Quotes with shock

Quotes 21 till 36 of 36.

  • James Baldwin 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.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Elizabeth Gaskell My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling.
    Elizabeth Gaskell
    British writer (1810 - 1865)
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  • Alfred Adler 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.
    Alfred Adler
    Austrian psychiatrist (1870 - 1937)
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  • Billy Graham 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.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Bertrand Russell Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Robert Browning 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.
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Beth Ditto Olympia was a town crawling with music. I was new to the whole punk scene. The culture shock continued; Olympia had bagels! We didn't have bagels in Arkansas. You could order vegetarian food all over town! It was so crazy to me - a place with so many vegetarians, the restaurants made special dishes for them?
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Brent Scowcroft The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11.
    Brent Scowcroft
    American US Air Force officer (1925 - 2020)
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  • Bill Alexander 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.
    Bill Alexander
    German painter, art instructor, and television host (1915 - 1997)
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  • Ernest Hemingway The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Ben Shapiro The ouster of Jill Abramson as executive editor of 'The New York Times' sent shock waves through the media landscape. Reports that she was fired thanks in part to a soured relationship based on the 'Times' alleged sexist pay discrepancy only made those shock waves stronger.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Allen Klein 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
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • Francis H. Bradley There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
    Francis H. Bradley
    British Philosopher (1846 - 1924)
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  • Jules Renard Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
    Jules Renard
    French writer (1864 - 1910)
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  • Bill Walsh Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call.
    Bill Walsh
    American football coach (1931 - 2007)
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  • Bob Newhart 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.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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