shock wears off, you always hope there's understanding underneath. Votes: 0

Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little. Votes: 0

You don't need shock value things to make a movie successful. Votes: 0

Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock. Votes: 0

I'm a little bit in shock, to tell you the truth. Votes: 0

Things that would shock us years ago are like nothing now. Votes: 0

Norman Bates heard the noise and a shock went through him. Votes: 0

Artists are meant to be madmen, to disturb and shock us. Votes: 0

His letter was like the shock produced by a cold bath. Votes: 0

Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life. Votes: 0

I'm not an economist, and I'm not a proponent of shock therapy. Votes: 0

With the shock of war the state comes into its own again. Votes: 0

The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable. Votes: 0

I can give you the cause of anaphylactic shock in a nutshell. Votes: 0

I want to be strong and empowered. I want to shock everybody. Votes: 0

We were all hit with sticker shock: $87 billion is a huge number. Votes: 0

Character deaths in and of itself should never be done for shock. Votes: 0

Leave it to me: I'm always top banana in the shock department. Votes: 0

One does not devote one's life in art to shock an audience. Votes: 0

Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour. Votes: 0

At the shock of a joke, everything disappears but the present moment. Votes: 0

Without a huge shock, the sleepy-head, ignorant Japanese will never wake up. Votes: 0

Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock! Votes: 0

There's been shock waves sent throughout all parts of the nation's economic fabric. Votes: 0

When art becomes merely shock value, our sense of humanity is slowly degraded. Votes: 0

The pointless ferocities of intellectual life shock businessmen, who kill only to eat. Votes: 0

Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer. Votes: 0

Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened. Votes: 0

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on. Votes: 0

Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable. Votes: 0

Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows. Votes: 0

Of course. Because at the Gallagher Academy, "precautions" usually equals "voluntary shock therapy. Votes: 0

Like the shock of fondling a raw sausage, blindfold, at a gay party ... Votes: 0

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock. Votes: 0

History , as it comes into our daily lives, is charged with surprise and shock. Votes: 0

Mathematics - this may surprise or shock some - is never deductive in creation. Votes: 0

So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding. Votes: 0

Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions. Votes: 0

I like the sudden shock of non-sequitur color. Color, in fact, is my weakness. Votes: 0

Grabbing hold of facts in the midst of shock is very Erudite of him. Votes: 0

Concentrated serum albumin fractionated from blood plasma was effective in battlefield treatment of shock. Votes: 0

I didn't want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock. Votes: 0

I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes. Votes: 0

Personally making a film solely for the shock value serves no purpose to me. Votes: 0

The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11. Votes: 0

Come the three corners of the world in arms, and we shall shock them. Votes: 0

I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all. Votes: 0

Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value. Votes: 0

Americans are funny people: first you shock them, then they put you in a museum. Votes: 0

If I were to write the story of my life, I would shock the world. Votes: 0

When the gates of mockery and abuse is opened, the heart becomes a shock absorber Votes: 0

Defy the pundits again and reach for a high voter turnout that'll shock the establishment. Votes: 0

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics. Votes: 0

Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future. Votes: 0

It isn't enough to shock. It's easy to shock. Real surprise is what I'm after. Votes: 0

Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it. Votes: 0

Once artists are expected to shock, it's that much harder for them to do so. Votes: 0

And then she moved from shock to grief the way she might enter another room. Votes: 0

I don't just want to upset people and shock people by saying something really outrageous. Votes: 0

Love is like electricity sometimes; it may shock you anytime, yet you cannot live without it. Votes: 0

What you end up with is outrageousness without the laugh - comedy as electro shock therapy. Votes: 0

What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best. Votes: 0

Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock; but its ultimate function is to ennoble. Votes: 0

You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you. Votes: 0

The free market allowed shock jocks to flourish, and millions of listeners apparently enjoyed the rant. Votes: 0

Here's a shock: An adult who still hangs out in skate parks is a bad parent. Votes: 0

My altered perception of reality while on psychedelic drugs came as a total shock to me. Votes: 0

It still might be a shock. To realize you are just one story walking among millions. Votes: 0

I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock. Votes: 0

I had rather stand the shock of a basilisk than the fury of a merciless pen. Votes: 0

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings. Votes: 0

I looked at my shoulder and saw a javelin stuck in it. I was in shock. Votes: 0

It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system. Votes: 0

It's actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don't like me. Votes: 0

If a brutal scene is shown for no reason except to shock, then it is bad. Votes: 0

When my name started popping up I was quite irritated and a little bit in shock. Votes: 0

I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world. Votes: 0

Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel. Votes: 0

I'm a little worried about Edward" Can vampires go into shock? Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.129 Votes: 0

America is the only country in the world where you can suffer culture shock without leaving home. Votes: 0

Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call. Votes: 0

I can't wait to shock the doubters and prove I'm better and stronger than I was before. Votes: 0

It's kind of a shock to your skin, changing climates. It's new water, and new air quality. Votes: 0

Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call Votes: 0

A consumer is not a moron. She's your wife. Don't insult her intelligence, and don't shock her. Votes: 0

Insofar as poetry has a social function it is to awaken sleepers by other means than shock. Votes: 0

Nothing is more hackneyed than the liberal dogma that shock value confers automatic importance on an artwork. Votes: 0

That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of us; which first makes us think. Votes: 0

It's good to shock. It's not good to always be careful. It's good to disturb a little. Votes: 0

As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly. Votes: 0

One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free. Votes: 0

I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world. Votes: 0

Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call." Votes: 0

When we're not defending and justifying, and we're being very still, our answers can and do shock us. Votes: 0

Information overload will lead to 'future shock syndrome' as an individual will suffer severe physical and mental disturbances. Votes: 0

I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial. Votes: 0

The smallest bird cannot light upon the greatest tree without sending a shock to its most distant fiber. Votes: 0

To look at ourselves from afar, to make the subjective suddenly objective: this gives us a psychic shock. Votes: 0

To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock. Votes: 0

The march of human progress seemed mainly a matter of getting over that initial shock of being here. Votes: 0

We are awakening from the dream of isolation, from the dream of loneliness, and it's a terrible shock. Votes: 0

The most important thing for a fighter pilot is to get his first victory without too much shock. Votes: 0

Nobody sets out to offend or shock for the sake of shocking. You set out to get laughs. Votes: 0

Light shows are sort of a meditative kind of experience, you know. It is not like a shock. Votes: 0

Sometimes a shock to the system is a good thing, you know? Like a reminder that you're alive. Votes: 0

Anyone who goes on 'The X Factor' to make big money will be in for a big shock. Votes: 0

I find anthropology is a marvellous discipline to shock me out of my own world into another world. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock. Votes: 0

Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again. Votes: 0

When I got into politics, it was a shock. People promise all sorts of things and then never deliver. Votes: 0

When our bodies are violated by this horrible disease of cancer, we're in total shock because it's so unexpected. Votes: 0

People expect me to me a 'shock rocker,' but there's nothing you can do anymore to be shocking. Votes: 0

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though occurring not a shock. Votes: 0

I suspect people would be in for a real shock if they knew the depths of [Obama's] historical ignorance. Votes: 0

It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight. Votes: 0

I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone. Votes: 0

Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round. Votes: 0

It will shock many - I've lived a full life and really enjoyed my time as a pop star. Votes: 0

It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies. Votes: 0

If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way. Votes: 0

I've never thought of myself as an actor, so somebody recognizing me for that would be a real shock. Votes: 0

Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. Votes: 0

You don't want to shock them and do something totally opposite, but you also want to play a different character. Votes: 0

Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for wit. Votes: 0

Humor is based on surprise, and surprise is a milder way of saying shock. It's surprise that makes the joke. Votes: 0

One does not want glory accepted as a matter of course. One wants to shock and astonish people with it. Votes: 0

I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with? Votes: 0

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will. Votes: 0

The People's Liberation Army should play the role of shock troops, overcoming fatigue and sharpening vigilance to make new contributions. Votes: 0

I don't need a diet pill. I need something that gives you an electric shock when you reach for food. Votes: 0

Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock. Votes: 0

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. Votes: 0

It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do. Votes: 0

If you have a very hot experience then shock yourself with cold water, it's very very good for the nervous system. Votes: 0

I love that Voltaire was so willing to shock his readers with arbitrary cruelty. And I can completely relate to it. Votes: 0

Going gray is like ejaculating: you know it can happen prematurely, but when it does it comes as a total shock. Votes: 0

It is very hard now to shock people into thinking about government regulation and the extent of government involvement in life. Votes: 0

The fake slap invariably makes contact, adding the elements of shock and betrayal to what had previously been plain old-fashioned fear. Votes: 0

Captain Cuttle, like all mankind, little knew how much hope had survived within him under discouragement, until he felt its death-shock. Votes: 0

I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion. Votes: 0

You're always as a musician trying to shock yourself or create music that's maybe even too weird for your own taste. Votes: 0

To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.' Votes: 0

I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action. Votes: 0

As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly. Votes: 0

The blackness of space was a big shock to me. It is a deep, three-dimensional, oily blackness. You can feel the distance. Votes: 0

In the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, it now seems clear that the shock of the attacks was exploited in America. Votes: 0

The attacks on Sept. 11 really sent a shock wave through our economy, and the full reverberation of that is not yet known, Votes: 0

I've always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don't say anything for shock value. Votes: 0

The realization that you can't predict the future -- and mold it -- could only come as a shock to an academic. Votes: 0

Emily Dickinson liked to shock people. She liked to break rules. There was a kind of rebellious freedom in her inner world. Votes: 0

if you are perfectly willing to shock an individual verbally, the next thing you will be doing is to shock him practically. Votes: 0

In 2002, my daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer. And it was such a shock, a surprise to us. Votes: 0

Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her. Votes: 0

Outrage, combining as it does shock, anger, reproach, and helplessness, is perhaps the most unmanageable, the most demoralizing of all the emotions. Votes: 0

Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words. Votes: 0

If the hairs on my neck stand up while Im writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock. Votes: 0

To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before. Votes: 0

I'm 48, which is a bit of a shock to me. Why only last year I thought I was a precocious young thing! Votes: 0

The criticism that has most consistently bothered me is the allegation that I'm a schlockmeister whose only objective is to shock people. Votes: 0

I meet blind and partially-sighted young readers all the time, and it's a shock that so few books are available to them. Votes: 0

Her family was a relay team racing toward Tomorrowland, but her father died, and in their shock they kept losing the baton. Votes: 0

A boy's mind is not so easily sullied as a girl's.... Undesirable knowledge is not an equal shock to the moral nature. Votes: 0

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong. Votes: 0

This may come as a shock to some of you, but I have a slightly volatile personality. I don't suffer fools well. Votes: 0

I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind. Votes: 0

This may shock you, but the most important person in your life is you. You are meant to be 'full of yourself. Votes: 0

Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award. Votes: 0

Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape. Votes: 0

To get into the best society, nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people - that is all! Votes: 0

I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say. Votes: 0

When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up. Votes: 0

Places like India can give you a real culture shock because of the poverty you see, and it brings you up sharply. Votes: 0

Some friends said they weren't surprised to find out Napoleon and I were related, but it came as quite a shock to me. Votes: 0

Digital messages and images matter less than their instantaneous delivery; the shock effect always wins out over the consideration of the informational content. Votes: 0

The deceit and distortion surrounding the American invasion of Vietnam is by now so familiar that it has lost its power to shock. Votes: 0

The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it. Votes: 0

If you are in the job for glamour, you're in for the shock of your life. The media is a huge shark pool. Votes: 0

Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you. Votes: 0

If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do ; try to be shocking and dirty. Votes: 0

With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine. Votes: 0

When a person you love moves by you with flat eyes that will not see you, it is a shock to believe it. Votes: 0

Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for them. Votes: 0

I even had breasts that had mechanisms that could make them droop. It was a shock in the beginning. Talk about special effects! Votes: 0

Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It's the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore. Votes: 0

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder. Votes: 0

What a thrill, what a shock, to be alive on a morning in June, prosperous, almost scandalously privileged, with a simple errand to run. Votes: 0

Just as there are rocks which receive the constant shock and spray, the battering of waves, so there are heads about which passions roar. Votes: 0

Through my attempt to get pregnant through IVF, we sadly found out that I have early stages of breast cancer. It's been a shock. Votes: 0

It might shock you, but I haven't been to that many fashion shows, and I'd never done a commissioned piece for a fashion house. Votes: 0

Love is a pig dressed as a clown sitting in a bath full of beans: pretty much amazing, once you get over the shock. Votes: 0

Nobody knows what's in him until he tries to pull it out. If there's nothing, or very little, the shock can kill a man. Votes: 0

The shock, the power of an ordinary life. It is a thing you could not invent with banks of computers in a dust-free room. Votes: 0

I want everyone out there in TV land to touch the TV. Touch the back of the TV and get a shock for Jesus. Votes: 0

The trail of "secret migration" was a shock to me. I knew a little about the difficulties, just bits of news in the media. Votes: 0

I think when my mother died, it was such a - you know, a shock to the logic that I had been raised with. Votes: 0

Being essentially a creator, I never set out to shock, always thinking about creating my work and not about the benefits it could produce. Votes: 0

Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters. Votes: 0

The shock, for an intelligent writer, of discovering for the first time that there are people younger than himself who think him stupid is severe. Votes: 0

I'm dying to do a tiny indie and play something totally naturalistic without any sort of constraints on me. Something where I can shock everyone. Votes: 0

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian. Votes: 0

Faith is not uprooted by dialectic proof; it must already be deeply shaken by other causes to be unable to withstand the shock of argument. Votes: 0

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value. Votes: 0

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian. Votes: 0

My plan is to shock people with what I can do, because I've got a few sides to me that I've never used on screen. Votes: 0

I'm not easily offended. I have a pretty high tolerance for raunchiness or shock value, so I'm the wrong person to use as a gauge. Votes: 0

Catholicism has the clerical equivalent to a nut allergy - even a small exposure to change, and the whole thing will go into anaphylactic shock. Votes: 0

I was a microscopic life-form, infinitely large, stumbled backstage of its playhouse, caught a nanosecond glance of its own reality and nearly vaporized in shock. Votes: 0

Many emerging countries are facing the same issue of overheating and inflation because they have been vigorously expanding fiscal and monetary policy to counter the 2008 shock. Votes: 0

When the day of misfortune comes and (comes it must sooner or later to all )we may be prepared with Christian fortitude to endure the shock. Votes: 0

What prompted me to make these pictures [of bomb-cratered roads] was the impression that the ground was ripped by the shock, that it was swallowing itself. Votes: 0

Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother Votes: 0

As an individual becomes aware of subliminal phenomena, the shock may cause him some initial physical or emotional discomfort - possibly even concern over his sanity. Votes: 0

My life was very tenuous last year. My daughter's death, in March in 2007, was unexpected. It was a shock. I didn't know if I'd survive it. Votes: 0

The Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, a traumatic shock to me, ended any ambivalence I had about the Soviet Union, and all cooperation with Communists in united fronts. Votes: 0

You do a clean show and it's over and the audience have enjoyed themselves and you've enjoyed yourself, and you haven't had to resort to shock. Votes: 0

I am out to introduce a psychic shock into my painting, one that is always motivated by pictorial reasoning: that is to say, a fourth dimension. Votes: 0

O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock. Votes: 0

I think that in school I was really shy. And even today when people meet me they are shock to see just how not-crazy I am. Votes: 0

Blessed be shock. Blessed be the part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. At the heart of life is a fusebox. Votes: 0

I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't any more, it didn't shock me. It seemed natural and right! Votes: 0

After the stretch of weather we've had, this is going to be a culture shock for some people. We always end up crashing back to reality. Votes: 0

I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication? Votes: 0

For me, noise is not something I use to shock, or because it's funny, or weird, or whatever. I use it because I find it beautiful. Votes: 0

Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him, full on the mouth. Magnus, who appeared to be in a state of shock, stood frozen. Votes: 0

Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing fear, interest, laughter or shock. Votes: 0

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. Votes: 0

The shock of twentieth-century technology numbed our brains and we are just beginning to notice the spiritual and social debris that our technology has strewn about us. Votes: 0

In 1953, Mom and Dad, living in Toronto, discovered, to their shock, that Mom was expecting. I was born in June 1954. My parents, thrilled, showered me with love. Votes: 0

It's definitely a shock to go from being 15 in high school to working. There's no real cushion there. There's no preparation at all. You learn by doing. Votes: 0

Culture shock is often felt sharply at the borders between countries, but sometimes it doesn't hit fully until you've been in a place for a long time. Votes: 0

There is very little sense that anybody really knows what works or why. But that's not a shock. And I don't think market research would solve that. Votes: 0

Being ill like this combines shock - this time I will die - with a pain and agony that are unfamiliar, that wrench me out of myself. Votes: 0

Moving to London was a culture shock, but in a really good way. I'm more aware now, and I'm less trusting of people in the music industry. Votes: 0

Obviously, I think it was an aberration, but it is a reality. We're still a team that won nine games, but this one was a real shock. Votes: 0

You hear the word 'cancer,' and you think it is a death sentence. In fact, the shock is the biggest thing about a diagnosis of cancer. Votes: 0

I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17. Votes: 0

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark. Votes: 0

Sometimes the newly Marked go into shock. The good news is, if this happens to you, you are unlikely to notice, because you will be in shock. Votes: 0

Oh no, Nick" Jaime said in tones of supremely unconvincing shock, "how could you? When my back was turned for one momement. And my food was so delicious. Votes: 0

It's always a shock to the people who run studios when a movie that is for women is a hit. They have an infinite capacity to be shocked. Votes: 0

Really, we don't relate our Atlanta setup to here. I feel like the shock [absorber] package will be different and the springs will certainly be different than Atlanta. Votes: 0

Don't count out Marian Wright Edelman, because there is talk that President Clinton may want to shock the nation by putting a real black on the Supreme Court. Votes: 0

The CIA agent looked more dead than alive. Alex wondered if he had been hit, but there was no sign of any blood. Perhaps he was in shock. Votes: 0

No severe or prolonged bodily illness followed this incident of the red-room: it only gave my nerves a shock, of which I feel the reverberation to this day. Votes: 0

If you've ever come across a tree that you've lived with for many years and then one day it's blown over, there's incredible shock and violence about that. Votes: 0

I'd learned something... Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me... and others. This was valuable information. Votes: 0

There is, though, nothing that prepares us for the worst things in our life. There is nothing you can do to stop the shock, or buffer the pain. Votes: 0

You can look at a finale as chance to make an impact or a statement, to shock people or shoot a big cannon and make a loud noise. Votes: 0

Brock Lesnar is not here to put smiles on people's faces. Brock Lesnar is here to shock the WWE Universe and put TEARS in the EYES of CHILDREN! Votes: 0

I peered deeper and found my soul. A little tattered and with some holes, but there all the same. It had always been there, I realized with shock. Votes: 0

I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock. Votes: 0

My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death! Votes: 0

I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children. Votes: 0

So many people of my generation all grew up with that shock theater package on television of 'Frankenstein,' 'Wolfman,' 'Dracula,' 'Mummy,' all the Universal stuff. Votes: 0

There is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of shock to find it. Votes: 0

I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock. Votes: 0

In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole. Votes: 0

A time of darkness, despair, disillusion-so black only the inferno of the human mind can be-symbolic death, and numb shock-then the painful agony of slow rebirth and psychic regeneration Votes: 0

It's not my intention to shock, to offend, sensationalise, be political or whatever; only to make work that is as spiritually meaningful as I can make it-whatever the medium. Votes: 0

The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. The Spanish people knew they were not fighting alone. Votes: 0

The first time I saw a picture of Elvis - I was in a state of shock, because I couldn't believe that a human being could be so beautiful. Votes: 0

We never really tried to shock for shock's sake on 'Family Guy'. If something was horribly offensive and shocking, we would put it in if it was also hysterically funny. Votes: 0

Uh, the Council," I said. "Big shock, they aren't helping." Murphy looked like she might be asleep, but she snorted. "So we're on our own." Yeah." Good. It's more familiar. Votes: 0

No higher proof exists of the strength of popular government than, though the chosen of the people be struck down, his constitutional successor is peacefully installed without shock or strain. Votes: 0

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 poetry is sexual, even pornographic. Votes: 0

The shock of the new after the biggest upset in American political history, this unforgettable, once unimaginable image Donald Trump side by side with President Obama in the Oval Office. Votes: 0

I think even when homeowners love their room, it's still a shock, because you left your house, went to sleep, came home and your room was dramatically and drastically different. Votes: 0

You would think the fury of aerial bombardmentwould rouse God to relent; the infinite spacesAre still silent. He looks on shock-pried faces.History, even, does not know what is meant. Votes: 0

You see. No shock. No engulfment. No tearing assunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was the end is the beginning. Votes: 0

One grows up thinking you will naturally be able to have children, and when it doesn't happen, it's a shock. But I just feel that it wasn't meant to be. Votes: 0

Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a shock and takes me a while to adjust. Votes: 0

I can say now is that sneaking up on people is a major delight in my old age, but it always has been. A desire, even a need, to shock. Votes: 0

Sta come torre ferma, che non crolla Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti. Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. Votes: 0

I find, on my own travels, that the most depressing form of culture shock is experienced when you go into a country that is under the thumb of a dictator. Votes: 0

In what a forge and what a heat were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock; 'Tis of the wave and not the rock. Votes: 0

The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment. Votes: 0

Temptation gains power where we see it prevail in others we know and we express neither shock or hatred of them and their ways nor pity and prayer for their deliverance. Votes: 0

There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror Votes: 0

Must have been quite the culture shock, going there.” “Yes it was.” Idris doesn’t say that the real culture shock has been in coming back. Votes: 0

Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities. A scream is not a discovery. Votes: 0

Nobody knows much about women, not even Freud, not even women themselves. But it's like electricity: you don't need to know how it works to get a shock on the fingers. Votes: 0

Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can send an electric shock through the keyboard if the human does something that does not please Windows. Votes: 0

The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South. Votes: 0

The notion that the natural world obeys its own rules and doesn't give a damn about your expectations comes as a massive shock... it will demand that you adapt to it Votes: 0

a fortress against ideas and against the Shuddering insidious shock of the theory-vendors The little sardine men crammed in a monster toy Who tilt their aggregate beast against our crumbling Troy. Votes: 0

A student of James McNeill Whistler tells the great artist, 'I tend to paint what I see.' Whistler replies, 'Ah! The shock will come when you see what you paint! Votes: 0

I'm going to give the people what they want. Sensation, horror, shock. Send them out in the streets to tell their friends how wonderful it is to be scared to death. Votes: 0

I was just a kid. I think I stole a candy bar. I remember feeling so terrible. It was the worst shock. I was probably 7. That's my least favorite feeling: guilt. Votes: 0

It may come as an extraordinary shock to you but you're the only woman who has ever succeeded in getting under my skin. It could be because you're a raving lunatic. Votes: 0

I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me. Votes: 0

There once was a man name Barack, Whose re-election came as a shock. He raised the taxes I pay, And then turned marriage gay. And now he's coming after your glock. Votes: 0

Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what we get is a total take-over of our lives. Votes: 0

When I first read the story 'Guts' in workshop - my fellow writers that I've been meeting with for almost 20 years - they laughed; they didn't have any kind of shock reaction. Votes: 0

The thing about fame, is you never think it's going to happen to you. So when it does, it's sort of a shock. Some people are just better at it than others. Votes: 0

For me, it's important to experience aesthetic shock, which sets in motion our imagination, our emotions, our feelings, and our thoughts. That's the purpose of a painting and of art in general. Votes: 0

I think it's important for comedians to do our little part. I don't do it carelessly. I do it thoughtfully. I don't try to just shock. I try to make a statement. Votes: 0

I think it's a feeling like I've got it all figured out. There's nothing that can shock me anymore. There's nothing I haven't anticipated; so at that point, there is a calmness. Votes: 0

The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but in children it came from the shock of the new. Votes: 0

If we aggressively pursue truth, if we are willing to sacrifice, if we look for wisdom from those on the periphery, we have the potential to shock the world from its apathy. Votes: 0

When that truth of alien intervention in our planet's affairs and our ongoing contact with an alien culture is finally revealed, it won't be frightening even though it will be a shock. Votes: 0

A lot of people don't know the culture shock of how you can be in a rich area and then be in poverty. People don't know how different it is over there. Votes: 0

I never thought I'd be making a living off of acting - it's still kind of a shock for my family and friends to see my face on TV every Wednesday night. Votes: 0

I moved from Italy to Oregon in the '80s - sort of like moving to the middle of a "Duck Dynasty" episode, which was massive culture shock to say the least. Votes: 0

Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed. Votes: 0

I want to do things that shock people. I think that persona attributes more to the roles that other people may consider me for, rather than the ones I consider for myself. Votes: 0

She thought about him all the time - not so much about Doug the individual, but rather about the nature of love, and the shock of learning how quickly it could disappear. Votes: 0

Going there [Japan] in the early 80s was quite a culture shock. I think the bombardment of Shinjuku and all that would have filtered through, which certainly informed things we later filmed. Votes: 0

I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an immediate investigation. It actually lay in the jurisdiction of Texas. Votes: 0

You almost believe that you will never come to the end of a roll of tape; and when you do, there is a feeling, nearly, though very briefly, of shock and grief. Votes: 0

It's the shock of the world if you allow yourself to disconnect from the world and forget it's out there, how noisy it is, how busy it is, how invasive it is. Votes: 0

When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men. Votes: 0

If I say that I am more interested in preventing the slaughter of large whales than I am in improving housing conditions for people, I am likely to shock some of my friends. Votes: 0

My parents are always a great litmus test. Based on the amount of shrieks my mother gives when we're out in public, her constant shock when somebody comes up and says something nice. Votes: 0

A great deal has been written about the forthrightness of the moderns shocking the Victorians, but there is no shock like the one which the forthrightness of the Victorians can give a modern. Votes: 0

In 1969, we emigrated to Australia. It was a big change. The heat, the flies, and the completely different tinned meats. The shock was so great, I stopped reading books for nearly a year. Votes: 0

The human heart is not yet so corroded that it can read off the extinction of these two men without a shock to the very roots of its belief in justice and humanity. Votes: 0

The silence is death. It comes each day with its shock to sit on my shoulder, a white bird, and peck at the black eyes and the vibrating red muscle of my mouth. Votes: 0

This is what holidays, travels, vacations are about. It is not really rest or even leisure we chase. We strain to renew our capacity for wonder to shock ourselves into astonishment once again. Votes: 0

The conviction that everyone in this house must be dead had gained such a hold on Magnus that it was a shock when the woman who had summoned him here opened the door. Votes: 0

The shock of photographed atrocities wears off with repeated viewings, just as the surprise and bemusement felt the first time one sees a pornographic movie wear off after one sees a few more. Votes: 0

Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change and the prospect of change ... we are in collision with tomorrow. Votes: 0

If somebody had said to me back in 1988 that I'd still be making music in 25 years' time, to start with I would have keeled over with shock because I wouldn't have believed them. Votes: 0

When I fell, some people were in such shock that they didn't reach out. They were so mad at me, rather than having compassion for what happened. I lost a lot of friends. Votes: 0

I am not well educated or bright enough to be politically clued in, but I hope in the film that I'm going to shock a few people, win a lot of people over. Votes: 0

That's what you strive for - you strive to take your move to the next level. It's about shock value, always shock value, but keeping it flavor and stylized and making it yours. Votes: 0

I drop the other Chest to the ground in shock. "What number are you? I'm Four." He squints at me and then offers his hand. "I'm Nine. Good job staying alive, Number Four. Votes: 0

Jared glared balefully at the old man, his eyes full of the shock and pain of the betrayed. I had only human comparisons for such a look. Caesar and Brutus, Jesus and Judas. Votes: 0

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 art piece around with you all the time. Votes: 0

When the artist ... intends from the beginning to be obscure and take obscurity as his objective or goal for its own sake and wishes to astonish, shock, and seem mysterious, that is a swindle. Votes: 0

I don't like the phrase shock value. Surprise is essential in comedy, and if people are shocked by what I consider merely surprising, then that's their shock. But there is no joke without surprise. Votes: 0

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us. Votes: 0

I worked with a writer, Kathleen Boyce. It was a wonderful experience...but I didn't expect that the last chapter would be the last chapter of Donna Karan. That was probably the biggest shock. Votes: 0

I'm gonna reveal something to you that's going to come as a shock: If you're a stupid young man, you're usually a stupid old man. Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes. Votes: 0

People are always a little disconcerted when you don't recognize them, they are so important to themselves, it is a shock to discover of what small importance they are to others. [The human element] Votes: 0

The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock. Votes: 0

This can come as a shock to those Christians who are so used to hearing that Jesus is the solution to sin that they assume that the remedy started with the death of Jesus. Votes: 0

There you are, diligently swimming a straight line, minding the form of your strokes, when you look up and see, always a shock, the currents you can't even feel have pulled you off course. Votes: 0

People promise to stick with their spouse 'for richer or poorer' but it's the 'for poorer' part that causes the worry. The big shock is that the 'for richer' bit can also cause problems. Votes: 0

When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was new - it was singular - it was simple!'. Votes: 0

When he kisses me, I cry. I explain it's not because I wish he were someone else, it's because it's such a shock to the system to be desired after feeling so completely abandoned. Votes: 0

I'm so many people. They shock me sometimes. I wish I was just me! I used to think I was going crazy, until I discovered that some people I admired were like that to. Votes: 0

Graphite also absorbs the shock of a hit. The first (graphite) clubs that came out were too flexible, but now you can get them to be just as firm as you want and need. Votes: 0

If you send your work to the magazines, you may be in for a shock. You may get a rejection note. The worst kind. A printed form. And probably you will be shattered. Shattered. Votes: 0

There you are, diligently swimming a straight line, minding the form of your strokes, when you look up and see, always a shock, the currents you can't even feel have pulled you off course." Votes: 0

I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending. Votes: 0

It will be a shock to men when they realize that thoughts that were fast enough for today are not fast enough for tomorrow. But thinking tomorrow's thoughts today is one kind of future life. Votes: 0

It's not that I'm deliberately trying to shock people all the time. I'm just doing things that are obvious to me. It's because the public doesn't understand my way of thinking that they get surprised. Votes: 0

What occasions the greater part of the world's quarrels? Simply this: Two minds meet and do not understand each other in time enough to prevent any shock of surprise at the conduct of either party. Votes: 0

I believe a person of any fine feeling scarcely ever sees a new face without a sensation akin to a shock, for the reason that it presents a new and surprising combination of unedifying elements. Votes: 0

You saved me, Eve." He watched her blink in absolute shock. "What you are, what I feel for you, what we are together saved me." He kept his eyes on hers as he kissed her. Votes: 0

The biggest shock of your life is when you first make a record and go to a show and then people start singing the words. Because it occurs to you that they've listened to it! Votes: 0

I am in deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend [George Michael] - the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart goes out to his family and all of his fans. Votes: 0

I think in the old days, films really went for the shock, with the blood and guts, but movies are getting better. The writing and directing have improved a lot, because the audience demands it. Votes: 0

In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film. Votes: 0

When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud or vulgar picture but, instead, that it stimulates my thinking and intrigues me. Votes: 0

This is Rick Grimes being pushed to his absolute limit. And if you think you've seen that before, you haven't. And the Rick Grimes that comes out of this is really going to shock people. Votes: 0

I don't cry at books or movies. Ever. So imagine my shock and awe when I read 'The Time Traveler's Wife' for the second time, and I knew the ending, and I started to cry. Votes: 0