Quotes on the topic: Shock


Sorted by Popularity


It's always a shock to me when I get recognized.


Physically, you never get used to the cold. It's cold! If it's cold, it's cold! And you go out there, and your body feels it, but I think mentally, living in it, it's not such a shock to you.


Turning 70 was a real shock. I thought, 'I'm on the last lap now.'


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


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


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.


Uh, I do not wear a wig in 'Star Trek' like I did in 'Bottle Shock,' thank God. 'Bottle Shock' will be the last wig movie I ever do.


All I'll say is... I'm at a point in life when nothing feels shocking to me. I need something to shock me! I'm almost ready to see a U.F.O.


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


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


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


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


Everything that's rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need to get over the shock that that thing is actually happening and that thousands of millions of people around the world are watching.


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


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


If the hairs on my neck stand up while I'm writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock.


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


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


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


A first visit to a madhouse is always a shock.