Shock Quotes - page 3

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. (Allen Klein)
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. View quote
Anne Grant
Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little. View quote
Augustus Hare
I think it can be fun to be single and date-like when you don't want a relationship. Or when you've just gotten out of a relationship, and, after get over the initial shock, your thinking, Hey, it's kind of cool being single. View quote
Breckin Meyer
The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11. View quote
Brent Scowcroft
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. View quote
Bruce Beresford
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock. View quote
Ben Lindsey
It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and crew were mourning my haircut more than I was! But after a while, I felt liberated, I learned to embrace it. View quote
Camilla Belle
If a brutal scene is shown for no reason except to shock, then it is bad. View quote
Cornel Wilde
I think the producers, for the most part, don't want to see prices skyrocket because that will only create problems for them down the road and would also be a, you know, would be a very serious shock for a world economy that can't afford serious shocks right now. View quote
Daniel Yergin
I've been on shows that go for shock value. (Daphne Zuniga)
The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience. View quote
Ed Markey
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. View quote
Ethel Waters
I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action. View quote
Graham Nash
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? View quote
Gene Tierney
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. View quote
Harold Brodkey
It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight. View quote
Jacki Weaver
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. View quote
Joshua Leonard
I love films where you go into the cinema and loosen the edges of yourself and you hopefully enter into the world of the film. You're watching something unfold before you. I prefer the idea of wonder or intense wonder over shock or something. View quote
Julia Leigh
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. View quote
Lance Loud
There's nothing you could say that would shock me. (Laura Prepon)
You experience other cultures to give you a kind of shock that makes you look at your own culture. You appreciate it more as a result of being out of it, but you also realise there are some things lacking in your culture. View quote
Mem Fox
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. View quote
Omar Bongo
Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could. View quote
Oscar Robertson
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. View quote
Polly Bergen