Shock Quotes

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told that I could leave the hospital and take him home, I burst into tears. It wasn't the emotion of the moment: it was shock and horror.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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]

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.

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!

The rich fop Francis of Assisi was bored all his life―until he fell in love with Christ and gave all his stuff away and became the troubadour of Lady Poverty.

Love gives you eyes.

God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it

I recovered from every shock of life's despair because God was merciful enough to restore me .

LIFE IS LIKE ELECTRICITY, ANYONE CAN SHOCK YOU

with hope, you can survive any shock.

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

With the grace of hopeful heart, you can overcome emotional shocks.

Files of the past can be changed through shock, encouragement or pain

Sometimes people are shocked by what I do, but I'm not trying to be liked, I speak my mind and I don't care what people think. I truly do not compromise on who I am.

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

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

With courage, you can overcome the cultural shock in a visit to a new country.

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.

Sometimes you take all my words away from me.

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

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.

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.

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?

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

These are the moments that make the dot-to-dot pictures of our past

With courage of adventure, you can overcome the culture shock in a visit to a new country.

You can recover from the state of shock.

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

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

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

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

His body tensed as his gut was struck with a frozen bullet of shock. He couldn’t breathe.

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

You can survive any shock.

Your spirit must be strong to survive a shock.

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