Shock Quotes

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.

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

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

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.

It is reasonable to love the Absolute absolutely for the same reason it is reasonable to love the relative relatively.

The connection between art and Christ is like the connection between sunlight and the sun. It is, in fact, the connection between Sonlight and the Son.

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

I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that's how I got my first backers. But fashion's a scary industry to be in, especially if you've not grown up with it.

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.

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

If you read only the New York Times- I said, 'Oh my God!' The readers of the New York Times are heading for a major, major breakdown shock if Trump is in fact elected.

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

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

I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Our shock that reality is other than expected is weirdly tenacious

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

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

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

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

I want to be loved despite my faults. It isn't exactly true that I'm a provocateur. A real provocateur is someone who says things he doesn't think, just to shock. I try to say what I think.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Like apes, we breed, sleep, and die. Yet like God we say, "I am." We are ontological oxymorons.

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

Photographs shock insofar as they show something novel.

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

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