Shock Quotes - Page 13

• It's so difficult to shock America these days.

  Judd Apatow

  America, These Days, Difficult

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of us; which first makes us think.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Life, Thinking, Firsts

  Benjamin Disraeli (1845). “Sybil, Or, The Two Nations”, p.40

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• Total freedom is never what one imagines and, in fact, hardly exists. It comes as a shock in life to learn that we usually only exchange one set of restrictions for another. The second set, however, is self-chosen, and therefore easier to accept.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Life, Learning, Self

  ANNE MORROW lINDBERGH (1973). “HOUR OF GOLD HOUR OF LEAD”

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• We will continue to ignore political and economic forecasts, which are an expensive distraction for many investors and
  businessmen. Thirty years ago, no one could have foreseen the huge expansion of the Vietnam War, wage and price controls, two oil shocks, the resignation of a president, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a one-day drop in the Dow of 508 points, or treasury bill yields fluctuating between 2.8% and 17.4%.

  Warren Buffett

  War, Yield, Years

  Letter To the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., www.berkshirehathaway.com. March 7, 1995.

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• The dog [in Pavlov's experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering accompanies the bell. But there are innumerable instances in human life where a single association, never reinforced, results in the establishment of a life-long dynamic system. An experience associated only once with a bereavement, an accident, or a battle, may become the center of a permanent phobia or complex, not in the least dependent on a recurrence of the original shock.

  Gordon Allport

  Dog, Offering, Long

  "A Psychological Interpretation". Book by Gordon Allport, p. 199, 1938.

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• The nut of this tree is hung high aloft, wrapped in a silk wrapper, which is enclosed in a case of sole leather, which again is packed in a mass of shock absorbing, vermin proof pulp, sealed up in a waterproof, ironwood case, and finally cased in a vegetable porcupine of spines, almost impregnable. There is no nut so protected; there is no nut in our woods to compare with it as food. What is a Chesnut?

  Luis de Camoes

  Vegetables, Nuts, Tree

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• Yes, business really does change. 400 years ago, corporations were formed by royal decree. 300 years ago, many countries were powered by slave labour, or its closest moral equivalent. 200 years ago, debtors didn't go bankrupt, they went to prison. 100 years ago - well, business is largely the same as it was a century ago. And that's exactly the problem. Business hasn't changed, but today's array of tectonic global shocks demands a different, radically better kind of business. Yesterday's corporations visibly cannot meet today's economic challenges.

  Umair Haque

  Country, Business, Yesterday

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• Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock.

  Alvin Toffler

  Sovereign, Fiction, Thrive

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• The realization that you can't predict the future -- and mold it -- could only come as a shock to an academic.

  David Harsanyi

  Mold, Realization, Academic

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• Like the shock of fondling a raw sausage, blindfold, at a gay party.

  Vivian Stanshall

  Party, Gay, Sausage

  "Sir Henry at Rawlinson End". Album by Vivian Stanshall, 1978.

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• The United States stands with our friends in Britain as they recover from today's shock of terrorism. These barbaric acts strengthen our resolve and remind us all of the danger of complacency during our continued war on terror.

  Mark Foley

  War, United States, Today

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• Consider the public. Never fear it nor despise it. Coax it, charm it, interest it, stimulate it, shock it now and then if you must, make it laugh, make it cry, but above all never, never, never bore the living hell out of it.

  Noel Coward

  Laughing, Theatre, Cry

  Noel Coward, Barry Day (2009). “The Essential Noël Coward Compendium: The Very Best of His Work, Life and Times”, p.73, A&C Black

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• Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother

  Barbara Johnson

  Inspirational, Positive, Laughter

  Patsy Clairmont, Marilyn Meberg, Barbara Johnson, Luci Swindoll (1997). “Joy Breaks: 90 Devotions to Celebrate, Simplify, and Add Laughter to Your Life”, Zondervan Publishing Company

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• The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of democracies where liberty and religious freedom are supposed to be respected.

  Mike Ferguson

  Religious, Character, Democracy

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• My divorce was like a death - a genuine death of commitment and love. After I got over the shock, I was like, tell me theres some way we can save this. We can save this, right?

  Shania Twain

  Commitment, Divorce, And Love

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• It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system.

  Nicole Kidman

  Divorce, Long, Time Heals

  "'It was a shock to my system': Nicole Kidman talks openly about Tom Cruise split" by Beth Hardie, www.mirror.co.uk. November 14, 2012.

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• You can drop a mouse down a thousand-yard mine shaft and, on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away. A rat would probably be killed, though it can fall safely from the eleventh story of a building, a man is broken, a horse splashes.

  John B. S. Haldane

  Horse, Fall, Men

  "On Being the Right Size" by J. B. S. Haldane, 1926.

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• Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock; but its ultimate function is to ennoble.

  Marya Mannes

  Art, Sometimes, Function

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• Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush led with raw emotion that reflected the public's whipsawing stages of acceptance.

  Ron Fournier

  Grief, Anger, Acceptance

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• The world of maps is nice and flat and simple. It has areas for people and areas for monsters. What a shock it is to discover the world is round and the areas merge and nothing separates the monsters and ourselves; that we are all whirling around in space together and there isn't even a graceful way of falling off.

  Margaret Millar

  Nice, Fall, Simple

  Margaret Millar (2016). “Beyond This Point Are Monsters”, p.111, Soho Press

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• There is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of shock to find it.

  Will Durst

  Disaster, Debris, Worst

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• 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.

  Wilson Bryan Key

  Emotional, May, Causes

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• I was shocked to my marrow the very first time I heard the Church is saying a man can marry a man. What? It is from that shock, that surprise, how is that possible? Is it a kind of experiment or something? They are sick or tired of normal heterosexual relationships? How could that be?

  Peter Akinola

  Tired, Men, Sick

  The Times, July 05, 2007.

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• What a joy it is to read a book that shocks one into remembering just how high one's literary standards should be.... a tour de force by one of England's best novelists.... Atonement is a spectacular book; as good a novel - and more satisfying... - than anything McEwan has written....sublimely written narrative.... The Dunkirk passage is a stupendous piece of writing, a set piece that could easily stand on its own.

  Noah Richler

  Book, Writing, Joy

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• I love America, and I love American women. But there is one thing that deeply shocks me - American closets. I cannot believe one can dress well when you have so much.

  Andree Putman

  Believe, America, Dresses

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