#shock

Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading. ↗

— Elihu Root

#century #cruelty #degrading #lower #lower animals

In this manner, I continued with Satan for ten days. His answer and blasphemy were too shocking to pen; till I was worn out with rage and malice against him, I could not bear myself. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

#answer #bear #blasphemy #continued #could

Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#ever #fun #i #shock #shut

It's shocking to say, but the cinema is quite a while away from me, and I haven't got a car yet. ↗

— Tom Felton

#car #cinema #got #haven #i

I’ve seen daggers pierce the chest, Children dying in the road, Crawling things hooked and baited, Rapists bound and then castrated, Villains singed in public square. Yet none these sights did make me cringe Like when my Love cut all her hair. ↗

— Roman Payne

#fashion #funny-quotes #girls #hair #hair-drama

We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#did #fast #how #peace #plan

There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#book #every #handled #however #important

Our society has gotten to the point where we might soon become less and less shocked by any kind of violence. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#become #gotten #kind #less #might

I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can get a laugh that way, it's too easy. ↗

— Jim Dale

#clean #clever #comedic #easy #get

We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we decided to do it, but we did it. And we shocked the world. ↗

— Johnny Damon

#did #down #pulled #right #right time